Penn State students Lexi Belcufine and Andy Colwell were honored this week by the Society of Professional Journalists for the 2010 Mark of Excellence Awards. Belcufine was declared the National Winner for her work in Feature Writing, and Colwell was named a National Finalist in Feature Photography.

Belcufine, having won, be recognized with the other national winners in September at the Excellence in Journalism Conference in New Orleans. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Collegian.