2025 PSA Contest Results


PSA Contest #1 “Trapped”

Prompt: Create a 30-60 second news feature story about someone who is or who was addicted to vaping nicotine at some point in their life.

1st Place: Dos Pueblos High School

Team
Arthur Bonifield, Kevin Ngo, Charles Day, Natalee Zbinden

Teacher
Doug Caines

2nd Place: Central High School

Team
Carter Shipman, Max Brown

Teacher
Joshua Cantrell

3rd Place: Portola High School

Team
Julian Barnes, Jayoh Jung, Joline Lo, Emma Nguyen

Teacher
Tina Murphy

 

Honorable Mention | “Trapped”

Trumbull Career and Technical Center

Team
Noah Hawes and Braydon McElhinny

Teacher
Kris Doran

Lee's Summit North High School

Team
Sophia Ardon, Taylor Kindler, Samuel Mazariegos, Tessa Visconti

Teacher
Terry Durnell

CTE Center at Olean

Team
Nicholas Austin, Kaden Sosa, Noah Lippert

Teacher
Cory Nedell

Satellite Center

Team
Chanae Leonard & Nia Brown

Teacher
Jordan Dauphin

Berwick Area Senior High School

Team
Landon Hess

Teacher
Kyla Riccobon

Valencia High School

Team
Gabriel Karney

Teacher
Dena de Vera

 

Indiana County Technology Center

Team
Lisa Mason & Elysa Burns

Teacher
Melaney Brubaker

 

PSA Contest #2 “5 Reasons”

Prompt: Create a 30-60 second commentary-style PSA about the top 5 reasons vaping nicotine is not a good idea.

1st Place: Central High School

Team
Alex Trieu, Emily Neal, Sage Thieman, Neil Wilkinson

Teacher
Joshua Cantrell

2nd Place: Camden County Technical School

Team
Camree Rolley, Nathan Foley, Josiah Colon, Jacob Welsh

Teacher
Brian Coulter

3rd Place: Taylorville High School

Team
Anthony Rivecco

Teacher
Neil Hohenstein

 

Honorable Mention | “5 Reasons”

Indiana County Technology Center

Team
Sydney Fabri

Teacher
Melaney Brubaker

Unity Cottage School

Team
Caitlin Tierney

Teacher
Erin Tierney

Meridian Technology Center

Team
Cash Hanrahan

Teacher
Sheila McMurry

Cedar Crest High School

Team
Autumn McKelvie

Teacher
Cody Hassler

Greenwood High School

Team
Trevor Tucker

Teacher
Troy Jarrell

Granada High School

Team
Alexander Bergeron, Dominic Bourque, Antoun Khairallah, Dylan Shenave

Teacher
Alexandria Janda

 

Nonnewaug High School

Team
Luke Vitalis, Ryan Alther

Teacher
Mrs. Blake