Between upper level art classes, college volleyball and a bustling social life, it’s hard to believe Jessica Hastriter found the time to create a contest-winning logo for the Idaho Washington Aquifer Collaborative (IWAC).
“It’s not easy — missing class is always difficult,” she said. “You just kind of make it work. This is my fifth and final year, and it’s definitely not easy.
The prize for the competition included a $100 Visa gift card, along with a congratulatory letter from IWAC.
As a senior art student, Hastriter was notified about the competition through email, and decided to try her hand at professional logo design for the first time.
“I got an email about it saying they wanted designs to be submitted for a logo competition for the Idaho Washington Aquifer Collaborative, and I thought that would be something that would be fun to try my hand at. It’s the first logo design I’ve done for a company,” she said.
The nonprofit organization works to improve water quality, as well as maintain it around the Spokane River region, which includes the Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer. IWAC conducts aquifer studies, and through those studies is able to recommend policy directions and improvements.
Hastriter designed a drum Prairie Aquifer. IWAC conducts aquifer studies, and through those studies is able to recommend policy directions and improvements.
Hastriter designed a logo described by IWAC President Mike Galante as putting water at the center of attention, which is consistent with IWAC goals, and an important aspect to IWAC members.
Hastriter, who created the logo using Adobe Illustrator, said she had all but forgotten about the competition by the time she realized she had won.
“It took a while to hear back from them, so I shook it off like I didn’t win,” she said. “It was seriously months after, but I got an email that said congratulations, you won the contest.”
The logo design competition win adds another line to Hastriter’s resume. In the college, she has an emphasis in graphic design and a minor in advertising.
Her busy schedule can also be seen as a long list of personal accomplishments. She has been a part of the University of Idaho Women’s Volleyball team since 2010 — her redshirt year — and has played consistently ever since improving statistically each season. She managed double-digit kills in four of her last five matches as a senior.
As Hastriter finishes out her senior year, she hopes for continued success in all aspects of her busy college career and beyond — and a logo design contest win such as this one can do nothing but jumpstart her goals.
Karter Krasselt can be reached at [email protected]