NAAE: 2011 Award Winners

Congratulations to this year's NAAE award winners! If you're an award winner, watch your mailbox and email for details about your award.

Outstanding Young Member Awards
Outstanding Teacher Awards
Outstanding Middle/Secondary School Program Awards
Outstanding Postsecondary/Adult Program Awards
Teacher Mentor Awards
Ideas Unlimited Awards
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Outstanding Cooperation Awards
Outstanding Service Citation Awards
Teachers Turn the Key Awards
Upper Division Ag Ed Scholarship Recipients

Outstanding Young Member
sponsored by John Deere as a special project of the National FFA Foundation

Award:

•Lodging and travel costs to NAAE convention for winner

•Registration to NAAE Convention

•Engraved plaque

•Invitation to a special dinner held in winners’ honor

Region I	Rebecca Wallace, Ridgeline Middle School, WA
Region II	Lindsey Huseman, Wilson Jr./Sr. High School, KS
Region III	Gwen Boettcher, DeForest HighSchool, WI
Region IV	Jesse Faber, Pontiac TownshipHigh School, IL
Region V	Meghan Wood, Aiken High School, SC
Region VI	Bethany Royer, Killingly High School, CT

Outstanding Teacher
sponsored by Toyota as a special project of the National FFA Foundation

Award:

•Two-year lease on a Toyota Tundra (if all eligibility requirements are met)

•Lodging and travel costs to NAAE convention for winner

•Registration to NAAE Convention

•Engraved plaque

•Invitation to a special dinner & reception held in winners’ honor

Region I	Jessica Fernandes, Buena Park High School, CA
Region II	Alice Dubois, Ponchatoula High School, LA
Region III	Barbara Lemmer, Linn-Mar High School, IA
Region IV	Tim McDermott, Waterloo High School, IL
Region V	James 'Courtney' Nichols, Cannon County High School, TN
Region VI	Judith Bruns, Milford High School, DE

Outstanding Middle/Secondary Ag Ed Program
sponsored by the National FFA Alumni Association as a special project of the National FFA Foundation

Award:

•Lodging and travel costs to NAAE convention for winner

•Registration to NAAE Convention

•Engraved plaque

•Invitation to a special dinner held in winners’ honor

Region I	Lind High School, WA
Region II	Norman High School/North Norman High School, OK
Region III	Harlan Community Middle/High School, IA
Region IV	Eastern Hancock High School, IN
Region V	DeLand High School, FL
Region VI	Cape May County Technical High School, NJ

Outstanding Postsecondary/Adult Ag. Ed Program
sponsored by Toyota as a special project of the National FFA Foundation

Award:

•Two-year lease on a Toyota Tundra (if all eligibility requirements are met)

•Lodging and travel costs to NAAE convention for winner

•Registration to NAAE Convention

•Engraved plaque

•Invitation to a special dinner & reception held in winners’ honor

Region III	Riverland Community College Farm Business Management, MN
Region IV	North Central Missouri College, MO
Region V	Houston County Young Farmer Association, GA
Region VI	Berlin Brothersvalley Young Farmer Chapter, PA

Teacher Mentor
sponsored by CEV Multimedia

Award:

•Registration to NAAE Convention

•Travel stipend for NAAE Convention

•Engraved plaque

Region II	Steve Pritchard, McLoud High School, OK
Region III	Tiffany Johnston, Graettinger-Terril High School, IA
Region IV	Dena Wuebker, Versailles High School, OH
Region V	Chuck Flowers, Liberty High School, TN
Region VI	Tara Berescik, Tri-Valley Central High School, NY

Ideas Unlimited
sponsored by Delmar Cengage Learning

Award:

•Travel stipend for NAAE Convention
•Registration to NAAE Convention
•Engraved plaque

Region I	Sam Herringshaw, Hermiston High School, OR
Region II	Alan Smith, Cushing High School, OK
Region III	Tim Uhlenkamp & Jeff Eppen, Sibley East High School, MN
Region IV	Lindy Holt, South Holt High School, MO
Region V	Joe Green, Pope HighSchool, GA
Region VI	Mark Anderson, Elizabethtown Area High School, PA

