FFA Annual Banquet

Columbia FFA celebrates their club achievements from the past year at their annual banquet. Held this year at Rock Bridge High School,  members, staff, family and  guests were treated to a delicious pot luck dinner with the beef and pork cooked to perfection by Rick Distlehorst.
Career Development Event teams were honored,  scholarship recipients named and new officers inducted.

State Proficiency Awards:

Daniel Martz-Wildlife Proficiency

2013 Vo Ag Contest Teams:

Horse Judging: 1st District; 6th State

     Hannah Corbin, Austin Dehaven, Paige Martin & Holly Wegner

Dairy Cattle Judging: 2nd District; 14th State

     Jessica Brown, Taylor Forsythe, Ashlynn Girard & Alyssa Strawn

Meats: 1st District; 4th State

     Maddie Grant, Bailey Peters, Kaitlin Epperson & Loyal Carpenter

Poultry Evaluation: 1st District; 1st State

     Lainyn Kerley, Rachel Kirchhoter, Michelle Ross & Kassie Rankin

Nursery Landscape: 1st District; 6th State

     Drew Atkins, Jordan Craig, Adele Fritz & Quinn Pestle

Forestry: 1st District; 4th State

     Sarah Darr, Kelly Wilsdorf, Kira Kirk & Grant Gould

Ag Mechanics: 1st District; 2nd State

     Joe Ege, Alan Perry, Eva Quattrocchi & Austin Wallace

Soils: 3rd District; 3rd State

     Jamie Vaughn, Daniel Martz, Shelby Wilson & Ashley Cleveland

Dairy Foods: 11 District

     Rory James, Emily Adams, Thomas Fenner & Grace Robertson

Natural Resources: 1st District; 1st State

     Sarah Darr, Lainyn Kerley, Kira Kirk & Isabelle Mitchell

Environthon: 1st District

     Jordan Craig, Sarah Darr, Grant Gould, Kira Kirk & Kelly Wilsdorf

State Trapshooting

     Matt Cruse, Devin Barnes, Jacob Biddle, Carson Banks & Austin Crane

World Dairy Judging Expo--Dairy Cattle Judging: 5th place

     Bailey Peters, Andy Mott & Taylor Frederick

2012 National FFA Teams

Ag Mechanics: 6th Place

     Sam Crader, Austin Cunningham, James Farris & Josh McKinley

Nursery Landscape: 5th Place

     Kelly Wilsdorf, Kira Kirk, Taylor Forsythe & Katie Dirks

Forestry: 1st Place

     Benjamin Carpenter, Quinn Pestle, Stephen Bennett & Tory Chasteen

Poultry:  1st Place

     Maddie Grant, Kaitlin Epperson, Loyal Carpenter & Brooke Eaton

Natural Resourses: 4th Place

     Grant Gould, Julia Matera, Ian Gould & Jordan Craig

Star Greenhand

Ashlynn Girard

Maddie Culbertson

Monica Strawn

Andrew Yount

Carson Banks
Emily Adams

Star Chapter Degree

Jordon Craig
Eva Quattrochi
Kassie Rankin
Andy Mott
Alyssa Strawn
Maddie Grant
Lainyn Kerley
Loyal Carpenter
Bailey Peters
Kaitlin Epperson
Isabelle Mitchell
Kira Kirk
Stephen Bennett

Area FFA Degree

Ashley Cleveland

FFA State Degree

Alan Perry

Kelly Wilsdorf

Scholarships

Kristen Hofen-Memorial Scholarship-Daniel Martz

Boone County Cattlemen's Scholarship-Alyssa Strawn

Missouri State Fair Scholarship-Kelly Wilsdorf

National FFA Scholarship-Sarah Darr

FFA Alumni Scholarships-Ashley Cleveland & Daniel Martz

2013-14 Officers

President--Lainyn Kerley

Vice President-Hickman--Loyal Carpenter

Vice President-Rock Bridge--Grant Gould

Vice President-Battle--Emily Adams

Secretary--Maddie Grant

Treasurer--Andy Mott

Reporter--Bailey Peters

Sentinel--Kira Kirk

Historian-Hickman--Kassie Rankin

Historian-Rock Bridge--Isabelle Mitchell

Chaplain- Keeley Houghton

Daniel Martz-Wildlife Proficiency Award

Ashley Cleveland-Area Chapter Award

Kelly Wilsdorf & Alan Perry-State FFA Degree

Sarah Darr-$1,000 National FFA Scholarship recipient

Daniel Martz-Kristen Hoffen Memorial Scholarship recipient

Ashley Cleveland-FFA Alumni Scholarship recipient

Daniel Martz-FFA Alumni Scholarship recipient

Soils Team

Horse judging team

Poultry Evaluation Team