ECC Student Media Receives Awards at State Convention

East Central College Student Media earned statewide recognition at the Missouri College Media Convention (MCMC) April 11 at Missouri State University in Springfield, where editors Taylor Greife and Taylor James represented ECC alongside advisor Leigh Kolb.

ECC Student Media, which publishes the Cornerstone newspaper, CUSP magazine and ecc-cornerstone.com, was honored for excellence across multiple categories.

ECC Student Media walked away with the following awards:

Yearbook/Magazine Illustration/Infographic (All Colleges):
Honorable Mention: Taylor Greife

Division 4 (Two-Year Colleges):

First Place:
Entertainment Review: Ayden Marshall
Multimedia Package: Taylor Greife

Second Place:
Sports Writing: Taylor James
Editorial Writing: Ashlee West
Column: Brianna Salmond
News Photography: Student Media Staff
Multimedia Package: Taylor Greife

Third Place:
Sports Writing: Taylor James
Sports Page: Taylor James
Editorial Writing: Katie Oreskovic
News Photography: Taylor Greife
Multimedia Package: Taylor James
Page One Design: Student Media Staff
Website: Student Media Staff
Sweepstakes: Student Media Staff

Honorable Mention:
Sports Writing: Morgan Clubb
Sports Page: Student Media Staff

The 2025-2026 staff members include Taylor James (Cornerstone Editor), Taylor Greife (CUSP Editor), Katie Oreskovic, Ashlee West, Brianna Salmond, Bailey Weber, Drew Garner, Morgan Clubb, Lillian McDonald, Lexi Yochim, Carter Kellock, Paytan-Mae Ruppel, and Audrey Thompson.

Full list iof ECC Awards:

Editorial Writing 

Ashlee West, 2nd Place- “The Dangers of Overconsumption” 

Katie Oreskovic, 3rd Place- “The Problems between the Racing Industry and Horse Slaughter” 

Sports Writing 

Taylor James, 2nd place- “Soccer struggles first season with coaching changes” 

Taylor James, 3rd place- “Inside ECC Softball” 

Morgan Clubb, Honorable Mention- “Softball coach enters second year with Falcons” 

Column 

Brianna Salmond, 2nd place- “What’s better for class, technology or paper” 

Entertainment Review 

Ayden Marshall, 1st place- “Together Film Review” 

News Photography 

Taylor Greife, 3rd place- “College Fair photos” 

Student Media Staff, 2nd place- “Student Involvement Fair photos” 

Page One Design 

Student Media Staff, 3rd place- “Cornerstone front page fall 2025” 

Sports Page 

Taylor James, 3rd place- “Sports page 9”  

Student Media Staff, Honorable Mention- “Spring Pages 2025” 

Website 

Student Media Staff, 3rd place- “Cornerstone Website” 

Multimedia Package 

Taylor Greife, 1st place- “ECC Hosts Spring Fling on the Quad” 

Taylor Greife, 2nd place- “Framing Up for Falcon Fest” 

Taylor James, 3rd place- “Franklin’s Fun and Games (Fall 2025) 

Yearbook/Magazine Illustration/Infographic 

Taylor Greife, Honorable Mention- “Travel with London Underground” 

Sweepstakes 

Student Media Staff, 3rd place 

Division 4 Newspaper Editorial Writing Second Place East Central College The Dangers of Overconsumption Ashlee West 

Division 4 Newspaper Editorial Writing Third Place East Central College The Problems Between the Racing Industry and Horse Slaughter Katie Oreskovic 

Division 4 Newspaper Sports Writing Second Place East Central College Soccer struggles in first season with coaching changes Taylor James 

Division 4 Newspaper Sports Writing Third Place East Central College Inside ECC Softball Taylor James 

Division 4 Newspaper Sports Writing Honorable Mention East Central College Softball coach enters second year with Falcons Morgan Clubb 

Division 4 Newspaper Column Second Place East Central College What’s better for class Technology or Paper? Brianna Salmond 

Division 4 Newspaper Entertainment Review First Place East Central College Together Film Review Ayden Marshall 

Division 4 Newspaper News Photography Second Place East Central College Student Involvement Fair photos 

Division 4 Newspaper News Photography Third Place East Central College College Fair photos Taylor Greife 

Division 4 Newspaper Page One Design Third Place East Central College Cornerstone Front Page Fall 2025 Staff  

Division 4 Newspaper Sports Page Third Place East Central College Taylor James Sports Page 9 

Division 4 Newspaper Sports Page Honorable Mention East Central College Spring Pages 2025 Staff  

Division 4 Newspaper Website Third Place East Central College Cornerstone Website Staff  

Division 4 Newspaper Multimedia Package First Place East Central College ECC hosts Spring Fling on the quad Taylor Greife 

Division 4 Newspaper Multimedia Package Second Place East Central College Framing up for Falconfest Taylor Greife 

Division 4 Newspaper Multimedia Package Third Place East Central College Franklin’s Fun and Games (Fall 2025 Version) Taylor James 

NA Yearbook/MagazineIllustration/Infographic Honorable Mention East Central College Travel With London Underground Taylor Greife 

Division 4 Newspaper Sweepstakes Third Place East Central College Division 4 Sweepstakes Staff