(MSC News)--Local FFA members are awarded their State FFA Degree during the 89th Kansas FFA State Convention, held last week on the campus of Kansas State University.
The State Degree is the highest honor the Kansas FFA Association can bestow upon its members.
Recipients of the degree must meet a number of requirements, including having received their Chapter FFA Degree, been an FFA member and agricultural education student for at least two years, earned at least $2,000 or worked 600 hours in their Supervised Agricultural Experience program, given a six-minute speech about agriculture or FFA, participated in eight different leadership activities, received a “C” average or better in high school and shown a record of outstanding leadership and community involvement.
FFA members from the local area receiving the honor include: Atchison County: Jacob Chalfant, Madison Rae Hetherington, Spencer Dennis McNerny; Axtell: Nicholas Buessing, Sierra Perry, Oliver Schmitz; Doniphan West: Jaime Albers, Brantley Cluck, Hailey Fee, Carson Dean Lackey, Landon Parsons, Phillip Simmonds, Trevor Taylor; Hiawatha: Tayler Bacon, Kyle E. Tollefson, Emma Williams, Tess Julianna Wolney, Aubrey Wright; Holton: Brett Bontrager, Alexandra Clark, Eldon Harris, Ian McAsey, Tel Wittmer; Jackson Heights: Kaleb Keehn; Marysville: James Patrick Borgerding, Dayne Christopher Brown, Michael Allen Crome, Emma Nicole Hill, Megan Renee Hill; McLouth: Emma Jolley, Mable Mestagh, Natalie Richardson, Hannah Sparks, Rachael Sparks; Onaga: Shay Duer, Jesse Fairbanks, Maggie Revell; Riverside: Jenae J. Anderson; Royal Valley: Lucas Broxterman, Jordan Cox, Wyatt Winter; Sabetha: Maggie Kruse, Cameron Renyer; Valley Heights: Garrett Link, Chevelle Murk, Adrian Paul Pishny; Wamego: Peyton Ashleigh Freeman, Keith Aaron Zerbe.
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