Florida FFA Selects Proficiency Award Finalists GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida FFA is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2018 Agricultural Proficiency Award program. FFA members from throughout Florida submitted applications for recognition within this program. The Agricultural Proficiency Award program rewards FFA members at the local, state and national levels for exceptional accomplishments and excellence in a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) program. These supervised programs are planned, practical activities that are conducted outside of class time that help students develop and apply agricultural knowledge and skills learned inside the classroom in a real-world environment. These programs can include entrepreneurship, placement, or research and experimentation. The winners will be announced on stage during the 3rd General Session of the 90th Florida FFA State Convention to be held June 13, 2018 at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando. The finalists and their advisor should report to the holding room thirty minutes prior to the session in which they are to be recognized. The Proficiency Award finalists, in alphabetical order by chapter are: ProficiencyAwardArea StudentName(First) StudentName(Last) Chapter

AgriculturalCommunications AshleyDiane Harris LakeButlerSR

AgriculturalCommunications Cole Jordan Malone

AgriculturalCommunications SaraBeth Lee SuwanneeSRAgriculturalCommunications AustinTyler Holcomb TurkeyCreekMSAgriculturalEducation Tania Henderson Branford

AgriculturalEducation Carly Hanson DeaneBozemanHS

AgriculturalEducation Rozlynn Sames KeystoneHeightsSRAgriculturalEducation MargaretRuth Reaves SuwanneeSRAgriculturalMechanics-Design&Fabrication CodyLane Emerson SantaFeSRAgriculturalMechanics-Repair&Maintenance Cole McClellan BradfordSR

AgriculturalMechanics-Repair&Maintenance Trevon White BranfordAgriculturalMechanics-Repair&Maintenance Jerry Mills WillistonSRAgriculturalProcessing ZoieAnn Brayman HudsonHSAgriculturalProcessing HuntingdonLake Harris LakeButlerSRAgriculturalProcessing Hannah Wagner OcoeeSRAgriculturalSales Tiffanie White BranfordAgriculturalSales AshleyDiane Harris LakeButlerSRAgriculturalSales BradleyStanis Peterson SouthLakeSrAgriculturalSales Patricia Perez WillistonSRAgriculturalServices Joseph Garcia BartowSRAgriculturalServices AshleyDiane Harris LakeButlerSRAgriculturalServices ClayAllen Newsome LeesburgSRAgriculturalServices Dellon Barber MaloneAgriscienceResearch AustinKohl Bagby BellHSAgriscienceResearch Sarah Babione BrooksvilleSRAgriscienceResearch MadisonRain Evans Ft.WhiteSRAgriscienceResearch Lauren Roberts TrentonSRBeefProduction-Entrepreneurship Jillian Sanchez ChieflandJRBeefProduction-Entrepreneurship Sam Mills ChieflandSRBeefProduction-Entrepreneurship Jerry Mills WillistonSRBeefProduction-Entrepreneurship Lindsey Wilder WillistonSRBeefProduction-Placement Clayton Brock DurantBeefProduction-Placement ChandlerOlan Pearce OkeechobeeBrahmanBeefProduction-Placement Madilyn Conrad PlantCitySRBeefProduction-Placement Zachary Hardee TrentonSRDairyProduction Destiny Fennell BranfordDairyProduction NicholasLuis Hammer SicklesDairyProduction Nicole Cortez Spoto(RichardC.)HSDairyProduction AustinTyler Holcomb TurkeyCreekMSDiversifiedAgriculturalProduction AshleyDiane Harris LakeButlerSRDiversifiedAgriculturalProduction JustinLandon Lawrence SneadsDiversifiedAgriculturalProduction Jerry Mills WillistonSRDiversifiedLivestockProduction Sam Mills ChieflandSRDiversifiedLivestockProduction ElizabethRose Halling SneadsDiversifiedLivestockProduction BayleeNicole Etheridge WillistonSRDiversifiedLivestockProduction Lindsey Wilder WillistonSREnvironmentalScience&NaturalRes.Mgmt. SavannahLeigh Gardner DeaneBozemanHSEquineScience-Entrepreneurship HannahAshley Wears LennardEquineScience-Entrepreneurship Ryon Springer NorthMarionSREquineScience-Entrepreneurship TeresaSofia Fernandez WillistonSREquineScience-Placement Lauren Rhodes LakeButlerSREquineScience-Placement Emily Turner LakeWalesSREquineScience-Placement LuisRicardo Borges OrlandoColonialSREquineScience-Placement TeresaSofia Fernandez WillistonSRForageProduction Dellon Barber MaloneForageProduction BrentCarter Long SuwanneeSR

