The Ella Sengenberger Indiana Student Media Adviser of the Year award is presented in January during the annual IHSPA high school journalism convention at Franklin College. Recipients receive a $500 stipend and plaque, and their nomination material is submitted in consideration for one of the following journalism educator national competitions: H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year, JEA Broadcast Adviser of the Year, or Dow Jones News Fund National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year.