JACC State On-the-Spot Award Winners–Spring 2026
Congratulations to all the JACC State On-the-Spot Award Winners for Spring 2026! These awards were given out March 7 by JACC at the ACP Spring National College Media Conference held at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco, March 5-7, 2026.
| Contest | Place | Name | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copy Editing | First Place | Clarissa Li | De Anza College |
| Copy Editing | Second Place (tie) | Havana Loren Medina | Cosumnes River College |
| Copy Editing | Second Place (tie) | Aileen Bucog | Skyline College |
| Copy Editing | Second Place (tie) | Ann Peñalosa | De Anza College |
| Copy Editing | Honorable Mention | Adair Alvarez Rodriguez | Santa Rosa Junior College |
| Copy Editing | Honorable Mention | Viviana Ruiz | Santa Barbara City College |
| Copy Editing | Honorable Mention | Lauren Kelleher | Santa Rosa Junior College |
| Copy Editing | Honorable Mention | Aaliyah Gholamipour | Las Positas College |
| Social Media | First Place | Gordon Yang, Daenielle Tuico, Cris Li, Tommy Ngo | De Anza College |
| Social Media | Second Place | Havana Loren Medina, Sloan Campbell, Kadreanna Walker | Cosumnes River College |
| Social Media | Third Place | Ziggy Leon, Michael Bragg, Manuel Ortega III, Colin Pratt, Natalie Emanuele, Nick Stalker, Lauren Kelleher, Adair Alvarez-Rodriguez | Santa Rosa Junior College |
| Social Media | Honorable Mention | Kyla Downey, Jeffrey Berrios | Santa Monica College |
| News Writing | First Place | Koen Steers | Los Medanos College |
| News Writing | Second Place | Destiny Quiroz-Lindauer | Santa Rosa Junior College |
| News Writing | Third Place | Xitlaly Martinez | De Anza College |
| News Writing | Fourth Place | Justin Kapsas | Skyline College |
| News Writing | Honorable Mention | Kristian Holman | East Los Angeles College |
| Editorial Cartoon | First Place | Eizen Yap | Pasadena City College |
| Editorial Cartoon | Second Place | Natalie Emanuele | Santa Rosa Junior College |
| Editorial Cartoon | Third Place | Jordan Lopez | Rio Hondo College |
| Editorial Cartoon | Honorable Mention | Collins Tanomkhum | Fresno City College |
| Creative Portrait | First Place | Mirian Gil Solis | Santa Barbara City College |
| Creative Portrait | Second Place | Lauren Kelleher | Santa Rosa Junior College |
| Creative Portrait | Third Place | Eizen Yap | Pasadena City College |
| Creative Portrait | Fourth Place | Lena Aurelia Hofstrom | Skyline College |
| Creative Portrait | Honorable Mention | Ian Kapsalis | Las Positas College |
| Creative Portrait | Honorable Mention | Eric Liang | Las Positas College |
| Creative Portrait | Honorable Mention | Angel Campos Espinoza | Fullerton College |
| Opinion Writing | First Place | Wylder Robison | De Anza College |
| Opinion Writing | Second Place | Courtney F. Standley | Fullerton College |
| Opinion Writing | Third Place | Andrea Baltodano | San Joaquin Delta College |
| Opinion Writing | Fourth Place | Cayden Timbermoon | Santa Rosa Junior College |
| Opinion Writing | Honorable Mention | Jacqueline Martin | Santa Monica College |
| Opinion Writing | Honorable Mention | Sabrina Hossain | Las Positas College |
| Video | First Place | Aston Smith, Nathan Vincent, Lauren Robinson, Kahlo Friel-Asay, Viviana Ruiz, Stephen McElroy, Mirian Gil Solis, Jose Soriano | Santa Barbara City College |
| Video | Second Place | Aileen Bucog, Adam Rodriguez, Andrei Avendano | Skyline College |
| Video | Third Place | Marissa Chavez, Jordan Lopez | Rio Hondo College |
