Awards for 2024-2025

PATHFINDER AWARDS:

  • Reagan Bresnahan won 1st Place in Communications with $3,000 Scholarship

PALM BEACH STUDENT SHOWCASE OF FILMS:

  • 1ST PLACE MUSIC VIDEO “Bad Idea, Right?” by Riley Phillips and Jordan Lewis

A record 3 Seminole Ridge TV Academy students were up for the coveted Burt Reynolds Scholarship this year.  While our students didn’t win the top honor, all three won runner-up scholarships!

  • Shayla Stillwaggon: $1,000 Mel Maron Scholarship
  • Rachel Hunter: $1,000 Gray Family Scholarship
  • Reagan Bresnahan: $1,000 Sara Fuller Scholarship

STN NATIONAL CONVENTION: 

  • 2ND PLACE Crazy 8s Action Film “The Clock is Ticking”
  • 4TH PLACE Movie Trailer “No One Noticed”
  • Broadcast Excellence Silver Medal (Top 20 in Nation) for our Newsmagazine Show WSRH EXTRA
  • Broadcast Excellence Bronze Medal (Top 13 in Nation) for our Daily Newscast WSRH NEWS

FSPA STATE CONVENTION: 

  • TOP 3 FINALIST for BROADCAST JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR: Reagan Bresnahan
  • 1st Place BROADCAST COMMENTARY: Reagan Bresnahan, Shayla Stillwaggon & Peyton Teman
  • 1st Place COLLABORATIVE COMMERCIAL: Kaden Orton
  • 2nd Place ACTION FILM: “Gator Bait” by Heath Wood, Jeremiah Francoeur, Cole Single, Josh Thawe, Kylie Irons
  • Logan Sanchez earned “Best of the Best” honors in the ORIGINAL MUSIC MIX category!
  • Mr. Wright named the Florida Journalism Teacher of the Year

FSPA DISTRICT 7 WORKSHOP: 

The Seminole Ridge TV Academy competed at the Florida Scholastic Press Association District 7 workshop in Davie and walked away with 8 awards!

Our students placed in 3 of 5 ON-THE-SPOT CONTESTS.

  • 1st Place EDIT-TO-THE-BEAT RECAP: Brooke Voiret, Jasmine Andino, Taylor Shipp & Peyton Teman
  • 2nd Place MINI-PACKAGE: Rachel Hunter, Savannah Mazzeo, Emma Schulte & Cienna Collado
  • 3rd Place COMMERCIAL:  Lilian Amiryan, Tyler Berryhill, Carter Wright & Magdaline Moorman

They also received ALL-Florida Awards for 5 videos submitted as part of the FSPA FALL DIGITAL CONTESTS.

  • All-Florida DEADLINE NEWS PACKAGE by Rachel Hunter & Lilian Amiryan
  • All-Florida BROADCAST COMMENTARY by Reagan Bresnahan
  • All-Florida BROADCAST STAFF PROFILE by Rachel Hunter & Lilian Amiryan
  • All-Florida DEADLINE FILM SCENE CHALLENGE by Heath Wood, Mason Contessa, Joshua Thawe, Jeremiah Francoeur, Tyler Berryhill & Jordan Lewis
  • All-Florida HYPE VIDEO by Shayla Stillwaggon, Liam Ishizaki & Madison Phillips

STN FALL FRENZY:

  • 2ND PLACE MOVIE TRAILER “Sweet Revenge” by Heath Wood, Jeremiah Francoeur, Ryan Hansen, Jordan Lewis, Emma Edmondson, Magdalene Moorman, Cole Single, Shayla Stillwaggon

STN NATIONALS:

PALM BEACH SCHOOLS BUS POSTER PSA CONTEST: 

  • 1ST PLACE DRUG PREVENTION PSA: Tayshaun Miller (freshman) $500 prize
  • 2ND PLACE DRUG PREVENTION PSA: Abby Nosworthy (freshman) $250 prize
  • 4 of 10 Honorable Mentions were by Seminole Ridge freshmen students!

FAME PALM BEACH COUNTY STUDENT MEDIA FESTIVAL

  • 1st Place ANIMATION: “The Right Path” by Logan Sanchez
  • 1st Place COMEDY: “Family Bonding” by Nathan Lara, Jovi Diaz, Liliana Rodriguez and crew
  • 1st Place DRAMA: “The Clock is Ticking” by STN ACTION Team
  • 1st Place MUSIC VIDEO: “Ghost in the Radio” by STN Music Video Team
  • 1st Place NEWS FEATURE: “Construction Academy Changes Lives” by Reagan Bresnahan & Jasmine Andino
  • 1st Place NEWS SHOW: WSRH EXTRA in Tampa
  • 1st Place PSA: “Social Anxiety” by Heath Wood & Tyler Berryhill
  • 1st Place PUBLIC SERVICE VIDEO: “Why Recycle?” by Kaden Orton & Anthony Menendez