2000 ONPA  Annual Contest Winners

George S. Smallsreed Photographer of Year
1st – Mike Levy – The Plain Dealer
2nd – Dale Omori – The Plain Dealer
3rd – Ed Suba Jr. – Akron Beacon Journal
Award of Excellence – Ken Love – Akron Beacon Journal

Student Photographer of the Year
1st – Greg Ruffing, Kent State University
2nd – Luis Sanchez, Kent State University
3rd – James Patterson, Ohio University

Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship
1st – Nate Thomson, Ohio University
2nd -Greg Ruffing, Kent State University

Ohio Understanding Award
1st – Shirley Ware – The Gazette
2nd – Chris Russell – The The Columbus Dispatch
3rd – Dale Omori – The Plain Dealer

Best of Show
1st – Ed Suba, Jr., Akron Beacon Journal

Picture Usage (Under 100,000)
1st – Medina County Gazette
2nd – The (Mansfield) News Journal

Picture Usage (Over 100,000)
1st – The The The Columbus Dispatch
2nd – The Plain Dealer
3rd – Dayton Daily News

Staff of Year (Under 100,000)
1st – The News Journal
2nd – The News Herald

Staff of Year (Over 100,000)
1st – The Plain Dealer
2nd – Akron Beacon Journal
3rd – The The The Columbus Dispatch

Feature Picture
1st – Jim Witmer – Dayton Daily News, “Greeting”
2nd – Matthew Hovis – The Gazette, “Shooting Range”
3rd – Fred Squillante – The The The Columbus Dispatch, “Clock Faces”
Award of Excellence – Diane Hires – The (Toledo) Blade
Award of Excellence – Mike Levy, The Plain Dealer
Award of Excellence – Eric Albrecht – The The Columbus Dispatch

Feature Picture Story
1st – Ken Love, Akron Beacon Journal, “Akron’s Last Farm”
2nd – Dale Omori – The Plain Dealer, “Wild Thing”
3rd – Mike Levy – The Plain Dealer, “A Moving Day”
Award of Excellence – Chris Russell – The The The Columbus Dispatch
Award of Excellence – Dale Omori – The Plain Dealer

General News
1st – Dave Polcyn – The News Journal, “Common Pleas”
2nd – Doral Chenoweth III – The Dispatch, “Hurdles to Learning”
3rd – Bob DeMay – Akron Beacon Journal, “Officer and a Husband”

Illustration
1st – Andrea Levy – The Plain Dealer, “Loneliness”
2nd – Andrea Levy – The Plain Dealer, “Rape”
3rd – Andrea Levy – The Plain Dealer, “Career Changes”
Award of Excellence – Ed Suba, Jr. – Akron Beacon Journal
Award of Excellence – Mary Circelli, The The The Columbus Dispatch

Pictorial
1st – David Richard – The Morning Journal, “Lake Erie Storm”
2nd – Ken Love – Akron Beacon Journal, “Cowboys at Sunset”
3rd – Randy Roberts – Findlay Courier, “Mohawk Mohawks”
Award of Excellence – Ed Suba Jr. – Akron Beacon Journal
Award of Excellence – Michael Keating, Cincinnati Enquirer
Award of Excellence – Bob Christy – Kent State University
Award of Excellence – Will Shilling – Tribune Chronicle

Portrait/Personality
1st – Will Shilling – Tribune Chronicle, “Bat Man”
2nd – Mike Levy – The Plain Dealer, “Remembering”
3rd – John Kuntz – The Plain Dealer, “Playing With Shadows”
Award of Excellence – Andy Morrison – Sandusky Register

Sports Action
1st – Ed Suba Jr. – Akron Beacon Journal, “Catchers Collision”
2nd – Michael Keating – Cincinnati Enquirer, “No Blood…No Foul”
3rd – Dave Zapotosky – The (Toledo) Blade, “Over the Top”
Award of Excellence – Neal Lauron – The The The Columbus Dispatch

Sports Feature
1st – Dale Omori – The Plain Dealer, “Closer Look”
2nd – Andy Morrison – Sandusky Register, “A Hair Faster”
3rd – Mark Duncan – Associated Press, “Riding the Wave”
Award of Excellence – Steven Herppich, Cincinnati Enquirer
Award of Excellence – Chuck Crow – The Plain Dealer
Award of Excellence – Joy Parker – This Week Newspapers

Sports Picture Story
1st – Ed Suba Jr. – Akron Beacon Journal, “Season of Change”
2nd – Ken Love – Akron Beacon Journal, “Urban Cowboy”
3rd – Julie Vennitti – The Repository “#80”
Award of Excellence – Gary Green – Akron Beacon Journal
Award of Excellence – Alan Detrich – Block News Alliance

Spot News (Under 100,000)
1st – Steve Schenck – The Morning Journal, “Amtrak Fatal”
2nd – Darrin Bryan – This Week Newspapers, “Arrested Youth”
3rd – Scott Heckel – The Repository, “All Terrain Vehicle”

Spot News (Over 100,000)
1st – Diane Hires – The (Toledo) Blade, “Up a Creek”
2nd – Jeremy Wadsworth – The (Toledo) Blade, “Jumper”
3rd – Mike Levy – The Plain Dealer, “Cop Shot”
Award of Excellence – Chuck Crow – The Plain Dealer

News Picture Story
1st – Steve Herppich – Cincinnati Enquirer, “Diploma Dilemma”
2nd – Bill Reinke – Dayton Daily News, “1974 All Over Again”
3rd – Michael Blair – The News-Herald “Child Shooting Death”
Award of Excellence – Gary Harwood – Kent State University

Campaign 2000
1st – Tim Revell – The The The Columbus Dispatch, “Peek-A-Boo”
2nd – Chris Russell – The The The Columbus Dispatch, “Mixed Results”
3rd – Ed Suba, Jr. – Akron Beacon Journal, “Voting or Videos”

Team Picture Story
1st – The Plain Dealer, “Policeman’s Murder”
2nd – Dayton Daily News, “Xenia, Ohio, Again ! ! ! !”