CCHS FFA Earn Numerous Awards on Purchase Region Paperwork Day
CCHS FFA Earn Numerous Awards on Purchase Region Paperwork Day
Calloway County High School's Future Farmers of America received numerous recognitions at Purchase Region FFA Paperwork Day on March 12th. CCHS FFA led the region in Regional Champions and state bound members.
Senior Sayde Lowe (left) was selected to be one of two nominees for a State FFA Officer position this summer at the Kentucky FFA State Convention in Lexington. Lowe was also selected as a finalist for Regional Star Farmer, the highest honor a region can bestow upon a member.
Junior Jacee McKeel (right) was elected Regional President for 2024-25. She was selected to serve by delegates from the other 11 schools in the region. This is the second straight year the Regional President is from CCHS. McKeel is replacing Lowe who served as president this year. CCHS has now had four students serve as regional president in the last 25 years.
Seven FFA seniors were approved to receive their State FFA Degree, the highest degree the state can bestow upon a member. Those students are: Jacob Akin, Claire Blankenship, Noah Fulton, Aiden Grooms, Sayde Lowe, Preslee Phillips, and Patience Puckett
Aiden Grooms, Ag Mechanics Repair and Maintenance Entrepreneurship
Jayden Phillips, Ag Mechanics Repair and Maintenance, Placement
Jayden Phillips also in Turfgrass Management
Ellie Falwell, Ag Sales Entrepreneurship
Noah Fulton, Beef Production Placement
Westin Tolley, Diversified Horticulture
Elijah Rudolph, Diversified Livestock
Lillie Thorn, Fiber/Oil Crop Production
Dakotah Pittman, Fruit Production
Ginni Mikulcik, Nursery Operations
Jake Davenport, Outdoor Recreation
Cooper Housden, Specialty Crop Production
Dayne Coday, Swine Production
12 proficiency entries were named Regional Runner-up. Those students are:
Claire Blankenship, Ag Mechanics Design and Fabrication
Tyler Ward, Ag Sales Placement
Sayde Lowe, Equine Science Entrepreneurship
Dakotah Pittman, Diversified Crop Entrepreneurship
Dakotah Pittman also in Agriculture Essay
Emma Arnett, Diversified Crop Placement
Logan Ramsey, Forage Production
Lillie Thorn, Grain Production
Westin Tolley, Landscape Management
Jacee McKeel, Poultry Production
Emma Erwin, Small Animal Production and Care
Ellie Falwell, Vegetable Production
Finally, 10 other students completed a proficiency and placed 3rd or 4th in the region, meaning that no student finished below the top third of the Purchase Region. Those students are:
Jacee McKeel, Ag Communications
Patience Puckett, Ag Education
Sayde Lowe, Ag Processing
Trace Johnson, Ag Services
Luke Hale, Diversified Ag Production
Kendall Brewer, Equine Science Entrepreneurship
Caden Brooks, Equine Science Placement
Gavin Luffman, Service Learning
Fulton Manning, Turfgrass Management
Preslee Phillips, Veterinary Science