Mountlake Terrace High School’s Hawkeye newspaper won 14 awards at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association spring convention in Denver.

The Hawkeye staff accepted one of just seven First Amendment Press Freedom Awards granted in the country.

Hawkeye Editor-in-Chief Nick Fiorillo — who last month was named the state’s journalist of the year — was named one of the national runners-up for the JEA National Student Journalist of the Year Award. He was honored in front of the entire convention and received a plaque and a scholarship.

The Hawkeye’s website (www.thehawkeye.org) placed fifth in the nation among schools with 1,500 students or fewer.

Individual student staff members won the following award in on-site competitions judged against tough national standards. Almost 1,000 students competed from all across the country and several foreign countries:

Luke Thurber won the only SUPERIOR award in the Press Law and Ethics category

Brian Tran won a SUPERIOR award for Commentary Writing

Serafina Urrutia won an EXCELLENT award for Literary Magazine Photography

Hannah Schuster won an EXCELLENT award for Editorial Cartooning

Irvin Zhang won an EXCELLENT award for Sports Writing

Josh Morrison won an HONORABLE MENTION for Editorial Writing

Max Tracy won an HONORABLE MENTION for Review Writing

Isaac Otis won an HONORABLE MENTION for Literary Magazine Illustration

Serafina Urrutia won an HONORABLE MENTION for Newspaper News/Feature Photography

Jaira Arcilla won an HONORABLE MENTION for Video Editing

Paxtyn Merten and Nick Fiorillo won an HONORABLE MENTION for Social Media Reporting