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2026 ADDY Winners

On February 26th, the AAF-Louisville held their annual ADDY Awards Gala and revealed the winners for the 2025 advertising year.

Our CAT students won a total of 10 ADDY Awards this year. They won 1 Gold ADDY, 3 Judges’ Choice ADDY Awards, and 6 Silver ADDY’s. This is the second year in a row that we’ve won awards in the animation category. Last year was the first time we ever entered animation in the ADDY’s.

The ADDY Awards are a BIG deal for our students and their development in the Communication Arts Technology Program: Advertising, Photography, Web Design. This awards competition serves as an inspiring and motivating event for all our students in all our tracks.

Congratulations to our CAT Students and to all those whose work was entered into the competition. Now their winning entries will go on to compete at the District 5 level of the AAF in late March.

The District 5 ADDY Award Competition is a three-state advertising competition. Our students will compete with other students from Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia in markets such as Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus in Ohio; Louisville, Lexington, and Bowling Green in Kentucky; and Charleston, Huntington, and Morgantown in West Virginia.

Way to go CAT students!

Jose Perez Cespedes

Gold ADDY Award
Four Roses Bourbon


Jonathan Mattingly

Judges’ Choice ADDY Award and Silver ADDY Award
Michael Jackson Fantasy Concert Animated Ad

Judges’ Choice ADDY Award and Silver ADDY Award
Off the Court Sports Bar Branding Guide

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Silver ADDY Award
Off the Court Sports Bar Animated Logo


Paxton Barnard

Judges’ Choice ADDY Award and Silver ADDY Award
Scream Stream Brand Manual

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Silver ADDY Award
Scream Stream Advertising Campaign


Parker Cummins

Silver ADDY Award
Archives Book Design

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From the left: Parker Cummins, Paxton Barnard, Gretel Tang, Jose Perez, Cespedes, Jonathan Mattingly.

Student Award Galleries