Staff Accolades
24-25 Awards
2024 TAJE Fall Fiesta Awards (more than 500 students participated from more than 50 campuses across the state)
Chris Choi – Digital Photo – Taste of San Antonio – Excellent
Taylor Phagnaxay – Sports Action Photo – Excellent
Erin Moultry – On-Site Headline Writing – Honorable Mention
Chris Choi – Photography Portfolio – Honorable Mention
Taylor Phagnaxay – Sports Reaction Photo – Honorable Mention
Association of Texas Photography Instructors – Fall 2024 Photo Contest (6,200 entries were submitted from 120 schools)
Chris Choi – Photography Portfolio – Honorable Mention
2025 Journalism District UIL
Ngoc Dinh – 5th place in Editorial and Feature Writing
2025 High School Journalism Network Awards
5th place in district for overall bylines – 84 (820 overall for the district)
Best Photo (Academic) – Third Place in district – Jana Salem
Best Photo (Academic) – First Place in district – Ashley Shook
Best Photo (Fine Arts) – Third Place in district – Erin Moultry
Best Photo (Sports) – Third Place in district – Noah Hawkins
Best Photo (Composition) – First Place in district – Chris Choi
Featured in Jostens 2025 Look Book
The Cypress Ranch 2024 yearbook was chosen as one of 487 yearbooks in the country to be featured in the Jostens 2025 Look Book.
Jostens North America Photo Contest 2025
1st Place Academic Photo – Ashley Shook
24-25 Harris County Scholastic Writing Awards
Fatimah Al-Nimah – Overture of a Postscript Eulogy – Silver Key
Mary Hearn – Safety Net – Silver Key
Antonella Loreto – Stars & Stripes = Scars & Strife – Silver Key
Antonella Loreto – From Protest to Resistance – Silver Key
Devin Satchell – Echoes of a Heart Left Behind – Honorable Mention
Gideon Smith – A Brief Rumination of Professor Edgar P. Wright – Gold Key & National Silver Medal
Adviser Liza Leonhardt was awarded a $250 TAJE Summer Workshop Scholarship.
