Awards
AWARDS
Team Awards:
NSPA Pacemaker Finalist, The Oviedian Yearbook 2021
FSPA Sunshine Standout Award The Oviedian Yearbook 2021
All-Florida Evaluations:
FSPA All Florida, The Oviedian Yearbook: 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
FSPA All Florida, The Lions Tale Newspaper: 2016, 2018
FSPA All Florida, Oviedojournalism.com Online Site: 2018
*Bold indicates Sunshine Standout (the highest recognition from FSPA)
Individual Overall Finalists:
2022 FSPA Todd C. Smith Florida Student Journalist of the Year, Finalist, Emma Yost, The Lion’s Tale
2022 FSPA Artist of the Year Veronika Maynard, The Lions Tale
2022 FSPA Artist of the Year, Finalist, Fatima Almousawi, The Oviedian
2011 FSPA Todd C. Smith Student Journalist of the Year: Carson Bailey, Oviedo High School
FSPA Spring Convention Competition 2024:
Creative Portrait: Third Place Oviedo High School, The Oviedian Haidyn Dykes
Yearbook Team: Honorable Mention Oviedo High School, The Oviedian Monica Kamel, Harshini Thupili, Loren Blumenfeld, Paige Hicken, Isabella Schneider
FSPA Spring Digital Competition 2024:
All-Florida:
Campus News Story: Oviedo High School, The Lion’s Tale Riley Sanderson
Sports Profile (Written): Oviedo High School, The Lion’s Tale Riley Sanderson
Yearbook Academics Spread: Oviedo High School, The Oviedian Monica Kamel, Loren Blumenfeld
Yearbook Senior Ad: Senior Oviedo High School, The Oviedian Monica Kamel
NSPA Clicks and Clicks Fall 2023:
News Photo: Fifth, Dance, Vickie Krupica, The Oviedian Yearbook, Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
Yearbook Spread: Honorable Mention, AI IRL, Loren Blumenfeld, Monica Kamel, The Oviedian, Oviedo High School, Oviedo, Florida
FSPA Fall Digital Competition 2023:
All Florida:
Deadline Poetry: Oviedo High School, The Oviedian Tori Baer
Student Life Photo: Oviedo High School, The Lions Tale Logan Barnes
Written Commentary: Oviedo High School, The Lions Tale Gigi Decesare
Yearbook Preliminary Theme Package: Oviedo High School, The Oviedian Maddy Baczek, Loren Blumenfeld, Harshini Thupili, Monica Kamel
FSPA Spring Convention Competition 2023:
Poetry Writing: First Place Oviedo High School, The Oviedian Maddy Baczek
FSPA Spring Digital Competition 2023:
All-Florida:
Commentary-Off-Campus: Oviedo High School, The Lion’s Tale, Kaden Bryant
Sports News/Feature Story: Oviedo High School, The Lion’s Tale, Riley Sanderson
FSPA Spring Convention Competition 2022:
Instagram Story:First Place, Erin Slogar, The Oviedian
Poetry Writing: First Place, Kaden Bryant, The Lion’s Tale
Literary Magazine Team Spread: Third Place, Kaden Bryant, Veronika Maynard, Elliott Woodmansee-Siress, The Lion’s Tale
FSPA Spring Digital Competition 2022:
Best of the Best:
- Commentary-Campus Oviedo High School, The Lion’s Tale Mental health education struggles to reach students Kaden Bryant
All-Florida:
- Sports News/Feature Story Oviedo High School, The Lion’s Tale Student-athletes explain recruitment process Mackenzie Holmes
- Academics/Organization Photography Oviedo High School, The Oviedian Chloe Miller Chloe Miller
- Sports Game Coverage Oviedo High School, The Lion’s Tale Boys water polo strikes back at season opener after rough season Emma Yost
- Commentary-Campus Oviedo High School, The Lion’s Tale Mental health education struggles to reach students Kaden Bryant
- Florida Nature Photo Oviedo High School, The Oviedian Anhinga Annelise Ridder
NSPA Clicks and Clicks Fall 2021:
News Photo:
