Meadows Advertising Students Amass Over 85 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.

Advertising students pose with their awards from the Dallas ADDYs.
Figure: Advertising students celebrate winning an impressive 25 awards at this year's Dallas ADDYs.

[Story updated 4/23/25]

Students in Meadows’ Temerlin Advertising Institute started competition season off with a bang! 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. These winnings works will now be forwarded onto Nationals, where students will go head-to-head with the best schools in the country.

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.

Continue reading for the full list of our 2025 Dallas ADDY, District 10 ADDY and Graphis 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

 

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 / SMU 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 / SMU 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