WAVERLY – Wartburg College student media garnered seven first-place awards at the Iowa Broadcast News Association annual conference held Saturday, April 29, at the Prairie Meadows Conference Center in Altoona.

KWAR-FM Radio won first place awards for Best Newscast, Sports Coverage, In-Depth Series, Feature and Public Affairs. Knight Vision, Wartburg’s news, sports, film and streaming outlet, was recognized with first-place awards for News Photography and In-Depth Series. The outlets won an additional 13 second- and third-place awards.

Individual honors went to:

• Sam Bast, first place, Best Newscast and Feature.
• Henry Powers, first place, Sports Coverage and In-Depth Series; second place, Sports Play-by-Play; third place, Best Sportscast.
• Danika Rademacher, first place, Public Affairs; second place, In-Depth Series; third place, Best Sportscast and Sports Play-by-Play.
• Sam Lockhart, first place, Photo Series.
• Madison Freeland, first place, In-Depth Series.
• Kobe Schmuecker, first place, In-Depth Series.
• Lura Ajdini, first place, In-Depth Series.
• Della Whittaker, first place, In-Depth Series.
• Alec Ille, first place, In-Depth Series.
• Malé Ginindza, first place, In-Depth Series.
• Katie Hirv, first place, In-Depth Series.
• Joshua Hamlyn, second place, Sports Play-by-Play and General Reporting; third place, Sports Coverage, Best Sportscast, and Sports Play-by-Play.
• Peyton Meisner, second place, Sports Play-by-Play.
• Lauren Ulveling, second place, Feature.
• Hope Mather, third place, In-Depth Series.
• Skylar Cunningham, third place, In-Depth Series.
• Kelsey Ryan, third place, In-Depth Series.
• Kayla Boeke, third place, In-Depth Series.
• Nick Thompson, third place, In-Depth Series.
• Britt Avery, third place, In-Depth Series.
• Kate Luers, third place, In-Depth Series.
• Zach Hiney, third place, Best Sportscast.
• Joey Goetz, third place, Best Sportscast.
• Abby Denault, third place, Best Sportscast.

Wartburg associate professor Pamela Ohrt is the adviser of KWAR, while professors Ron Johnson and Tony Moton advise Knight Vision’s news, film and sports programs. Dr. Penni Pier is the chair of Wartburg’s Journalism & Communication department.