Here are a few pictures of the merit presentions from Saturday night (not all inclusive, i'm afraid).

The Merit Award winners from the western district schools were:
Beau Oyler (Academy of Art University)
Randy Jackson (Arizona State University)
Nate Lau (Art Center College of Design)
Aaron Nelson (Brigham Young University)
Adam Reineck (California College of the Arts)
Rommell Hingco (California State University Long Beach)
Kevin Clark (Metropolitan State College)
Chris Morlock (San Francisco State University)
Angie Kim (San Jose State University)
Olen Ronning (Western Washington University)

The western representative to the national will be Nate Lau from Art Center. Congrats, Nate!