ForageProduction Ethan Carlisle WildwoodSRForestManagement&Products ChristianWyatte Eakins BranfordForestManagement&Products Sam Mills ChieflandJRForestManagement&Products Josh Scurlock CottondaleMSForestManagement&Products Bryan Bailey SuwanneeMSFruitand/orVegetableProduction Holly Pendarvis BradfordSRFruitand/orVegetableProduction Barrett Young BranfordMSFruitand/orVegetableProduction Dallas Taylor SuwanneeSRFruitand/orVegetableProduction Jerry Mills WillistonSRGoatProduction Emily Acevedo BradfordSRGoatProduction Sam Mills ChieflandSRGoatProduction MichelleS. Aleman FergusonSRGoatProduction GabrielaAlyssa Dean Varela(Felix)SRHomeand/orCommunityDevelopment Leslie White BartowSRHomeand/orCommunityDevelopment JaredScott Twombly ChieflandSRHomeand/orCommunityDevelopment Cole Hanson DurantHomeand/orCommunityDevelopment BlairKendall Buchanon KathleenSRLandscapeManagement TylerJames Hewett DurantNurseryOperations Trey White BranfordNurseryOperations Drake Treffeisen SouthSumterSRNurseryOperations William Ortiz WestOrangeSROutdoorRecreation Finley Welch BradfordSROutdoorRecreation Trent Coleman GeorgeJenkinsPoultryProduction ThelmaLouise Tenly BradfordSRPoultryProduction Sam Mills ChieflandSRPoultryProduction Dallas Taylor SuwanneeSRPoultryProduction NicoleM. Donate Varela(Felix)SRSheepProduction Abby Davis DurantSheepProduction MichaelaJoyce Rogers Spoto(RichardC.)HSSheepProduction Teresa Fernandez WillistonSRSmallAnimalProduction&Care Nikole Martin FergusonSRSmallAnimalProduction&Care AmberAnn Hanna KathleenSRSmallAnimalProduction&Care Jordan Olson PalmettoSmallAnimalProduction&Care NicholasLuis Hammer SicklesSpecialtyAnimalProduction KentCharles Sloan ChieflandSRSpecialtyAnimalProduction ElighColton Spillane LeesburgSRSpecialtyAnimalProduction BrandonMichael Banks OrlandoColonialSRSpecialtyAnimalProduction SarahJustine Dykstra WillistonJRSpecialtyCropProduction JoelNathan Gore ChieflandSRSpecialtyCropProduction JerryM. Mills WillistonSRSwineProduction Hannah Willis BartowSRSwineProduction Blake McKenzie BradfordSRSwineProduction HannahRose Turcios LakelandSwineProduction BreannaMarie Stewart SouthLakeSrTurfgrassManagement Easton Evans BradfordSRTurfgrassManagement BobbyJames Pearson BradfordSR

TurfgrassManagement Cole Hanson DurantTurfgrassManagement Andrew-PaulAlvin Griffis LakeButlerSRVeterinaryScience Emily Coover GeorgeJenkinsVeterinaryScience Hailey Felger GeorgeJenkinsVeterinaryScience Sarah Mason GeorgeJenkinsVeterinaryScience Emily Treger GeorgeJenkinsWildlifeManagement Abigail Butler ChieflandSRWildlifeManagement Sam Mills ChieflandSRWildlifeManagement ChandlerOlan Pearce OkeechobeeBrahmanWildlifeManagement WilliamEthan McCoy WillistonSR

ABOUT THE FLORIDA FFA STATE CONVENTION & EXPO The annual state FFA convention and expo is the highlight of Florida FFA’s year. Nearly 5,000 FFA members, advisors, administrators, alumni, parents and industry partners come together to celebrate the achievements won by the past and present generations of agriculturalists, while continuing to develop their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success. Attendees will be inspired and motivated to take pride in our industry, serve our communities, and become leaders of the next generation. While at the convention, FFA members and guests will experience motivational speakers, award presentations, exciting exhibits, challenging Career Development Events, and plenty of entertaining activities. Attendees can take a stroll through the Florida FFA Expo in search of the perfect career connection, attend a workshop to brush up on those leadership skills, or simply interact and share ideas with FFA members and advisors from across the state. ABOUT THE FLORIDA FFA ASSOCIATION The Florida FFA Association is a premier youth, leadership organization with over 18,000 middle and high school student members - as part of over 300 local FFA chapters across the state. FFA members participate in nearly 50 leadership and career development events each year. The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. The Florida FFA Association is a resource and support organization that does not select, control, supervise or approve local chapter or individual member activities except as expressly provided for in the Florida FFA Association Constitution and Bylaws. The Florida FFA Association affirms its belief in the value of all human beings and seeks diversity in its membership, leadership and staff as an equal opportunity employer. THE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION MISSION Agricultural education prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices in the global agriculture, food, fiber and natural resource systems. THE FFA MISSION FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

For more information about Florida FFA and agricultural education, visit floridaffa.org.

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