SPRINGFIELD — East Central College Student Media took home 18 awards on April 11 at the 2026 Missouri College Media Conference.

Submissions were across the newspaper division and the Yearbook/Magazine division. Awards were presented at the MCMC Conference at Missouri State University.

ECC went up against St. Louis Community College Meramec and St. Louis Community College Forest Park in division four.

Divisions in the MCMA are separated by college size. Division one is larger universities, division two is midsize universities, division three is small four year schools and division four is two-year colleges.

ECC received two first-place wins in division four and 15 other awards:

•Ayden Marshall, “Together Film Review” first place for Entertainment Review.

• Taylor Greife, “ECC Hosts Spring on the Quad” first place for Multimedia Package.

• Ashlee West, “The Dangers of Overconsumption” second place for Editorial Writing.

• Katie Oreskovic, “The Problems between the Racing Industry and Horse Slaughter” third place for Editorial Writing.

• Taylor James, second place for “Soccer Struggles first season with coaching coaches” and third place for “Inside ECC Softball” in Sports Writing.

• Morgan Clubb, honorable mention “Softball coach enters second year with Falcons” for Sports Writing.

• Brianna Salmond, “What’s better for class, technology or paper” second place for Column.

• Taylor Greife, “College Fair photos” third place for News Photography.

• Taylor Greife, “Framing up for Falcon Fest” second place for Multimedia Package.

• Taylor James, “Franklin’s Fun and Games (2025)” third place for Multimedia Package.

• Taylor James, “Sports Page 9” third place for Sports Page.

ECC staff received second place for “Student Involvement Fair Photos” in News Photography, third place for the Cornerstone website in Website, third place for the “Cornerstone front page Fall 2025” in Page One Design, honorable mention for “Spring Pages 2025” and third place in the sweepstakes.

The Yearbook/Magazine division was not separated by college sizes.

• Taylor Greife received an honorable mention in the Yearbook/Magazine division for “Travel with London Underground” for Illustration/Infographic.