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File Photo: Normally, the Lindy Awards are held in the J. Scheidegger Center, but this year, they are announced online because of COVID-19.
Finalists for the 2020 Lindy Awards were announced through the Lindys’ Instagram account on Wednesday, and winners will continue to be announced over the next week.
The annual awards recognize and celebrate achievements of the School of Arts, Media, and Communications at Lindenwood and local high schools. Usually, the awards are presented in a show, but this year it moved online after COVID-19 broke out in the United States.
The awards added new categories this year, awarding students submitting work in fashion, dance and game design.
Here is the list of finalists and winners as of April 24, 2020, 5:18 p.m.
Game Design – Best Game Concept (Digital Format):
Ferro Bird and Alejandro by Samantha Felker-Cosh – Winner
Public Relations – Strategic Communications External (Non-Traditional):
Kelsey Gross, Missouri Prepster – Winner
Diego Sebastian Mahecha, Center for Experiential Learning Social Media
Alexa Pressley, Lindenwood Lindenlink COVID-19 Responses
Alexa Pressley, St. Louis Crisis Nursery Fact Sheet
Daniel Kennebeck, American Airlines Crisis Plan – Winner
Public Relations – Strategic Communications External (Traditional):
Alexa Pressley, St. Louis Ambush – Winner
Broadcast – Full Program Best Talk/Interview Program:
Chris Brueggeman, On the Inside: Yoga House
James Hess, Autism and Non-Verbal Communication – Winner
Joey Mesenbrink, FYI: Lindenwood Alumnus Glen Cerny
Broadcast – LUTV News Best Sports Reporting/Package:
Joey Mesenbrink, Lindenwood Invitational 2020 – Winner
Broadcast – LUTV News Best Field Reporting/Package:
Shaelyn Deves, Juvenile Type One Diabetes in Schools – Winner
Shaelyn Deves, Chick-Fil-A Scholarship
Shaelyn Deves, Arch Apparel
Broadcast – LUTV News Best News Package or Nat Package:
Lupe Medina, COVID-19 Impacts the Restaurant Industry
Lupe Medina, Emily Hood on “The Hood Report” – Winner
Joey Mesenbrink, Lindenwood Invitational 2020
Broadcast – LUTV News Best Studio Talent:
Shaelyn Deves – Winner
Dance – Outstanding Choreography (Freshman or Sophomore Dance Major):
Sophiana Botich, Illuminate
Jordan Deeken, We’ll meet again
Megan Mayer, connected (dis)comfort – Winner
Amber Richards, When Tomorrow Starts Without Me
Dance – Outstanding Choreography (Junior or Senior Dance Major):
Sydney Gibbs, Divided We Fall
Jaime Meier, The Face of Reality – Winner
Amber Richards, Agree to Disagree
Fashion – Most Marketable Design:
For best pattern: Dwenise Ferguson – Winner
Fashion – Most Sustainable Design:
Alexandra Goodwin, Refashion Challenge
Sydney Lyles, Unity – Winner
Fashion – Best use of Fashion Technology:
Natalia Soares da Silva, From Eden – Winner
Radio – Best Radio Sportscaster:
Dominic Hoscher: Lindenwood Football Radio Play-by-Play
Jack Leach: Color Commentary: Lindenwood vs. Ouachita Baptist
Jack Leach: Play-by-Play Commentary St. Charles vs. Winfield – Winner
Radio – Best KCLC Promo or Public Service Announcement
Shaelyn Deves, The Countdown Commercial – Winner
Radio – Best Podcast
Matt Hampton and Kayla Drake, The Spellman Era – Winner
Jack Leach and Dominic Hoscher, The Booth Review “Spooky” Edition #2
Jack Leach and Dominic Hoscher, The Booth Review Episode 31
Advertising – Best Sales Promotion & Collateral
Alexa Pressley, Spotify Collateral Collection
Raquel Robles, Gatorade Campaign – Winner
Kendall Whiteman, Amazon Prime Brochure
Advertising – Best Non-Traditional Guerilla
Raquel Robles, Gatorade Campaign – Winner
Advertising – Best Out-Of-Home
Raquel Robles, Gatorade Campaign – Winner
Kendall Whiteman, Adopt Don’t Shop
Kendall Whiteman, Phi Sigma Sigma Rockathon 2019
Advertising – Best Traditional Media
Jordan Lea, VANS: Valentine’s
Alexa Pressley, Spotify Poster
Kendall Whiteman, Trailblazer Magazine – Winner
Advertising – Best Digital
Kelsey Gross, Missouri Prepster
Diego Sebastian Mahecha, Center for Experiential Learning Social Media – Winner
Alexa Pressley, Saint Louis Crisis Nursery/ Give STL Day
Advertising – Best Elements of Advertising
Diego Sebastian Mahacheca, Personal Branding
Alexa Pressley, Men’s Volleyball – Winner
Alexa Pressley, Science Department
Advertising – Best Integrated Campaigns
Sean Maher, Corona Pandemic – Winner
Alexa Pressley, Crisis Nursery Give STL Campaign
Kendall Whiteman, Be Their Voce
