FFA Proceedings 2002 - National FFA Organization

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American FFA Degree
Sponsored by BASF Corporation, Case IH, Farm Credit System
Foundation and Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. as a special
project of the National FFA Foundation.
The American FFA Degree is the highest level of membership
an FFA member can achieve. This year, 2,789 young
men and women received the degree. To qualify, members
must have their greenhand, chapter and state degrees.
In order to receive this honor, other requirements must
also be met. Members must have achieved a C average in
high school and they must have graduated at least one year
prior to receiving the degree. Students need three years of
agricultural education and an outstanding supervised
agricultural experience program (SAE). In addition,
members must demonstrate leadership abilities and
community involvement. Less than 0.5 percent of all
members earn the American FFA Degree.
This prestigious degree encourages members to grow
personally while establishing a foundation for a successful
career in the agricultural industry. Degree recipients were
recognized on stage and honored at an award banquet.
Alabama:William W. Blanton, Fort
Payne; Nick Corley, Beulah; James
Simon Davis, Gaston; Devin Dotson,
Red Bay; George Wesley Evans Jr.,
Smiths Station; Kristin Holland, Red
Bay; Jason Knight, Southside;
Christopher Paul Kuszniaj,
Jacksonville; Elizabeth Newby,
Ardmore; Robert Benjamin Noblett,
Eufaula; Gannon Nunley, Red Bay;
Matthew Evan O’Neal, Douglas; Justin
Heath Roberts, White Plains; Jessica
Brooke Rush, Lineville; Daniel Sewell,
Southside; Barrett D. Stephenson,
Eufaula; Jessica Elizabeth Stiefel,
White Plains; Dustin Wood, Eufaula
Arizona: Michael Anspach, Parker;
Stephani Austin, Westwood; Patrick
Bray, Tolleson; Robert H. Bray,
Benson; Ginnie Catherine Bushong,
Gilbert; Dana Ann Crosbie, Yuma;
Abigail Dambeck, Yuma; Johnathan
Dees, Yuma; Brian Dykman, Benson;
Amanda Lynn Gapen, Highland; Jess
A. Gillum, Peoria; Kristine Hammar,
Westwood; Erika Hernandez,
Amphitheater; Brian Hogue, Willcox;
Patricia Danielle Johnson, San Simon;
Jacob Lee, Benson; Brandon Joseph
Martin, Benson; Cassandra Jo Moore,
Willcox; Nicolas Joel Morando,
Amphitheater; Aubrey Mortensen,
Duncan; Amber Rayl, Amphitheater;
Todd Rovey, Buckeye; Holly Renee
Schindler, Buckeye; Jamie Leigh
Wade, Young; Carson White, Safford;
Raymond E. Woodbury, Millennium;
Michael Wayne Zamudio, Benson;
Lauren Zbyszinski, Peoria
Arkansas: Pamela June Burkett,
Springdale; Caroline Carpenter,
Cabot; Justin Andrew Cason, Valley
Springs; Jessica Dale Catlett, Danville;
Joanna Chambers, Camden-Fairview;
Craig Dewey, Farmington; Bethany
Deann Dunn, Mountain Home;
Matthew Lee Fryar, Lake Hamilton;
Josh Garner, Melbourne; Josh Gordon,
Mansfield; Rachel Green, Valley
Springs; Robert Seth Harper,
Danville; Tory Beth Hodges, Alpena;
Dusty Key, Cabot; Shannon Lewis,
Harmony Grove; Shelly Reynolds,
Fairview; Gannon W. Roberts, Valley
Springs; Aaron Rae Thompson, Fouke;
Jason Thompson, Mansfield; James
Parks Tullis, Mountain Home; Jamie
Turnbo, Mountain Home
California: Meghan Abatti, Paso
Robles; Charles Abee, Strathmore;
Mark Aguiar, Tulare Union; Erin
Ahlem, Hilmar; Robert Alvarado,
Fresno-Pershing; Lacey Amarante,
Gustine; Jennifer Arnall, Grass Valley-
Bear River; Tara Ascroft, Lakeside-El
Capitan; Rose Atherton, Porterville;
Charles Avila, Lemoore; Jessica Avila,
Lemoore; Trey Avila, Visalia-Golden
West; Crystal Balderama, Porterville;
Cory Balis, Sanger; Elvis Barcellos,
Lemoore; Arthur Bard, Riverside-La
Sierra; Phillip D. Bass, Ferndale;
Brandon Bedrosian, Sanger; Niklaus
Beglinger Jr., Hamilton City; Casey
Bennett, Porterville; Melissa
Bettencourt, Turlock; Garrett Bishop,
El Centro-Southwest; Dennis Dean
Blackman, Riverside-Norte Vista;
Tyler Blagg, Grass Valley-Bear River;
Josh Blair, Kerman; Daniel Bledsoe,
Woodland; Ashley Marie Blount,
Turlock; Matthew Bono, Tulare
Western; Cheyanna Bosio, Coalinga;
Sherry A. Bosworth, Burney; Alicia
Bowen, Bakersfield-North; Leoma
Box, Tollhouse-Sierra; Kimberly Boyd,
Santa Maria-Righetti; Malinda Bragg,
Shingle Springs-Ponderosa; Scott
William Brown, Rio Vista; Angela
Buckley, Tulelake; Melissa Burrow,
Lemoore; John Bush, Lemoore; A. J.
