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Crowder Award Winners

Brady Klain's Winning Photographs

  • 2020 Crowder winner Brady Klain photograph

    The Arizona State team captains stand on the sideline prior to their game against Arizona.

  • 2020 Crowder winner Brady Klain photograph

    Jonathan Taylor poses during a photoshoot at the 2020 NFL Combine.

  • 2020 Crowder winner Brady Klain photograph

    A silhouette of a player at sunset during the Waste Management Phoenix Open on Jan. 30, 2020 at TPC Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Ariz.

  • 2020 Crowder winner Brady Klain photograph

    LSU Quarterback Joe Burrow hoists the National Championship trophy.

  • 2020 Crowder winner Brady Klain photograph

    Chandler High School head coach Rick Garretson gets water dumped on him by his team after winning the state championship

  • 2020 Crowder winner Brady Klain photograph

    Arizona Cardinals defensive end Chandler Jones tackles Carolina Panthers fullback Alex Armah during their matchup on Sep. 22, 2019 in Glendale, Ariz.

  • 2020 Crowder winner Brady Klain photograph

    Chandler running back Eli Sanders is flipped for a short gain against Saguaro in the Open Division State Championship on Dec. 7, 2019 in Tempe, Ariz.

  • 2020 Crowder winner Brady Klain photograph

    Arizona State wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk hurdles a defensive player.

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication will accept submissions for the 12th annual Greg Crowder Memorial Photojournalism Award Contest during March and April 2021. The winner will receive recognition for his/her photography, which will be displayed in the Cronkite building for a year. The winner will also receive a $1,000 award.

A panel of professional judges will award first- and second-place prizes. The winners will be notified during the summer of 2021. They will then be recognized at a reception to be held early fall 2021.

Requirements:

  • The contest is open to all Cronkite students who have taken at least six journalism credits.
  • Students must submit six to eight photographs that show a range of abilities and subjects. Photos may include breaking news, portraits, features and sports.
  • Photos must have been taken between April 15, 2020 and April 15, 2021. Photos do not have to be published.
  • Please provide a URL linking to your photos.
  • Provide a complete caption for each photo submitted.
  • Photos may not be altered digitally, except as allowed under the Associated Press Code of Ethics for Photojournalists..
  • Students who have placed first in the contest are not eligible to enter again.

Crowder Award Honorees

2020 Winner: Brady Klain
Second Place: Harrison Zhang
Honorable Mention: Marlee Smith
2019 Winner: Nicholas Badders
Second Place: Anya Magnuson
Honorable Mention: Ellen O’Brien
2018 Winner: Nicole Neri
Second Place: Ben Moffat
Honorable Mentions: Anya Magnuson and Megan Janetsky
2017 Winner: Courtney Pedroza
Second Place: Ben Moffat
Honorable Mention: Reilly Kneedler
2016 Winner: Courtney Pedroza
Second Place: Reilly Kneedler
Honorable Mention: Ben Moffat
2015 Winner: Dominic Valente
Second Place: Sean Logan
Honorable Mention: Carla Leon
Honorable Mention: Ben Moffat
2014 Winner: Connor Radnovich
Second Place: Carla Leon
Honorable Mention: Adrian Borunda
Honorable Mention: Cierra Eubank
2013 Winner: Danielle Gregory
Honorable Mention: Peter Haden
Honorable Mention: Diana Lustig
Honorable Mention: Cydney McFarland
2012 Winner: Aaron Lavinsky
Honorable Mention: Blake Wilson
Honorable Mention: Stephanie Snyder
Honorable Mention: Duyen Tran
2011 Winner: Molly J. Smith
Honorable Mention: Michel Duarte
Honorable Mention: Lauren Hillhouse
Honorable Mention: Stephanie Snyder
2010 Winner: Damien Maloney
Honorable Mention: Kara Horowitz
Honorable Mention: Matt Pavelek
Honorable Mention: Branden Eastwood

2019 Crowder Award Winning Photographs

  • Nicholas Badders' Winning Photographs

    Arizona State University baseball player Carter Aldrete (top) leaps over Xavier baseball player Conor Grammes during a stolen base attempt.