Journalism – Best News/Sports Articles
Matt Hampton, New Housing, STEM Building, and More Could Be in LU’s Future
Dominic Hoscher, Reaching for the Pro’s: Journey to the Highest Level
Alexis Montgomery, St. Charles County Tells Residents to Stay at Home – Winner
Journalism – Best Enterprise Article
Matt Hampton, Future of North Main Street Alcohol Law Still Uncertain
Matt Hampton, Last of its Kind – Winner
Matt Hampton, Tarzan for a Day
Journalism – Best Multimedia Presentation
Matt Hampton, Future of North Main Street Alcohol Law Still Uncertain – Winner
Matt Hampton, New Housing, STEM Building, and More Could be in LU’s Future
Tyler Keohane, Tiny Dorm Concerts: Joe Taylor
Journalism – Best News/Sports Photograph
Joey Mesenbrink, Tough interior defense – Winner
Alexa Pressley, Lindenwood Men’s Volleyball
Alexa Pressley, Men’s Volleyball
Cinema Arts – Best Fiction Short
Chris Brueggeman, Terms & Conditions – Winner
Chelsea Eichholz, A Tough Nut to Crack
Daniel Rothermich, Blood Trails
Truman Wheeler, The Final Hour of Roger Lawrence
Cinema Arts – Best Documentary Short
Lupe Medina, COVID-19 Impacts the Restaurant Industry
Lupe Medina, Emily Hood on the “The Hood Report” – Winner
Cinema Arts – Best Experimental/Music Video
Amaya Jimenez, Everyday
Lupe Medina & Austin Landow, Faroe – Winner
Ariana Nasi, TTT Music Video
Cinema Arts – Best Sound Design
Chris Brueggeman, Terms & Conditions
Chelsea Eichholz, A Tough Nut to Crack – Winner
James Hess, Toy Truck
Daniel Rothermich, Blood Trails
Cinema Arts – Best Cinematography
Mitch Kraus, A Tough Nut to Crack
Mitch Kraus, Blood Trails
Lupe Medina & Austin Landow, Faroe
Vega Oliveras, The Final Hour of Roger Lawrence – Winner
Cinema Arts – Best Directing
Chris Brueggeman, Terms & Conditions – Winner
Chelsea Eichholz, A Tough Nut to Crack
Daniel Rothermich, Blood Trails
Truman Wheeler, The final Hour of Roger Lawrence
Cinema Arts – Best Editing
Chris Brueggeman, Endeenidal – Winner
Chris Brueggeman, Terms & Conditions
Chris Brueggeman, A Tough Nut to Crack
Valerie Royer, The Final Hour of Roger Lawrence
Cinema Arts – Best Performance
Patience Davis, Terms & Conditions
Elliana Hartzler, Everyday
Bethany Miscannon, A Tough Nut to Crack – Winner
Eric Dean White, The Final Hour of Roger Lawrence
Cinema Arts – Best Commercial/PSA Script
Chris Brueggeman, Endeenidal
Kendall Whiteman, Don’t Cut Your Destination
Bobbie Wright, Sometimes You Do – Winner
Cinema Arts – Best Dramatic Script
Chris Brueggeman, Goodbye, Stranger
Ariana Nasi, How to be Venezuelan
Truman Wheeler, The Final hour of Roger Lawrence – Winner
High School – Best Documentary (Cinema)
Caroline Daughtry, Humans of Affton Grace – Affton High School – Winner
Jacob Alexander Blassingame, Art: The Story of Bob Ross – St. Charles West High School.
High School – Best Fiction (Cinema)
Zach Dulay, Around one Tree – Affton High School
Elaina Seidelman, Gage Moeckel, Katelyn Busse & Jessica Shannon – Hogwarts News – Affton High School
Bailey Williams, Coffee and Murder – Affton High School – Winner
High School – Best Animation (Cinema)
Rebecca Dungan, Yesterday – Francis Howell Central High School
Maddie Lemp, An Unlikely Friendship – Francis Howell Central High School – Winner
Halee Moeser, Dreaming in Colors – Francis Howell Central High School
Alexandria Siebels, Healing Rose – Francis Howell Central High School
High School – Most Sustainable Design (Fashion)
Carolyn Goode, Sustainable Dress – Clayton High School – Winner
Carolyn Goode, Sustainable Tunic – Clayton High School
High School – Best News/Sports Article (Journalism)
Caroline Daughtry, Esports – Affton High School
Caroline Daughtry, Humans of Affton: Hayden – Affton High School
Helen Voss, Radium Girls – Affton High School – Winner
Special Achievement Winners:
Chris Brueggeman for Best Fiction Short and Best Directing for Terms & Conditions, and Best Editing for Endeenidal.
Lupe Medina for Best Experimental/Music Video, Faroe, and Best News Package and Best Documentary Short, Emily Hood on “The Hood Report.”
Raquel Robles for her Best Sales Promotion & Collateral, Best Non-Traditional Guerilla and Best Out-Of-Home: Gatorade Campaign.
The Lindys are awarded by outside professionals to avoid bias from professors, and students were able to submit work in any category and didn’t necessarily have to relate to a student’s major.
This year, there will be 54 awards, 13 more than last year.