| Video | Fourth Place | Angela Vera Cruz, Nicholas Ramirez | Skyline College |
| Video | Honorable Mention | Tim Sim, Jenna Tibby | Santa Monica College |
| Video | Honorable Mention | Jacob Miller, Cayden Timbermoon, Yesenia Rodriguez | Santa Rosa Junior College |
| Video | Honorable Mention | Atticus Hendrickson, Michael Bragg, Pacific Jeremy, Benjamin Lyle, Valondrah Mota | Santa Rosa Junior College |
| Audio | First Place | Calvin Trudeau | Rio Hondo College |
| Audio | Second Place | Tim Sim, Jenna Tibby | Santa Monica College |
| Audio | Third Place | Dylan Cooper, Patrick Merritt, Cristan Molinelli-Ruberto | Santa Rosa Junior College |
| Audio | Fourth Place | Joshua Kentrell Henderson | Mt. San Antonio College |
| Audio | Honorable Mention | Kevin Terlizzi-Bowes, Megan Brown | Santa Rosa Junior College |
| Audio | Honorable Mention | Jamie Watt, Meryem Arslan | De Anza College |
| Team Feature | First Place | Hilary Litton, Mirian Gil Solis | Santa Barbara City College |
| Team Feature | Second Place | Jaxyn Good, Ian Kapsalis | Las Positas College |
| Team Feature | Third Place | Lena Aurelia Hofstrom, Itzel L. Quirarte Jimenez | Skyline College |
| Team Feature | Fourth Place | Frank Mayers, Gordon Yang | De Anza College |
| Team Feature | Honorable Mention | Fran Smith, Tom Whitehead | City College of San Francisco |
| Team Feature | Honorable Mention | Hayden Rush, Levi Goerzen | De Anza College |
| Team Feature | Honorable Mention | Briana Bush, Samira Hassan | San Diego City College |
| Team Feature | Honorable Mention | Edwin Ramos, Jordan Lopez | Rio Hondo College |
| Feature Writing | First Place | Abby Sigler | City College of San Francisco |
| Feature Writing | Second Place | Casey Lieberman | Cuesta College |
| Feature Writing | Third Place | Logan Rae Fleming | Santa Barbara City College |
| Feature Writing | Fourth Place | Kevin Saporsantos | Mt. San Antonio College |
| Feature Writing | Honorable Mention | Maryam Tall | Pasadena City College |
| Feature Writing | Honorable Mention | Jamie Watt | De Anza College |
| Feature Writing | Honorable Mention | Nuha Maflahi | Las Positas College |
| Feature Writing | Honorable Mention | Kaeleb Hanson | Mt. San Antonio College |
| News Judgment/Layout | First Place | Cj Onyeagucha | Los Medanos College |
| News Judgment/Layout | Second Place | Michael Pacheco | Los Medanos College |
| News Judgment/Layout | Third Place | Rosemary Cromwell | Santa Rosa Junior College |
| News Judgment/Layout | Fourth Place | Ann Peñalosa | De Anza College |
| News Judgment/Layout | Honorable Mention | Milo Jones | Las Positas College |
| News Judgment/Layout | Honorable Mention | Antonio Peeples | Skyline College |
| News Photo | First Place | Eizen Yap | Pasadena City College |
| News Photo | Second Place | Angel Campos Espinoza | Fullerton College |
| News Photo | Third Place | Frank Mayers | De Anza College |
| News Photo | Fourth Place | Adam Rodriguez | Skyline College |
| News Photo | Honorable Mention | Jason W. Huang | De Anza College |
| News Photo | Honorable Mention | Sloan Campbell | Cosumnes River College |
| Pacesetter: Print | Meritorious | Staff | Los Medanos College |
| Pacesetter: Print | Meritorious | Staff | Las Positas College |
| Pacesetter: Print | Meritorious | Staff | De Anza College |
| Pacesetter: Digital | Meritorious | Staff | Pasadena City College |
| Pacesetter: Digital | Meritorious | Staff | Santa Monica College |
| Pacesetter: Digital | Meritorious | Staff | Fullerton College |