The Hutchinson Collegian is the student newspaper of Hutchinson Community College. We publish 12 newspapers, six per semester, distributed on Fridays, during the school year. We update our web site regularly during the academic year.

Meet our Fall 2024 staff:

Jolie Shultz, Editor in Chief

Jolie Shultz is a graduate of Nickerson High School. While at Nickerson, she was involved in several clubs and activities, including FBLA, Media Production, choir, theater, and tennis. While at HutchCC, Jolie is majoring in Journalism. After college, she aspires to be involved in sports media, in any way possible. In her free time, Jolie enjoys reading, spending time with her friends and family, playing tennis and pickleball, and listening to numerous podcasts on trash topics such as Dance Moms, the Duggar family, Sister Wives the television show, and true crime. She is also an avid hockey fan, cheering heavily for the Philadelphia Flyers, who she hopes will someday be her future employer.

Kai Spahr, Opinion Page Editor

When not playing Dungeons & Dragons, Kai is probably snuggling with their dogs or working on their latest project while listening to a podcast. 

Greta Klein, Sports Editor

Greta Klein grew up in Ellsworth, Kansas, and is majoring in journalism. Her desire as a journalist is to be involved with sports. She loves sports at all levels and adores everything Kansas State (EMAW!). Greta’s favorite things include iced coffee, hammocking, and being outdoors. She also enjoys country music, card games, reading, and hanging out with friends.

Lizzie Kipp, Campus Editor

Born and raised in Hutchinson, Lizzie Kipp is a sophomore at Hutchinson Community College. She is studying education with aspirations to become an elementary school teacher – she just writes for the Collegian for fun. When she’s not working, she can be found at home with her boyfriend and their cat, Maggie. Her favorite things include Dr Pepper, long naps, and “Bob’s Burgers”.

Daeton Winebrenner, staff writer

Cassidy Peterson, staff writer

Cassidy Peterson is a Haven alumna and sophomore Pre-Pharmacy student at HutchCC. She spends her time studying, doing homework, working, hanging out with loved ones, and trying to juggle all of her other hobbies in the remaining time she can find. This is Cassidy’s second year on the staff.

Cleary Percy, staff writer

Born in Wichita and raised in Hutchinson, Cleary Percy is a sophomore at Hutchinson Community College. He is majoring in Education with a focus in History. When he’s not in class, Cleary enjoys running, spending time with friends, and rooting for his favorite sports teams; the Kansas City Royals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Oklahoma City Thunder. This will be Cleary’s second year on staff.

Gabe Perry, staff writer

Hailing from Kansas City, Gabe attended Liberty North High School. He is now a freshman at Hutchinson Community College, where he is a journalism major, and a pitcher for the baseball team. He has aspirations to be an sports announcer, and loves absolutely anything to do with sports. He loves spending quality time with his family, fishing, and doing anything outdoors.

Tatum James, staff writer

The small town girl herself, Tatum James, has found herself in Hutchinson where she is majoring in journalism. She graduated from Hodgeman County High School where she first found her love for writing. She hopes to someday have a career in sports writing.  Tatum isn’t only a part of The Hutchinson Collegian, but she’s also on the Blue Dragons’ spirit squad as a cheerleader. James’ favorite sport to cheer for is definitely football. Tatum also enjoys cheering on the Kansas State Wildcats and the Kansas City Chiefs.

Hayden Hackney, staff writer

Born in Wichita, raised in Hutchinson, Hayden Hackney is now a freshman at Hutchinson Community College where he is majoring in media production. When he’s not holding a pencil or typing on a keyboard, he could be found holding drumsticks playing for the HutchCC jazz band, or building a new LEGO set. Some of his favorite things include music, his drum set, and his blind dog. 

Kaleb Moore, staff writer

Born and raised in Wichita, Kaleb has aspirations of being a sports reporter. He intends on earning his degree in Journalism from Hutchinson Community College before completing his education at a four-year university. Kaleb enjoys everything sports related, his favorite teams being both professional Kansas City teams and the Kansas Jayhawks. Kaleb also enjoys watching movies and TV shows and will give them personal reviews.

Christopher Lachenmaier, staff writer

Chris Lachenmaier is a freshman from Hutchinson. A former track standout, Chris is studying journalism at HutchCC. He likes college football and loves to workout.

Selena Granillo, staff photographer

Selena Granillo is a southwest Kansas girl who loves capturing special moments. She enjoys to travel anywhere the road will take her, but will never miss an opportunity to take a good long nap. Selena has enjoyed photographing portraits since 2020. This is Selena’s 1st year joining us as a photographer. 

Hunter Pettay, staff photographer

Brad Hallier, faculty adviser

Brad Hallier is in his eighth year as the Collegian’s faculty adviser and teaching journalism at HutchCC. A native of the Kansas City area, Hallier worked 20 years in print journalism, and he now dabbles in radio as a high school sports broadcaster for Ad Astra Radio. A grouchy soccer referee, Hallier takes pride in reffing youth games in Wichita, high school games around the region and college reserves games. He’s a big sports fan, supporting the Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals, Sporting Kansas City, Vegas Golden Knights and Liverpool FC, and he owns two degrees from the University of Kansas, and one from Allen County Community College. He and his wife of 22 years Jennifer have three children – Laurelle (26), Josie (21) and Landon (18).

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