Meadows Advertising Students Amass Over 125 Awards in Recent Competitions
Advertising students have won an impressive number of awards this year at AAF鈥檚 Dallas and District 10 ADDYs, as well as the Graphis International New Talent Awards and many more competitions.
[Story updated 5/20/25]
Students in Meadows’ Temerlin Advertising Institute continue to reel in awards this competition season! At AAF Dallas’ American Advertising Awards in February, the group was awarded a whopping 25 ADDYs. Among these were 9 Silver awards, 15 Gold awards, and the overall Mosaic Award, a distinction that recognizes an understanding of and sensitivity to diverse audiences – an award which usually only goes to professionals.
Winners from this competition moved on to the regional District 10 ADDY competition, where they competed with students at universities across Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and the whole state of Texas. Meadows students took home 10 awards in this competition, including Best in Show, which is almost three times more than some of the biggest and most competitive schools in this region. And three of these winning works are finalists in the National ADDY competition!
Advertising students have also made a splash at the Graphis International New Talent Awards this month. Graphis’s international jury selected only the most exceptional work from emerging creatives around the world and by earning 50 awards across the Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Honorable Mention categories, Meadows students have made quite the impression.
Students have also been recognized and taken home awards in other competitions such as the CLIOs, DSVC National Student Show & Conference Young Ones, Radio Mercury Awards and more. Continue reading for the full list of our 2025 advertising award winners.
Dallas ADDY Award Winners
MOSAIC AWARD / Special Olympics / Ross Yenerich
GOLD / Social Media, Made to Be Addictive / Jordan Naivar / Art Direction
GOLD / NatGeo Expeditions / Emma Clarke and Linh Vu / Television
GOLD / Screamfest / Spencer Hogan + Emma Clarke / Out-of-Home
GOLD / Polaroid / Ross Yenerich + Kailyn Sawhny / Copywriting
GOLD / Pinterest / Linh Vu + Allie Weinstein / Television Advertising
GOLD / National Videogame Museum / Bernadette Cruz / Integrated
GOLD / Special Olympics / Ross Yenerich / Television Advertising
GOLD / Raid Wasp Spray / Knox Miller / Out-of-Home
GOLD / Social Media, Made to Be Addictive / Jordan Naivar / Integrated
GOLD / Polaroid / Ross Yenerich + Kailyn Sawhny / TV Advertising
GOLD / Grin Tongue Cleaners / Kaya Lee / Out-of-Home
GOLD / Miracle-Gro for Christmas Trees / Lilly James / Copywriting
GOLD / Emma Georghakis / Hanky Panky / Logo Design
GOLD / Calphalon / Caroline Corcoran / Copywriting
GOLD / Perfumania / Bella Mac + Tyler Chapman / Radio
SILVER / Mr. Appliance / Lucy Kieffer / Integrated Campaign
SILVER / SVA Perspective Poster / Ethan Jones / Out-of-Home Poster
SILVER / Birkenstock / Spencer Hogan + Ross Yenerich / Integrated
SILVER / Etsy / Kailyn Sawhny / Television Advertising
SILVER / Perfumania / Bella Mac + Tyler Chapman / Integrated
