ACA student members were competing for prizes in two essay competitions: the Future School Counselors Essay Competition (sponsored by the Roland and Dorothy Ross Trust) and the Graduate Student Essay Competition (sponsored by Gerald and Marianne Corey and Allen and Mary Bradford Ivey).
Formal recognition of the winning essayists will take place at the National Awards Ceremony at the ACA 2017 Conference and Expo (March 16-19) in San Francisco.
Future School Counselor Essay Competition
Grand Prize Winner (Award - $500 and complimentary 2017 conference registration)
Runners Up (Award - $250 and complimentary 2017 ACA conference registration)
- Trista Bruns, Plymouth State University (NH)
- Jennifer Debevec, San Francisco State University (CA)
- Katie Hanson, University of North Dakota (ND)
- Claire Randall, Liberty University (VA)
- Nicholas White, Alfred University (NY)
Honorable Mentions (Award - Complimentary 2017 ACA conference registration)
- Megan Dunn, Monmouth University (NJ)
- Jennifer Dwiggins, College of William & Mary (VA)
- Jacqueline Iloh, Johns Hopkins University (MD)
- Marcus Peerman, Virginia State University (VA)
- Margaret Scally, Trinity Washington University (DC)
- Austen Winkler, College of William & Mary (VA)
- Rebecca Yellen, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi (TX)
Tomorrow’s Counselor Essay Competition
Grand Prize Winner (Award - $500 and complimentary 2017 conference registration)
Runners Up (Award - $250 and complimentary 2017 ACA conference registration)
- Jacqueline Barthelemy, Chicago School of Professional Psychology (IL)
- Sam Colbert, Ball State University (IN)
- Travis Kraemer, Western Seminary (OR)
- Jeffrey Wilson, MidAmerica Nazarene University (KS)
- Leah Yeomans, University of North Carolina – Charlotte (NC)
Honorable Mentions (Award - Complimentary 2017 ACA conference registration)
- Brittany Bishop, Longwood University (VA)
- Karen Cohen, National Louis University (IL)
- Lauren Deasy, University of North Carolina – Charlotte (NC)
- Jazmin Gonzalez, University of Texas at El Paso (TX)
- Eleanor McAuliffe, University of New Orleans (LA)
- Pneurissa Stamps, Chicago State University (IL)
- Cassandra Riedy, Belmont University (TN)
- Kasey Seltner, Neumann University (PA)
- Angela Touchton, Lindsey Wilson College (KY)
- Caleb Watkins,University of the Cumberlands (KY)
The Grand Prize essays will be published in an upcoming edition of Counseling Today.