2020 Illinis FFA State Proficiency Award Winners

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2020 Illinis FFA State Proficiency Award Winners - CONGRATULATIONS!

Mindy Bunselmeyer 4/29/2020 4:15:00 PM

Congratulations to ALL those participating in the 2020 State Proficiency Awards process! What used to take us one day to complete and finalize took us nearly a month. We can’t thank you and your teachers enough for patiently working with us through this process. We can finally say, we have results! Let’s celebrate that progress was made, the task is complete, we are moving forward and we have WINNERS!

Special CONGRATULATIONS to those winners - what a GRAND day!

Ag Communications	Bradleigh Schaefer	Cambridge
Ag Education	Ashley Althaus	Amboy
Ag Mechanics - Design & Fabrication	William Ornduff	United
Ag Mechanics - Repair & Maintenance (Entrepreneur)	Alec Thompson	United
Ag Mechanics - Repair & Maintenance (Placement)	Kip Hoerr	Princeville
Agricultural Processing	Alea Ogle	Streator
Agricultural Sales (Entrepreneur)	Korey Bunselmeyer	Trico
Agricultural Sales (Placement)	Karli Franklin	Manteno
Agricultural Services	Kayla White	Stillman Valley
Agriscience Research - Animal Systems	Sara Timm	Cisne
Agriscience Research - Integrated Systems	Delana Erbsen	Eastland
Agriscience Research - Plant Systems	Jessie Lewis	Massac County
Beef Production (Entrepreneur)	Sawyer Willrett	DeKalb
Beef Production (Placement)	Kelsey Ray	Goreville
Dairy Production (Entrepreneur)	Rosalee Zehr	Flanagan-Cornell
Dairy Production (Placement)	Jacob Raber	Prairie Central
Discovery Star Farmer	Owen Torrance	West Prairie
Discovery Star in Ag Business	Sidney Stiers	Williamsfield
Discovery Star in Ag Placement	Patrick Royer	Pleasant Plains
Discovery Star in Ag Science	Kylie Neisler	Lincolnwood
Diversified Agriculture Production	Tanner Mickey	Taylorville
Diversified Crop Production (Entrepreneur)	Owen Jenks	United
Diversified Crop Production (Placement)	Lance Moritz	Streator
Diversified Horticulture	Madison Huebner	Waterloo
Diversified Livestock Production	Eric Schafer	Taylorville
Environmental Science & Natural Resource Management	Cody Bradshaw	Pittsfield
Equine Science (Entrepreneur)	Elsie Nord	Clinton
Equine Science (Placement)	Chelsea Ochs	Olney
Fiber &/or Oil Crop Production	Spencer Meenen	GCMS
Food Service	Hannah Callahan	Cisne
Forage Production	Cole Neubauer	Tri-Valley
Forest Management & Products	Megan Buttens	Oregon
Fruit Production	Griffin Range	Freeburg
Goat Production	Jessica Carlson	Somonauk-Leland-Sandwich
Grain Production	Kendall Knodle	Nokomis
Landscape Management	Jenna Korte	Scales Mound
Nursery Operations	Garrett Granby	Seneca
Outdoor Recreation	Kurtis Johnson	Pittsfield
Poultry Production	Taylor Main	ROWVA
Safety	Madison Wells	Oakwood
Service Learning	Elizabeth Weidner	Teutopolis
Sheep Production	Lauren Mohr	Normal West
Small Animal Production & Care	Anna Wagner	Mercer County
Specialty Animal Production	Will Shook	Fisher
Specialty Crop Production	Lexi Mueller	Valmeyer
Swine Production (Entrepreneur)	Kate Bond	Galatia
Swine Production (Placement)	Emma Kuhns	Altamont
Turf Grass Management	Logan Nodine	Cambridge
Vegetable Production	Julian Ortiz	West Carroll
Veterinary Science	Madison Schuette	Nashville
Wildlife Production & Management	Lucas Althaus	AlWood

Congratulations once again to all winners! Please be sure to send the press release to your local media outlets.

Also note, winners must click here for more information regarding the National application and other important deadlines.

Winners be sure to upload:

At least ten (10) good quality color photos of you working with your SAE. The photos must be 1920 (width) by 1080 (height) at 72 pixel resolution and in a horizontal format.
Upload all your photos in this folder no later than May 9, 2020. It is important that the photos be uploaded by May 9, 2020 to ensure your photos will be used in the video productions we will put together.

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Mindy Bunselmeyer
Illinois FFA Center
Phone: 217-753-3328 Cell: 217-412-5646
Email: mbunselmeyer@illinoisffa.org
Address: 3221 Northfield, Springfield, IL 62702

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