  • Nicholas Badders' Winning Photographs

    Arizona State University volleyball senior Alyse Ford goes airborne against her former team, the University of Southern California.

  • Nicholas Badders' Winning Photographs

    Arizona State University baseball player Trevor Hauver takes a few swings before a game between the Sun Devils and San Diego.

  • Nicholas Badders' Winning Photographs

    The University of Colorado's mascot, Ralphie the Buffalo, runs onto the field along with her handlers at the start of a football game in Boulder, Colorado.

  • The University of Colorado's mascot, Ralphie the Buffalo, runs onto the field along with her handlers at the start of a footbal

    Natalie Ford (right), mother of Arizona State University quarterback Manny Wilkins, watches as her son is treated for an injury during the 2018 Vegas Bowl.

  • Nicholas Badders' Winning Photographs

    Professional Bull Riders’ Marco Eguchi rides the bull “Fist City” before getting bucked off at the PBR Unleash the Beast Invitational in Glendale, Arizona.

  • Nicholas Badders' Winning Photographs

    Arizona State University wrestling coach Zeke Jones shouts instructions during his team's match in Tempe, Arizona.

  • Nicholas Badders' Winning Photographs

    Arizona State University basketball player Zylan Cheatham goes up for a dunk during a basketball game in Tempe, Arizona.

  • Nicholas Badders' Winning Photographs

    Nicholas Badders

2018 Crowder Award Winning Photographs

  • Nicole Neri's Winning Photographs

    "James. King James, like the Bible" poses for a portrait in front of The Hotel San Carlos in Phoenix, Ariz. Jan, 22, 2017.

  • Nicole Neri's Winning Photographs

    Thomas Brewer (right), 13, stands between the crowd and a small group of armed counter-demonstrators during the Phoenix March for our Lives on March 24, 2018.

  • Nicole Neri's Winning Photographs

    Thom Kasch, hairdresser and fully professed member of activist group the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, prepares his makeup to go to Phoenix Pride as Sister SurMon Visage on April 8, 2018. He started his makeup at about 6 a.m. Becoming a fully professed Sister takes at least a full year. Kasch has been with the Sisters for four years.

  • Nicole Neri's Winning Photographs

    Melissa Cody, an artist in residence at the Phoenix Heard Museum, demonstrates how she hand-weaves intricate rugs at the fourth annual Connect2STEM event at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in downtown Phoenix, Ariz. Jan. 27, 2018.

  • Nicole Neri's Winning Photographs

    Charley Hernandez, aerial yoga instructor, leads a class in the south studio space of MonOrchid in downtown Phoenix, Ariz. on the night of Feb. 5, 2018. Hernandez has been teaching aerial yoga for 2 years.

  • Nicole Neri's Winning Photographs

    Arizona State University gymnast Anthony Mills spots teammates as they turn spontaneous tricks as part of pregame festivities before the Salute to Service football game against Colorado on Nov. 4, 2017 in Tempe, Ariz.

  • Nicole Neri's Winning Photographs

    A hunter field-dresses a mourning dove on Sunday morning Sept. 3, 2017 dove hunting expedition outside of Cave Creek, Arizona. Removing birds’ wings in the field is not allowed, as Arizona game wardens require hunters to leave at least one feathered wing on every bird to make sure hunters obey the bag limits put on different species.

  • Nicole Neri's Winning Photographs

    Carmen Cornejo waits in the pews of First Church United Church of Christ to hear attorney Daniel Rodriguez to instruct attendees on steps for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients following President Trump’s announcement that the program would end in downtown Phoenix on Wednesday evening Sept. 6, 2017. Cornejo has worked as an advocate for DACA students for over ten years.

  • Nicole Neri's Winning Photographs

    Nicole Neri

2017 Crowder Award Winning Photographs

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    Luis Lara, 12, sweeps up in his aunt and uncle's house in Hoctœn, Yucatan.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    Middle school students in Phoenix take part in a Civil War reenactment.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    Lee Miller walks with an umbrella at the Arizona Matsuri Festival.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    Agapita Chavez Maldonado cleans her kitchen in the highlands of Queretaro, Mexico.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shakes hands with supporters in Phoenix.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    A Rio de Janeiro police officer waves his gun out of his car following a protest.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    Relief day service provider Maurice Thomson sits behind Evelyn Vius at a Sullivan Arc residential house in Woodridge, New York.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    American athlete Howard Shu practices with the U.S. badminton team in Rio de Janeiro.