- 1st Place: Nicole Sheltry, The Oviedian
- 3rd Place: Fatima Almousawi, The Oviedian
Feature Photo:
- 5th Place: Annelise Ridder, The Oviedian
Opinion Story:
- Honorable Mention: Veronika Maynard, The Lion’s Tale
FSPA Fall Digital Competition 2021:
All-Florida:
- Academics Photo Oviedo High School, Annelise Ridder, The Oviedian
PAST YEAR AWARDS (2020-2021)
FSPA Spring Convention Competition 2021:
Literary Magazine Team
First Place: Oviedo High School, The Lion’s Tale Veronika Maynard, Elliott Siress, Diego Lara
Hand Drawn Illustration
Third Place: Oviedo High School, Veronika Maynard, The Lion’s Tale
PAST AWARDS
2018 FSPA Journalists of the Year (each was top three in state, bolded won first place)
Writer of the Year: Paige Simpson, The Lion’s Tale
Designer of the Year: Aleena Voorhees, The Oviedian
Broadcast Journalist of the Year: Ashlyn Register, WROR TV
Photojournalist of the Year: Fernand Silva, The Lion’s Tale
The Lion’s Tale
FSPA All-Florida Newspaper 2018
CSPA Silver Crown Hybrid with OviedoJournalism.com 2018
NSPA Pacemaker Finalist 2016
FSPA All-Florida Individual Awards
General Feature Story: Sex Ed? Bryn Garick
General Feature Story: Parents, students consider impact of Code Red drills. Bryn Garick
First Place: Sports Game Coverage: Senior night for girls’ volleyball shows team’s dominance. Nevada Cullen
OviedoJournalism.com
FSPA All-Florida Online 2018
CSPA Silver Crown Hybrid with The Lion’s Tale 2018
FSPA All-Florida Individual Awards
First Place: Multimedia Event: Remembrance walkout turns political. Saadhana Sridharan, Ashlyn Register, Fern Silva, Leeann Figueroa
WROR TV
NSPA Pacemaker Winner 2017
FSPA All-Florida Broadcast 2018
FSPA All-Florida Individual Awards
Short Film: Kaiju, King of Coffee. Tanner Roberts, Parker Davidson
Top 3 in Florida: Sports Highlight: Girls’ Soccer State Semifinals. Nevada Cullen
Sports Highlight: Hagerty-Oviedo Boys’ Basketball. Nevada Cullen
Top 3 in Florida: News Package: JSU Holocaust Event. Leeann Figueroa, Blair Brown
Top 3 in Florida: Broadcast Profile: Jesseca Montcrieff. Ashlyn Register, Nevada Cullen
STN Awards 2018
Film Excellence Award: Best Art Direction & Set Design. “Kaiju, King of Coffee.” Tanner Roberts, Parker Davidson, Zach Jackson, Emma smith, Delaney Way
1st Place: Humorous Segment. Movie Review. Tanner Roberts, Zach Jackson, Parker Davidson, Emma Smith
2nd Place: Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Experiment 001. Allen Sowersby, Ronin Eufrazio, Nathan Dillman, Eric Sanders
5th Place: Sci-Fi/Fantasy. The Fairy. Andrea Festejo, Rachel Balleste, Adrice Galloway, Ashley Bess
2nd Place: Sports Feature. Colin O’Brien Profile. Ashlyn Register, Nevada Cullen
The Oviedian
2021 NSPA Packemaker Finalist, The Oviedian
FSPA All-Florida Yearbook 2021
FSPA All-Florida Yearbook 2018
FSPA All-Florida Individual Awards
Sports Spread: Swim and Dive. Mia Dahm, Jayden Alderman, Matthew Loiars
Sports Spread: Varsity Football. Kaelle Robillo
Sports Spread: Bowling. Mia Dahm, Mandy Turner, Neri Verniani
Student Life Spread: Winter Break. Hannah Jahosky
Theme Package: Oviedian Theme. Aleena Voorhees, Brittany Watley, Megan Handler
Personality Portrait: Summer Breeze. Olivia Bastone
Student Life Copy: Summer Vacation. Jazlynn Nelson
Adviser Awards
JEA Rising Star 2022: Ben Langevin
FSPA Adviser of the Year 2018: Kevin Patterson
FSPA Gold Medallion Recipient 2018: Alicia Pope
STN Teacher Video Contest Winner 2018: Kevin Patterson
JEA Future Administrator 2018: Elise Carlson