SILVER / Check Your Smoke Detector / Emma Georghakis / Television
SILVER / Mr. Appliance / Lucy Kieffer / Art Direction
SILVER / Narcan / Tyler Chapman + Ross Yenerich / Out-of-Home
SILVER / Amazon Prime / Gustavo Lucrecio / Outdoor & Transit
District 10 ADDY Award Winners
BEST IN SHOW / Social Media, Made to Be Addictive / Jordan Naivar / Art Direction
GOLD / National Videogame Museum / Bernadette Cruz / Integrated
GOLD / Pinterest / Linh Vu + Allie Weinstein / Television Advertising
GOLD / Social Media, Made to Be Addictive / Jordan Naivar / Integrated
GOLD / Grin Tongue Cleaners / Kaya Lee / Out-of-Home
GOLD / Screamfest / Spencer Hogan + Emma Clarke / Out-of-Home
GOLD / Social Media, Made to Be Addictive / Jordan Naivar / Art Direction
SILVER / Mr. Appliance / Lucy Kieffer / Art Direction
SILVER / Raid Wasp Spray / Knox Miller / Out-of-Home
SILVER / Birkenstock / Spencer Hogan + Ross Yenerich / Integrated
National ADDY Awards
FINALIST TBD / Screamfest / Spencer Hogan + Emma Clarke / Out-of-Home
FINALIST TBD / National Videogame Museum / Bernadette Cruz / Integrated
FINALIST TBD / Birkenstock / Spencer Hogan + Ross Yenerich / Integrated
Graphis International New Talent Award Winners
PLATINUM / Easton Press Collector Edition Books / Will McKinnie and Nicole Zimmer
GOLD / Birkenstock / Spencer Hogan and Ross Yenerich
GOLD / Poland Pilgrimage / Ross Yenerich
GOLD / Caliber Collision / Olivia Atherton
GOLD / Squatty Potty / Bella Mac and Kailyn Sawhny
GOLD / NatGeo Expeditions / Linh Vu and Emma Clarke
GOLD / Pinterest / Linh Vu and Allie Weinstein
GOLD / Tecovas / Helena Hargraves and Callie Oden
GOLD / Special Olympics / Ross Yenerich
SILVER / National Videogame Museum / Bernadette Cruz
SILVER / Tweezerman / Kailyn Sawhny and Spencer Hogan
SILVER / Shiner Rode0 / Ross Yenerich and Kailyn Sawhny
SILVER / Ring Car Cam / Will McKinnie
SILVER / Urban Stems / Kailyn Sawhny
SILVER / Six Flags Fright Fest / Alexandra Lopez (OOH)
SILVER / Six Flags Fright Fest / Alexandra Lopez (Non-trad/Entertainment)
SILVER / Tile Pro / Lucy Kieffer and Samantha Penny
SILVER / Hanky Panky Logo / Emma Georghakis
SILVER / Capezio Logo / Emma Georghakis
SILVER / Raid Wasp Spray / Knox Miller
SILVER / Center for Humane Technology / Jordan Naivar
SILVER / Inkbox Logo / Kailyn Sawhny
SILVER / Mr. Appliance / Lucy Kieffer
SILVER / Grin Tongue Cleaners / Kaya Lee
SILVER / Amazon Prime / Gustavo Lucrecio
SILVER / Calphalon / Caroline Corcoran
SILVER / Halo Top / Allie Weinstein and Nicole Zimmer
SILVER / Duracel+National Fire Protection Assoc / Emma Georghakis
SILVER / Etsy / Kailyn Sawhny
SILVER / Polaroid / Kailyn Sawhny and Ross Yenerich
HONORABLE MENTION / Hargraves Business Card / Helena Hargraves
HONORABLE MENTION / Sour Patch Kids / Olivia Atherton and Kaya Lee
HONORABLE MENTION / Ross, Why? Personal Brand / Ross Yenerich
HONORABLE MENTION / Bloomscape / Ethan Jones
HONORABLE MENTION / 精东传媒 Football Poster Series / Spencer Hogan
HONORABLE MENTION / Kurios Logo / Ross Yenerich
HONORABLE MENTION / Sawhny Business Card / Kailyn Sawhny
HONORABLE MENTION / El Cafe de Don Pedro Logo / Onyx Rodriguez
