• Whiz Kid: U City High School journalism students.
• School: University City High School
• Nominated By: School District of University City
• Accomplishment: U City newspaper, yearbook and web site students were presented with awards March 13 at the Sponsors of School Publications journalism conference at Webster University. Over 28 St. Louis metro area schools with 650 students attended the conference. 

The winners include:

2011-12 Newspaper

• Overall Newspaper, Honorable Mention (Caroline Martinez, editor)
• Newspaper Commentary, Excellent (Caroline Martinez)
• News Story, Honorable Mention (Leah Booker)
• Newspaper Cover Design, Honorable Mention (Caroline Martinez)

2011-12 utimesonline.com

• Overall Website, Honorable Mention (Carl Sechrist, web editor)

2010-11 Yearbook

• Overall Yearbook, Superior (Sydney Pritchard, editor)
• Theme Development, Excellent (Sydney Pritchard, editor)
• Feature Copy, Honorable Mention (Lisa Parker)
• Student Life Design, Honorable Mention (Devin Alfred)
• Yearbook Photography, Excellent (MyTresa Taylor)
• Yearbook Photography, Excellent (Demetrius Webb)
• Yearbook Sports Photography, Honorable Mention (Demetrius Webb)