Dairy Shrine Announces 1993 Student Recognition
SHAWANO, Wis. Scott Ru
by, San Luis Obispo. Calif., has
been selected as the fust place
winner in the 1993 Dairy Shrine
Student Recognition Contest
Ruby, a recent graduate of the
California Polytechnic State Uni
versity, is to receive a cash award
of $l,OOO at the Daity Shrine
awards banquet in Madison, Wis.
Sept. 29, in conjunction with
World Dairy Expo.
Second through sixth place
winners are also to be honored at
the banquet They are: second-Pa
tricia Hurtgen, Oakdale, Calif.;
third-Matthew Wanner, Narvon,
Pa.; fourth-Beth Armbruster, Ea
gle, Wis.; fifth-Jill Marti, Sleepy
Eye, Minn.; and sixth-Todd
Riggs, Evansville, Ind. They will
receive cash awards of $3OO,
$4OO, $3OO, $2OO and $lOO, re
spectively.
The student recognition award
program is held annually to recog
nize graduating seniors who have
career plans related to dairy-pro
duction agriculture. Winners are
selected by an anonymous panel
of judges based on leadership
skills, academic ability and inter
est in dairy cattle.
First place winner Scott Ruby
was a member of the Cal Poly
dairy cattle judging team, treasur
er of the dairy club, and was on the
dean’s and president’s lists. He
was also selected as a National
Holstein Distinguished Junior
Member and the Oregon State
FFA president. He is currently
employed at World-Wide Sires,
Hanford, Calif., as a marketing as
sistant.
Second place winner Patricia
Hurtgen is also a recent graduate
of Cal Poly. While there she was
an active member of numerous or-
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ganizations. She served as Dairy
Club president, was a member of
Alpha Zeta, and was awarded the
American Dairy Science Associa
tion Outstanding Scholastic &
Leadership Achievement Award.
She was also on the National Hol
stein Association Junior Advisory
Committee, was named a National
Distinguished Junior Holstein
Member and served as president
of the California Junior Holstein
Association. Hurtgen plans to pur
sue a master’s degree in dairy cat
tle genetics and reproduction.
Third place winner Matthew
Wanner of Narvon graduated from
Penn State with a degree in dairy
and animal science and a minor in
international agriculture. At Penn
State, he was a member of the
dairy cattle judging team, College
of Ag Sciences Student Council
and the Coaly Agricultural Activi
ties Honorary Society. He was
also named a National Distin
guished Junior Holstein Member,
was president of the Pennsylvania
Junior Holstein Association and a
member of the National Cham
pion 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl team.
His future plans include pursuing
a master’s degree in dairy cattle
breeding and, eventually, return
ing to his home farm.
Fourth place winner Beth Arm
bruster recently graduated from
the University of Wisconsin-
Madison with a degree in agricul
tural economics and agricultural
journalism. While in college, she
was a member of the dairy cattle
judging team, vice president of the
Badger Dairy Club and Midwest
Regional vice president of the
American Dairy Science Associa
tion. Her immediate plans are to
help relocate the family dairy farm
and then seek a career in the dairy
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Fifth place winner Jill Marti is
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Minnesota-St Paul in December.
She is active in college activities
as a member of the dairy cattle
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Student Board. This past year she
spent three months on an intern
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sota Junior Holstein Board of
Directors, including serving as its
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Committee. Her future plans in
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try.
Sixth place winner Todd Riggs
graduated last December from
Ohio State University. During
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Matthew Wanner
College, he was a member of the ciation-Student Affiliate Division,
dairy cattle judging team, served Riggs is currently employed as a
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