Missouri 2024 National Convention Highlights

Sep 13 2024

2024-2025 FFA in the USA Reporters from Missouri:
- Cierra Britton-Cuba
- Tegan Herold-Palmyra
- Abigayle Lett-Odessa
- Blayde Lindsay-Brookfield
- Mikaela Rojas-Linn County
- Kolton Stolba-Willow Springs
- Maycee Thouvenel-Versailles

Next-Gen:Environmental Services & Natural Resources Conference:
- Landon Pottebaum—Montgomery County
- Caroline Stallman—Glasgow

Grants for Growing Winners:
- Mount Vernon FFA
- North Platte FFA
- Palmyra FFA
- Tipton FFA
- Savannah FFA
- Winfield FFA

Honorary American Degree Recipients:
- Dean Christopher Daubert, University of Missouri
- Brad Driskill, State Fair Community College
- Bradley Schad, Missouri Corn
- Eric Volmer, Missouri Farm Bureau
- Cyndi Young-Puyear, Brownfield & Learfield Ag.
Instructors receiving the degree include—
- Kariann Brandt, Monroe City
- Matthew Pendergrass, Doniphan
- Amanda Reid, Concordia
- Ellen Romero, Russellville
- Martha Schreiman, Santa Fe
- Devin Garland, Wellington-Nepoleon

Proficiency Award Finalists:
- Agricultural Education-Hayley Gruenewald, Silex
- Agricultural Mechanics Repair & Maintenance – Placement—Jacob McElhaney, Atlanta
- Dairy Production – Entrepreneurship—Cade Claycomb
- Diversified Crop Production – Entrepreneurship—Aiden Plenge, Clark County
- Diversified Horticulture—Ava Bullard, Ashland
- Equine Science – Entrepreneurship—Alexis Mullins, St. James
- Goat Production—Lauren Hammett, Ashland
- Grain Production—Tyler Fenner, Sweet Springs.

Agriscience Fair Finalists—
- Animal Science Pathway—Jaden Decker, Centralia, and team of Isabel Morris & Lucy Conger, Rolla
- Environmental Services & Natural Resource Systems—Athena Wilson, Pleasant Hope
- Food Products & Processing Systems—Brie Dailey, Osceola, and team of Loraine Arciniegas & Maddyson Alexander, Pleasant Hope
- Power, Structural and Technical Systems—team of Gracie Pulley & Addison Rogers, Pleasant Hope
- Social Science—Ellie Samek, Bolivar
Premier Chapter—Centralia in Strengthening Agriculture

Band, Chorus and Talent:
- Accepted in the band:
  - Carissa Simagna-Aurora
  - Abigail Rice-Brunswick
  - Jeremiah Leonard-Cabool
  - Cody Schneider-California
  - Lela Hartschen-North Harrison
  - Preston Ethridge-Poplar Bluff
- Accepted in Chorus:
  - Mary Davidson-Ash Grove
  - Karina Lopez-Aurora
  - Gabriela Pedron-Aurora
  - Logan Pinkham-Belton
  - Victor Salas-California
  - Gracie Sappington-Dadeville
  - Lexi Brown-Fairfax
  - Isabella Hamner-Lake Career & Technical Center
  - Liam Hansen-Mt. Vernon
  - Leeanna Bell-Rich Hill
  - Quin Stanten-Tarkio
- Accepted in the Talent Competition:
  - Emma Pitford-Clark County
  - Rob Wollgast-Elsberry
  - Tony Jennings-Gilman City
  - Kennedy Parrish-Green City
  - Ivory Schoonover-Nixa
  - Kason Fuller-Smithville
  - John Malter-Smithville
  - Judd Malter-Smithville
  - Cody Marshall-Smithville
  - Morgan Skidmore-Smithville

American Degree Recipients—Missouri (YOU DID IT AGAIN) #1 IN American Degrees with 663. All applicants from MO were approved.

American Degree Recipients—
Missouri (YOU DID IT AGAIN) #1 in American Degrees with 663. All applicants from MO were approved.