Camozzi, Santa Rosa-Elsie Allen; Jose
L. Cardenas, Calipatria; Sergio
Cardosa, Corcoran; Thomas Carver,
Bakersfield-North; Chris Chave,
Dixon; Corey Christison, Lucerne
Valley; Amber Cleaver, Bakersfield-
Ridgeview; Scott Cocke, Norco;
Ashley Cockrell, Cedarville-Surprise
Valley; Cassie Cockrell, Cedarville-
Surprise Valley; Jeanelle Colburn,
Fallbrook; Winston Alexander Colgan,
Chico; James Jason Corbett, Tulare
Western; Lauren Corkins, Porterville;
Daniel Costa, Hanford; Amanda
Courtney, Grass Valley-Nevada
Union; Michael Courtright, Newman-
Orestimba; Brian Keith Davis,
Madera; Nicholas Ray Davis, Madera;
Wade DeCesare, Tulare Western;
Melissa Deitz, Hamilton City; Martha
Delgadillo, Calipatria; Dustin
DeMello, Lemoore; Audrey Denney,
Paso Robles; Kate DeSchryver, Santa
Ynez; Angie Dettamanti, Lompoc;
Kasey deVries, Laton; Anne Marie
Diener, Riverdale; Bryan Dodson,
Chico; Megan Doherty, Lake Isabella-
Kern Valley; Tessa Domenichelli,
Healdsburg; Kelly Brandon Douglass,
Hamilton City; Frank Duarte,
Newman-Orestimba; Jeremy Duarte,
Hanford; Heath Duinkerkin, Lemoore;
Aaron Echavarria, Corcoran; Heather
Ephraim, Quartz Hill; Andrew Ernst,
Indio; Mike Escola, Lemoore; Darrell
Espindula, Hilmar; Jeff Evangelo,
Lemoore; Justin Patrick Ferrell,
Atascadero; Hatti Fleming, Rio Vista;
Kimberley Fletcher, Tulare Union;
Erica Jane Flores, Santa Ynez; Kim
Forsythe, Mariposa; Laura Jayne
Fortman, Atascadero; Jordan Freitas,
Lemoore; Kassandra French, Fresno-
Central; Raymond Gamez, Corcoran;
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Jennifer Garcia, Lemoore; Christopher
Garmon, Santa Paula; Emily Gay,
Lakeside-El Capitan; Amanda Gipe,
Merced-Golden Valley; Roger Manuel
Gonsalves II, Hilmar; Anna Good,
Ramona; Preston Gravance, Laton;
Trevor Green, Morro Bay; Andrew
Joseph Groppetti, Kerman; Jose
Guillen, Santa Maria-Righetti;
Anthony Haley, Lemoore; Amber
Renee Hallsten, Kingsburg; Bobbi
Harmoney, Nicolaus-East Nicolaus;
Sara Harper, Lincoln; Daniel Hart,
Lompoc; John Herger, Patterson; Nick
Heuer, Elk Grove; Kyle Hibbs,
Sacramento-Florin; Lisa Hill,
Porterville-Monache; Justen M.
Hindle, Santa Maria; Heather
Holland, Lemoore; Benjamin Tyler
Hone, Escondido; Tamara Hoskins,
Middletown; Casey Howard, Lake
Isabella-Kern Valley; Elizabeth
Howard, Lemoore; Manuel Huerta,