LAST YEAR'S EDITION of the Uni High yearbook has won a host of awards in the 2007 Eastern Illinois High School Press Association yearbook competition.

The 2006-07 book — advised by Joel Beesley and edited by Daniel Ito, Annie Liang, Frankie McFarland, and Suran Yoo — won second place overall in the under-500 enrollment category. First place went to the University of Chicago Laboratory High School.

Uni's staff won first place for best layout and design; second place for best copy, best use of photography, and best sports coverage; and third place for best coverage of the school year.

Here are the complete results for Uni's category (name of yearbook in parentheses):

LESS THAN 500 ENROLLMENT

Best Layout and Design
1. UNI HIGH
2. Evanston Roycemore School (Griffin)
3. U-High Chicago (U-Highlights)

Best Copy
1. U-High Chicago (U-Highlights)
2. UNI HIGH
3. Evanston Roycemore School (Griffin)

Best Dividers
1. U-High Chicago (U-Highlights)
2. Cisne High (Echo)
3. Oakland High (Oakleaves)

Best Use of Photography
1. U-High Chicago (U-Highlights)
2. UNI HIGH
3. Cisne High (Echo)

Best Graphics
1. U-High Chicago (U-Highlights)
2. UNI HIGH
3. Cisne High (Echo)

Best Theme Development
1. Evanston Roycemore School (Griffin)
2. Lovington High (Mirror)
3. U-High Chicago (U-Highlights)

Best Coverage of School Year
1. U-High Chicago (U-Highlights)
2. Evanston Roycemore School (Griffin)
3. UNI HIGH

Best Overall Yearbook
1. U-High Chicago (U-Highlights)
2. UNI HIGH
3. Evanston Roycemore School (Griffin)

In the other enrollment categories, best overall awards went to Carbondale Community High (500-1,200 enrollment) and Champaign Centennial High (more than 1,200 enrollment).

Among last year's editors of the Uni yearbook, Liang and Ito have graduated. McFarland and Yoo are back as seniors.