2016 Crowder Award Winning Photographs

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    A man buys vegetables at a boat market in Kashmir, India.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    ASU carpenters hang a bull moose head at the new location of the Natural History Collection in Tempe.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    Blake Wooldrige (right) points a toy gun at his younger brother, Nicholas Wooldrige, as they play on Allen St. in Tombstone.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    ASU's Mikel Perales (left) wrestles Kyle Larson from Iowa State University at a meet in Tempe.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    Jessica Rubio chants as police handcuff her after she chained herself to Adriana Garcia to protest against Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    A boy stands in a doorway in Roma ghetto in Slovakia.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    Lance Cpl. Ben Fouse (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas Warrington shoot AR-15s at targets in the Goodyear desert.

  • Courtney Pedroza's Winning Photographs

    Courtney Pedroza

2015 Crowder Award Winning Photographs

  • Dominic Valente's Winning Photographs

    Montrose Country Rodeo royalty enter the fair grounds on the first day of festivities in Montrose, Colo.

  • Dominic Valente's Winning Photographs

    William Bird, an African Grey named after the famed composer William Berg, holds a dog biscuit.

  • Dominic Valente's Winning Photographs

    Norma Blanscet kisses the flag that is presented to her at Eugene Puttney's memorial service in Colorado.

  • Dominic Valente's Winning Photographs

    Diamondbacks center fielder A.J. Pollock slides into home at Giants catcher Andrew Susac.

  • Dominic Valente's Winning Photographs

    Jose Andres Galeano-Munguia looks down at his meal of small ocean crabs he caught hours prior.

  • Dominic Valente's Winning Photographs

    Members of the Flagstaff, Prescott and NAU community gather at a candlelight vigil for Kayla Mueller.

  • Dominic Valente's Winning Photographs

    Corn harvesters work in the field early in the morning as the sun rises in Olathe, Colo.

  • Dominic Valente's Winning Photographs

    A man who goes solely by the name "Banana Man" plays drums with other fans in a drum circle.

2014 Crowder Award Winning Photographs

  • Connor Radnovich's Winning Photographs

    Supporters of comprehensive immigration reform shout at opponent Joyce Tarnow during a pro-reform rally in Washington, D.C.

  • Connor Radnovich's Winning Photographs

    ASU linebacker Carl Bradford screams in celebration after the Sun Devils defeat the Washington Huskies.

  • Connor Radnovich's Winning Photographs

    Jim Rogers, chairman of the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association, aims at a target balloon at the Ben Avery Shooting Range.

  • Connor Radnovich's Winning Photographs

    Ranch owner Virgil Edwards stands in his home in Mexico. In 2012, 500 people invaded and took over his land for two months

  • Connor Radnovich's Winning Photographs

    A group of people play soccer on a basketball court in a Zapatista village in Chiapas, Mexico

  • Connor Radnovich's Winning Photographs

    Ranch owner Virgil Edwards looks over his land from inside a greenhouse in San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico.

  • Connor Radnovich's Winning Photographs

    A protester writes "welcome to the hating state Arizona" outside the Arizona Capitol building during an equal rights rally.

  • Connor Radnovich's Winning Photographs

    Rene Glenn, wipes away a tear as neurologist Dr. Kumaraswamy Sivakumar talks to Mike White about his future with ALS.

2013 Crowder Award Winning Photographs

  • Danielle Gregory's Winning Photographs

    Paul Miles, 60, a Detroit blues musician, performs in downtown Scottsdale, Ariz.

  • Danielle Gregory's Winning Photographs

    Kids herd emus back into their cages during the 25th Annual Chandler Ostrich Festival.

  • Danielle Gregory's Winning Photographs

    An acrobat of the New Shanghai Circus does a flip during her performance.

  • Danielle Gregory's Winning Photographs

    Fans watch as Phil Mickelson prepares to tee off at the 17th hole during the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

  • Danielle Gregory's Winning Photographs

    Micheal Aguirre, who plays a zombie called the Grave Digger, at "Geeks' Night Out" in Tempe, Ariz.

