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# The YuCrew Takes Best in Show at PRSA “Best in Maryland” Awards
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/the-yucrew-takes-best-in-show-at-prsa-best-in-maryland-awards/
- Published: 2015-12-02T13:12:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T23:50:59.000Z
- Author: Jeffrey Davis
- Tags: Events, PR, Awards, #Import 2026-10-08 18:46

**Potomac-based The YuCrew won Best in Show** at the Public Relations Society of America, Maryland Chapter’s annual “Best in Maryland” awards Dec. 1 in Baltimore. The winning campaign focused on World Thrombosis Day, mobilizing some 175 partners worldwide to elevate the global conversation on blood clots.

**Four organizations won three Best in Maryland awards each**: A. Bright Idea; [Crosby Marketing Communications](http://www.crosbymarketing.com/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com); Johns Hopkins Medicine and Vitamin. Johns Hopkins University Press and ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) each won two Best in Maryland awards.

![Chaney app](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/16/5016dd29-aeff-4565-a68b-cdbb78bc58e6/content/images/2026/10/Chaney-app-300x225.jpg)

**In all, 46 awards were presented** – Best in Maryland awards and Awards of Excellence – to the following organizations:

Bonnie Heneson Communications, Inc.; Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company; Chaney Enterprises (photo, left); Clapp Communications; Coster Communications; Devaney & Associates, Inc; Erickson Living; Howard Hughes Medical Institute; IMPACT Marketing & Public Relations, LLC; [J. Davis Public Relations, LLC](http://www.jdprsocial.com/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com); Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC; News Generation, Inc.; Ocean Pines Association, Inc.; Sandy Hillman Communications; Stevenson University; The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore; and Weber Shandwick.

[Click here for the full list.](http://www.prsamd.org/presenting-our-2015-best-in-maryland-entrants/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com)

![Erickson PR team](https://storage.ghost.io/c/50/16/5016dd29-aeff-4565-a68b-cdbb78bc58e6/content/images/2026/10/Erickson-PR-team-300x210.jpg)

**The Maryland chapter also awarded a Lifetime Achievement award to Ralph Crosby**, founder of Crosby Marketing Communications in Annapolis ([see earlier coverage in the Capitol Communicator](https://capitolcommunicator.com/ralph-crosby-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award-from-maryland-prsa/)); the New Professional award to **Josie Hankey**, communications strategist with The Fallston Group in Bel Air, Md.; Educator of the Year to **Cylor Spaulding**, Ph. D., assistant professor in the Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies at Towson University; and the Partner of Distinction award to Erickson Living (PR team, right)

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