2008 ACP Photo Excellence Award Finalists
co-sponsored by National Press Photographers Association

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General News Picture

First Place
Juan Ramirez, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas

Second Place
Britney McIntosh, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.

Third Place
Matthew Mead, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.

Honorable Mention
Pete Stuttgen, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Ind.

Honorable Mention
Shaozhuo Cui, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Spot News Picture

First Place
Matthew Mead, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.

Second Place
Matthew Mead, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.

Third Place
Andrew Rogers, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Texas

Honorable Mention
Jessica Kuo, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif.

Honorable Mention
Max Lashin, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, Fla.

Feature Picture

First Place
Andrew Dodson, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Mich.

Second Place
Tim Hunt, Columbia College, Chicago, Ill.

Third Place
Emily Coovert, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.

Honorable Mention
Spencer Millsap, Texas State Univ.-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas

Honorable Mention
Jeff McWhorter, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Texas

Sports Picture

First Place
Clay Lomneth, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.

Second Place
Tyler Osburn, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.

Third Place
Georgia Rhodes, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, Mich.

Honorable Mention
Rob Ikoku, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Honorable Mention
Trent Barnes, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, Texas

Honorable Mention
Austin Byrd, Texas State Univ.-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas

Environmental Portrait

First Place
Matt Fields-Johnson, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.

Second Place
Alan Wong, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif.

Third Place
Ronald Villegas, Texas Christian Univ., Fort Worth, Texas

Honorable Mention
Sergei Bogatcheva, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.

Picture Story

First Place
Josh Birnbaum, Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, Ill.

Second Place
Jacob Kriese, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Ind.

Third Place
Elliott Hess, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.

Honorable Mention
Courtney Dudley, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Texas