  • Danielle Gregory's Winning Photographs

    Janae Fulcher, number 22 from Arizona State University's womens' basketball team, trips over a Texas Tech University player.

  • Danielle Gregory's Winning Photographs

    Weston Kenny, 4, of Mesa, Ariz., practices calf roping during the Festival of the West in WestWorld.

  • Danielle Gregory's Winning Photographs

    Kristen Glaspie, 22, and Haris Butt, 23, both of Tempe, Ariz., cheer and hold hands as they finish the Color Run.

2012 Crowder Award Winning Photographs

  • Aaron Lavinsky's Winning Photographs

    San Carlos Apache elder Audrey Johnson visits the Oak Flat Campground outside of Superior to protest a proposed land swap.

  • Aaron Lavinsky's Winning Photographs

    Estrella Jail, home to approximately 1,000 inmates, was the location of the 10th annual Journey Home performance

  • Aaron Lavinsky's Winning Photographs

    Inmates at Estrella Jail listen as fellow inmates recite poetry during the 10th annual Journey Home performance.

  • Aaron Lavinsky's Winning Photographs

    University of Arizona divers warm up before competing against ASU in the 2012 Swim and Dive Territorial Cup.

  • Aaron Lavinsky's Winning Photographs

    The Phoenix Police set up a perimeter around César Chávez Plaza to keep protesters from trespassing during Occupy Phoenix protests.

  • Aaron Lavinsky's Winning Photographs

    An Occupy Phoenix protester's dog rests at the feet of its owner's roller skates.

  • Aaron Lavinsky's Winning Photographs

    ASU swimmer Caroline Kuczynski competes in the butterfly against the University of Wisconsin.

  • Aaron Lavinsky's Winning Photographs

    University of Missouri quarterback James Franklin looks downfield for a receiver during a game against ASU.

  • Aaron Lavinsky's Winning Photographs

    Aaron Lavinsky

2011 Crowder Award Winning Photographs

  • Molly J. Smith's Winning Photographs

    Freshman Talor Haro steps up the plate after having just run the bases at an ASU women’s softball practice.

  • Molly J. Smith's Winning Photographs

    A Mexican dance group member who performed at a rally against Sheriff Arpaio holds her child as she passes police.

  • Molly J. Smith's Winning Photographs

    Alen Warda, 2, holds a sign at the Assyrian Christian Rally for Peace.

  • Molly J. Smith's Winning Photographs

    A mother and son enjoy a high-flying ride above the Arizona State Fair.

  • Molly J. Smith's Winning Photographs

    Cronkite School graduates socialize before the start of commencement.

  • Molly J. Smith's Winning Photographs

    Cronkite professor Mark Lodato interviews Diane Sawyer.

  • Molly J. Smith's Winning Photographs

    Freshman Kaitlyn Knutson cheers as the Green Bay Packers score, while Steelers fan freshman Kristin Weiseil looks on in shock.

2010 Crowder Award Winning Photographs

  • Damien Maloney's Winning Photographs

    The pool area of luxury apartment complex the Vue in Tempe.

  • Damien Maloney's Winning Photographs

    A lion-dancer performs in Chinese custom during a Serbian-Chinese wedding in Phoenix.

  • Damien Maloney's Winning Photographs

    Musician and visual artist Chad Corbi poses for a portrait in San Francisco's Presidio park.

  • Damien Maloney's Winning Photographs

    ASU student Matt Jacobs has his face painted in preparation for a Halloween party.

  • Damien Maloney's Winning Photographs

    Industrial design artist and musician Kyle Heffernan at a music video shoot at First Studio in Phoenix.

  • Damien Maloney's Winning Photographs

    A pole vaulter from a visiting team warms up for his jump at Sun Angel Stadium.

  • Damien Maloney's Winning Photographs

    Maria Vargas has her teeth examined by two Phoenix College dental hygiene volunteers.

  • Damien Maloney's Winning Photographs

    Photo illustration for a story on swine flu.

  • Damien Maloney's Winning Photographs

    Damien Maloney