Maddie Ames is the Runner-Up in the Nebraska Student Journalist of the Year contest in 2021. This is a state-wide contest sponsored by the Journalism Education Association. Ames will be awarded her runner-up prize at the NSAA State Journalism contest in April.

To enter the contest, Ames spent months combing through all of her journalistic work from the last four years and putting together a web portfolio to showcase her best work. This is the best finish for a Pius X students in 13 years (and perhaps the best finish ever).