Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Texas State Entry Title: From Navy vet to Bobcat tight end: Tyler Huff’s journey to Texas State Entry Credit: Carson Weaver Judge Comment: Among the marks of a great feature story is if the reade4r feels as if she/he/they feel like, they, too, have met and talked themselves with the subject(s) of a story You did that and more, with this well-written, well-organized story with multiple voices and background information.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Baylor Entry Title: Medical study cures Baylor freshman of deadly peanut allergy Entry Credit: Matt Kyle Judge Comment: Great job with this combination profile and health feature! About the only things that would have added more perspective would have been a quote or two from the leads researcher and lead physician.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: TCU Entry Title: The Saarloos mentality: The long road from player to newest coach for TCU baseball Entry Credit: Brooke Gianopulos Judge Comment: Interesting, informative, and good job of including personal and professional background information and quotes.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: UT-Arlington Entry Title: Dallas Cowboys' superfan Entry Credit: Jonathan Perriello Judge Comment: Fun to read about this collector of Dallas Cowboys memorabilia. It would have added perspective to the story to ask the current Cowboys PR office for a comment on the varied collection. Also, some more description of the items and a few more anecdotes about his Uber service could have added, as well.
Competition Comment: While three out of the four winning entries dealt with sports, they were more than a standard sports or news feature.