Lifetime Achievement
sponsored by Ford as a special program of the National FFA Foundation

Award:

•Registration to NAAE Convention
•Engraved plaque

Region I	Duane Watkins, WY
Region II	Francis Richard, LA
Region III	Wayne Nattress, IA
Region IV	Jim Bellis, MO
Region V	Robert Philpot, FL
Region VI	William Ransom, NY

Outstanding Cooperation
sponsored by Forrest T. Jones & Company

Award:

•Registration to NAAE Convention
•Engraved plaque

Region I	Monica McMackin, WA
Region II	Dale Jackson, OK
Region III	Darlene Arneson, WI
Region IV	Susan Raker-Zimmerman, MI
Region V	Merry Mott, FL
Region VI	Timothy Montondo, NY

Outstanding Service Citation

Award:

•Registration to NAAE Convention
•Engraved plaque

Region I	Dennis Wallace, WA
Region II	Don Armes, OK
Region III	Dr. Mark Zidon, WI
Region IV	James "Rusty" Black, MO
Region V	Gary Bartley, FL
Region VI	Terry Hughes, NY

Teachers Turn the Key
sponsored by Ram Trucks as a special project of the National FFA Foundation

Award:

•Lodging, registration and travel costs to NAAE convention

•Special programming during convention targeted toward those teachers

•Engraved plaque

Region I	Brandon Braaten, Melstone High School, MT Kristy Rothe, Victor School, Victor, MT Braden Groth, Elkton Charter School, OR Randi Krieg, Mabton School District, WA
Region II	Danielle Newsom Louisiana School for the Agricultural Science, Ville Platte, LA Lori Burns,Kingfisher High School, OK Jonathan Walden, Balko Public School, OK Ardy Tiner, Industrial High School, TX
Region III	Jeffrey Mayes, Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School, IA Christopher Ovrebo, Medford High School, Medford, MN Lisa Sackreiter, Fillmore Central High School, MN Doug Babbitt, Perkins County Schools, NE Etta Knuth, Lemmon High School, SD Sue Gorman, Clinton High School, WI Nicole Reese, Milton High School, Milton, WI
Region IV	Amanda Mullins, Tecumseh Jr./Sr. High School, Elberfield, IN Anthony McCaul, Career Line Tech Center, Holland, MI Ashley Brown, Hermitage High School, Hermitage, MO Anna Smith, Twin City South , Farmersville, OH Carmen Russell, Machanicsburg Exempted Village, Urbania, OH
Region V	Chad Lyons, Lafayette High School, Mayo, FL Meredith Arrington, Effingham County High School, Springfield, GA Allen Nasworthy, Locust Grove High School, Locust Grove, GA Camber Starling, Heritage High School, Raleigh, NC Darla Steele, Strom Thurmond Career Center, Johnston, SC Brett Butler, Dyersburg High School, Dyersburg, TN
Region VI	Megan Grogan, Lyman Memorial High School, Lebanon, CT Sarah Bell , Symrna School District , Camden, DE Katy Macleod, Liberty High School, Eldersburg, MD Amanda Hayes , Hackettstown High School, Washington, NJ Heather Sweeney, Adirondack Central Schools, Remsen, NY Michael Woods, Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg, PA, Melanie Berndtson, Wellsboro Area High School, Wellsboro, PA Henry Paris, Powhatan Junior High School, Powhatan, VA Laurel Bishop, Dinwiddie Junior High School, Dinwiddie, VA

Upper Division Ag Education Scholarship Recipients
sponsored by Delmar Cengage Learning

Hannah Crossen	The Ohio State University
Jodi Wildermuth	The Ohio State University
Amanda Huppert Saz	University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Brandon Neil Bringle	University of Tennessee at Martin
Kevin Cross	Purdue University
Angie Schoenbein	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Joseph Ankley	Michigan State University
Renee Wangler	Michigan State University
Krista Lynn Raymond	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Joshua Boyd	New Mexico State University
Amber Carroll	New Mexico State University
Kathryn Taylor	New Mexico State University
Luke Daninger	University of Minnesota - TC
Douglas Masser	The Pennsylvania State University
Amanda Ou	California Polytechnic State University