HONORABLE MENTION / Miracle-Gro for Christmas Trees / Lilly James
HONORABLE MENTION / Beethoven NYC Poster / Ethan Jones
HONORABLE MENTION / Art Unlocks Perspective Poster / Ethan Jones
HONORABLE MENTION / Screamfest Horror Film Festival / Spencer Hogan and Emma Clarke
HONORABLE MENTION / Dream Pops Logo+Packaging/ Kailyn Sawhny
HONORABLE MENTION / Presidential Playing Cards / Spencer Hogan
HONORABLE MENTION / Stop the Shrink Poster / Ethan Jones
HONORABLE MENTION / NARCAN / Tyler Chapman and Ross Yenerich
HONORABLE MENTION / 精东传媒 Social Media Graphics / Spencer Hogan
HONORABLE MENTION / Roomba / Emma Clarke and Will McKinnie
HONORABLE MENTION / Scrub Daddy / Ross Yenerich, Will McKinnie and Bella Mac
HONORABLE MENTION / Perfumania / Tyler Chapman and Bella Mac
Radio Mercury Awards 2025
FINALIST TBD / Perfumania / Bella Mac + Tyler Chapman /
CLIO Awards
SHORTLIST/ National Videogame Museum / Bernadette Cruz
Young Ones
MERIT / Special Olympics / Ross Yenerich (Craft in Writing / TV/Film/Video)
MERIT / Center for Humane Technology / Jordan Naivar (OOH)
MERIT / Center for Humane Technology / Jordan Naivar (Art Direction)
MERIT / National Videogame Museum / Bernadette Cruz (OOH)
MERIT / Birkenstock / Spencer Hogan and Ross Yenerich (OOH)
MERIT / Mr. Appliance / Lucy Kieffer (Art Direction)
SHORTLIST / Pinterest / Linh Vu and Allie Weinstein (Advertising: TV/Film)
SHORTLIST / Special Olympics / Ross Yenerich (Design for Good / Advertising)
SHORTLIST / Center for Humane Technology / Jordan Naivar (Design for Good / Advertising)
SHORTLIST / Sour Patch Kids / Kaya Lee and Olivia Atherton (OOH)
SHORTLIST / Raid Wasp Spray / Knox Miller (OOH)
SHORTLIST / Amazon Prime / Gustavo Lucrecio (OOH)
SHORTLIST / Ross, Why? / Ross Yenerich (Portfolio)
SHORTLIST / Perdue Chicken / Ross Yenerich
SHORTLIST / Grin Tongue Scraper / Kaya Lee (Art Direction)
SHORTLIST / Etsy / Kailyn Sawhny (Advertising: TV/Film)
Breaking & Entering Crowbar Awards
BEST IN SHOW (Blue Crowbar) / Ross Yenerich & Kailyn Sawhny / Polaroid
DSVC // National Student Show & Conference
BEST OF ADVERTISING: OUT-OF-HOME / Ross Yenerich & Spencer Hogan / Where to Next?
BEST OF ADVERTISING: VIDEO / Kailyn Sawhny & Ross Yenerich / Polaroid
BEST OF ADVERTISING: COPYWRITING / Kailyn Sawhny & Ross Yenerich / Polaroid (8th in a row)
BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY / Ross Yenerich / Poland Photography Series
BEST LOGO / Emma Georghakis / Hanky Panky Logo
JUDGE’S CHOICE / Emma Georghakis / Hanky Panky Logo
SELECTED FOR SHOW (8)
Bernadette Cruz / National Videogame Museum
Scrub Daddy / Ross Yenerich, Will McKinnie and Bella Mac
Ross Yenerich / Poland Photography Series
Kailyn Sawhny and Ross Yenerich / Shiner Rode0
Kailyn Sawhny and Ross Yenerich / Polaroid
Ross Yenerich and Spencer Hogan / Where to Next?
Ethan Jones / Art Unlocks Perspective
Emma Georghakis / Hanky Panky Logo
The ONE Club for Creativity / Portfolio Night
Ross Yenerich / Dallas All-Star
Marketing Rebels
FEATURED / Scrub Daddy / Ross Yenerich, Will McKinnie and Bella Mac
FEATURED / Grin Tongue Cleaners / Kaya Lee