BROOKINGS –– Three hundred seventy South Dakota FFA members were recognized for receiving their State FFA Degree during the 98th South Dakota State FFA Convention on Tuesday, April 21, during the second session at First Bank and Trust Arena, sponsored by SD Army National Guard
The State FFA Degree is the highest honor the South Dakota FFA Association can bestow upon its members. Recipients have dedicated several years to developing their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) programs, building leadership skills, and contributing to their communities through service and involvement.
As a special project of the South Dakota FFA Foundation, State Degree recipients receive a golden charm and certificate, symbolizing their growth and achievement. Certificates and charms are sponsored by Dacotah Diamond Auctions; First Premier Bank; Red River Farm Network; The Dan Streff Family; The Jacobson Group LLC; Wyatt & Zana DeJong; Rechelle & Eric Dissing; Dani Herring; Kent Buchholz; Lance Howe; Barry & Jenny Jacobson; Rick and Sandy Osterday; Todd & Barbara Powell; Jeff and Beth Vander Wal; The Olson Family; the Wendy Mortenson Agency; Steven Zemlicka; Kevin and Amber Blagg; Jordane & Kyle Arbach; Mercedes & Myles Snedeker; and Dawn Wind Dairy Goats.
The Heartland area students among the 370 FFA members who received their State FFA Degree are:
Clark — William Hovde; Kaden Janisch; Jarrett Maynard; Tye McGraw; Logan Parker; Lincoln Reidbum; Logan Seefeldt; Michael Severson; Lucas Zemlicka
DeSmet — Brooklyn Couglin; Chauncey Driscoll; Breyton Johnson; Logan Nielsen; Macailyn Pillar; Chase Temme
Doland — Noah Felderman; Deegan Moes
Hitchcock-Tulare — Morgon Bottum; Tucker Buchholz; Braxton Jacobs; Regan Lutter; Aiden Morehouse; Tristan Nowell; Sienna Stoner; Preston Wipf
Huron — Lydia Cook
Lake Preston — Mallory Carlson; Brityn Davies; Hadlee Holt; Lorick Pirlet
Miller — Sydney Asmus; Derek Brueggeman; Cole Cavenee; Carter Fanning; Brylee Wallman
Redfield — Karlie Brabant; Jayde Englund; Ella Rude-Peterson; Ashley Stroud
Sanborn Central/Woonsocket — Addison Baruth; Mackenzie Baruth; Sam Baruth; Eli White
Sunshine Bible Academy — Daraby Boersma; Josh Wilken
Wessington Springs — Ella Fagerhaug; Mercedes Jones; Max Klein; Luke Larson; Remie Roduner
Willow Lake — Cadence Bochek; Mato Denoyer; Mason Knock; Emmerson Larson; Cooper Eugene Pommer
Wolsey-Wessington — Clay Kahre; Ethan Kahre; Jett Kleinsasser; Reece Krutzfeldt; Cade Miedema; Sawyer Nelson; Ethan Rearick; Amanah Woodruff
The National FFA Organization is a national youth organization of 1,042,245 student members as part of 9,407 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. As part of the National FFA Organization, the South Dakota FFA Association encompasses 113 chapters with over 6,500 South Dakota FFA members. Visit www.sdaged.org for more information.
The South Dakota FFA Foundation is a charitable organization that supports agricultural education and leadership development opportunities for SD FFA members statewide. To learn more, visit https://sdffafoundation.org/
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