Winners: 2016 Arizona Press Club photo awards

Two Arizona Republic photographers took home top honors in the Arizona Press Club’s 2016 Photojournalism Awards.

Michael Chow was named News Photographer of the Year and Patrick Breen was awarded Sports Photographer of the Year, with the award for Photograph of the Year also going to Chow.

Courtney Pedroza of Arizona State University was named College Photographer of the Year.

The Daily-News Sun’s Jacob Stanek was named Community Photographer of the Year.

The Press Club will begin announcing winners of the 2016 Writing and Design Awards next week.

STATE CATEGORIES

NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

1^st Place Michael Chow/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place David Wallace/Arizona Republic
3^rd Place Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Star
(HM) Patrick Breen/Arizona Republic

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

1^st Place Patrick Breen/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place Christian Petersen/Getty Images
3^rd Place Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic
(Honorable Mention) Chris Coduto/Getty Images

COLLEGE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

1^stPlace: Courtney Pedroza/Arizona State University
2^ndPlace: Alex McIntyre/University of Arizona
3^rdPlace: Ben Moffat/Arizona State University

PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR

“Grieving Grandmother” by Michael Chow/Arizona Republic

NEWS & ISSUE VIDEO

1^st Place “Don Bolles” by Thomas Berry/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place “Voices and Face from a Protest” by Thomas Berry/Arizona Republic
3^rd Place “Prescott Woman Alleges Abuse” by David Wallace/Arizona Republic

FEATURE VIDEO

1^st Place “Wild Horses & Wild Men” by Pat Shannahan/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place “Avondale Quads” by Cheryl Evans/Arizona Republic
3^rd Place “Stuttering Pilot Overcomes Disorder” by Thomas Berry/Arizona Republic
(Honorable Mention) “Blind Students Hike Grand Canyon” by Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic

SPORTS VIDEO

1^st Place by “Christabel Nettey” by Rob Schumacher & Pat Shannahan/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place “Roping is a way of life” by Pat Shannahan/Arizona Republic
3^rd Place “Extreme kayaking in Arizona and beyond” by David Wallace/Arizona Republic

PICTURE STORY

1^st Place “Avondale Quads” by Cheryl Evans/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place “Chuck and Joan” by Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star
3^rd Place “Teens Take the Grand Canyon” Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Star
(Honorable Mention) “Child Crisis” by David Wallace/Arizona Republic

SPOT NEWS

1^st Place “Fire Retardant” by David Wallace/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place “Fight” by Patrick Breen/Arizona Republic
3^rd Place “First Car Crush” by David Wallace/Arizona Republic
(Honorable Mention) “Taxi Rollover” by Ron Medvescek/Arizona Daily Star

GENERAL NEWS

1^st Place “Grieving Grandmother” by Michael Chow/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place “Police Line” by Patrick Breen/Arizona Republic
3^rd Place “Election” Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star
(Honorable Mention) “Trump Protester Punch’ Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Star
(Honorable Mention) “DNC” by Michael Chow/Arizona Republic

FEATURE

1^st Place “Dust” by Michael Chow/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place “BTM” by Ben Moffat/ASU
3^rd Place “112 Degrees” by Mark Henle/Arizona Republic

PORTRAIT

1^st Place “Cry” by Patrick Breen/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place “Senior Olympian” A.E. Araiza/Arizona Daily Star
3^rd Place “Cyber Security” Jim Poulin/Phoenix Business Journal

PICTORIAL

1^st Place “Ballet” by Michael Chow/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place “Cedar Fire” by Mark Henle/Arizona Republic
3^rd Place “Inside Grand Canyon” by David Wallace/Arizona Republic
(Honorable Mention) “Rio Sunset” by Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic

NATURE

1^st Place “Heron and Haboob” by Michael Chow/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place “Grand Canyon” Cedar Fire” by Mark Henle/Arizona Republic
3^rd Place “Monsoon Runoff” by Michael Chow/Arizona Republic
(Honorable Mention) “Sandhill Crane” by Ron Medvescek/Arizona Daily Star
(Honorable Mention) “Organ Pipe Night Sky” by Michael Chow/Arizona Republic
(Honorable Mention) “End of the Rainbow” by Ron Medvescek/Arizona Daily Star

SPORTS ACTION

1^st Place “Touchdown” by Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place “On the Chin” by Christian Petersen/Getty Images
3^rd Place “Diving Catch” by Chris Coduto/Getty Images
(Honorable Mention) “Practice Makes Perfect” by Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic
(Honorable Mention) “Larry Flipped” by Chris Coduto/Getty Images
(Honorable Mention) “Error” by Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star

SPORTS FEATURE

1^st Place “Gatorade Bath” by Christian Petersen/Getty Images
2^nd Place “Rickie’s Feeling Left Out” by Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic
3^rd Place “Splits” by Patrick Breen/Arizona Republic
(Honorable Mention) “Road to Olympics” by Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic

SPORTS PORTRAIT

1^st Place “Skate” by Patrick Breen/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place “Logan Osborn” by Randy Hoeft/Yuma Sun
3^rd Place “Jay Johnson” by Michael Chow/Arizona Republic

SPORTS PICTORIAL

1^st Place “Goal” by Michael Chow/Arizona Republic
2^nd Place “Warm-up” by Rob Schumacher/Arizona Republic
3^rd Place “Practice Sunset” by Ben Moffat/ASU
(Honorable Mention) “Sunrise Ride” by Tom Tingle/Arizona Republic
(Honorable Mention) “Huddle” by Michael Chow/Arizona Republic

No awards giving in the following category: Culinary.

COMMUNITY CATEGORIES

COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

1^st Place Jacob Stanek/Daily News-Sun
2^nd Place Not awarded
3^rd Place Not awarded