Staff Accolades
25-26 Awards
2025 TAJE Fall Fiesta Awards (more than 500 students participated from more than 50 campuses across the state)
Ashley Shook – Honorable Mention – Sports Action Photo
Viviana Hughes – Honorable Mention – Sports Action Photo
Addison Owens – Excellent – Yearbook Copy
Adelyn Sam – Excellent – Digital Photo – Spirit of San Antonio
Chris Choi – Superior – Sports Action Photo
Olivia Garza – Superior – First-Year Photo
Olivia Garza – Honorable Mention – Sports Reaction Photo
2025 TAJE Best in Texas Yearbook Awards
Y1 Theme Development – Addison Owens – Excellent
Y3 Headline Writing – Emmalyn Love and Ryan Pape – Honorable Mention
Y4 Caption Writing – Ryan Pape – Honorable Mention
Y7 Clubs/Organizations Copy – Ryan Pape and Rodi Oresanya – Honorable Mention
Y8 Sports Copy – Aryn Dupor and Hyunbeen Choi – Excellent
Y12 Opening/Closing – Addison Owens – Honorable Mention
Y15 Student Life Spread – Emmalyn Love – Excellent
Y16 Academics Spread – Adelyn Sam and Rodi Oresanya – Honorable Mention
Y20 Multitopic Spread – Baylee Scalisi – Excellent
Y20 Multitopic Spread – Mallory Grimland – Honorable Mention
Y28 Academics Photo – Ashley Shook – Honorable Mention
4x Best of SNO Award Winners
2025 – Best of SNO Award – Ngoc Dinh – Also here
2026 – Best of SNO Award – Ngoc Dinh – Also here
2026 – Best of SNO Award – Ngoc Dinh – Also here
2026 – Best of SNO Award – Ngoc Dinh – Also here
Featured 2x in the Jostens 2026 Lookbook
The Cypress Ranch 2025 yearbook was chosen as one of about 400 yearbooks in the country to be featured in the Jostens 2026 Look Book.
2026 16-6A UIL Journalism
Addison Owens – 5th place in district for news writing and 6th place in district for feature writing
25-26 Harris County Scholastic Writing Awards
Of Times and People Past – Honorable Mention (Personal Essay & Memoir) – Sophia Kelly
The Measure of Time – Gold Key (Flash Fiction) – Sophia Kelly
Mandarins – Honorable Mention (Poetry) – Sophia Kelly
An Hourglass of Amber Sand – Honorable Mention (Poetry) – Sophia Kelly
He Who Has Killed All of Humanity – Gold Key (Poetry) – Sophia Kelly
Horizon – Gold Key (Poetry) – Sophia Kelly
The Siblings Who Hung the Stars – Honorable Mention (Speculative Fiction) – Sophia Kelly
Snapshots – Gold Key (Personal Essay & Memoir) – Sophia Kelly
Sewn shut – Gold Key (Poetry) – Addison Hendricks
Phantom Cords – Silver Key (Screenwriting and Plays) – Winston Robinson
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 16-6A 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.