Nebo Students Bring Home National FFA Honors

Nebo’s FFA teams traveled to the FFA National Convention held in Indianapolis, Indiana. All these Nebo students were part of the nation’s largest youth leadership conference this past month. These students competed with 36 other teams from around the United States.

Following are the awards won by Nebo students:

Star: Kaitlin Hallam:  Finalist - won a $2,000 scholarship plus an educational trip to Ireland 

Proficiency: Kaitlin Hallam: Finalist - won a $500 scholarship 

National Career Development Event Teams
Meats: Spanish Fork Silver Team – Kirsty Stubbs (Silver), Jackson Stewart (Silver), Randall Huff (Silver), Kendrie Barber (Bronze) 
Agricultural Communications: Springville Silver Team – Chloe Wimmer (Gold), Jaynee Giffing (Silver), Madi Condie (Bronze)

Delegates – Sakia Brost (Salem) and Andalyn Hall (Springville) served as official delegates for Utah in the business sessions in their roles as state officers.

The American FFA Degree is bestowed upon a select group of students in recognition of their years of academic and professional excellence.  This year 3,780 American Degrees were awarded.

American Degrees
Spanish Fork: Mitchell Frost, Cooper Galt, Kaitlin Hallam, Dalton Sorensen, Katie Thomas, Seth Worthington
Salem Hills: Tiffany Anderson, Rylee Beckstead, Cheyenne Deeben, Mariah Manookin
Payson: Casey Giffing, Wyatt McDaniel, Carlysa Openshaw
Springville: Caitlin Dinkel, Christina Nolasco 

Honorary American Degree: Pam and J. Merrill Hallam

Each year, the National FFA Organization honors FFA members who show the utmost dedication to the organization through their desire to develop their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.