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Student
wins national
NCAA photo contest
Joshua
Drake, a UM senior in photojournalism, was named the overall champion
in this fall’s national NCAA Sports Photography Contest.
Drake won the award for a black-and-white image titled “Hoosier,”
which shows his brother shooting hoops in his father’s Indiana
barn as light shines through the walls. The win came with a new Nikon
digital camera and small cash award.
“I’m really excited about it,” Drake said. “This
was the first contest I ever entered. It’s a great confidence
booster, especially since I’m graduating from college in two
weeks.”
Drake, who graduated from high school in Petoskey, Mich., took the
winning photo while visiting his father and stepmother in Whitestown,
Ind., last May.
It’s a photo that almost didn’t happen. When Drake noticed
how perfect the light had become in the barn as his brother played
basketball, his father, Tom Drake, was away from the house with Drake’s
camera in his car. His father showed up just in time.
The family loved the photo, and when an ad about an autumn photo contest
sponsored by the NCAA appeared in a local paper, Drake entered his
shot in the “Practice/Training” category. All entries
were displayed at Circle Centre Mall in Indianapolis, and eventually
his photo was named the overall winner by a panel of judges and public
voters.
Drake said the win was a nice way to finish his college years at UM.
He will likely return to his hometown in northern Michigan after graduation
and work as a photographer for a local newspaper.
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