ASBA Announces Scholarship Recipients

ASBA Scholarships Awarded 2021

In its fifteenth year, seven applications were received in the ASBA office by September 1. Applicants were from California, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Maryland, Texas, and Missouri, representing the junior membership from widespread parts of the country.

The top three sets of scores for the $1,000 scholarships were from AVERY FLANAGAN, CARSON LOBDELL, AND OLIVIA SCUDERI

who were presented their awards at the November annual meeting held in Louisville.

Avery Flanagan, daughter of Scott and Mylea Flanagan, Ballinger, Texas, has started work on an Animal Science degree at Texas A&M, planning to do a Master’s Degree in large animal reproduction with the goal of becoming a veterinarian specializing in small ruminant reproduction. She is a fifth-generation sheep rancher working with her family’s 100 registered Southdown ewes. Active in 4-H, Avery has won the State Fair of Texas Sheep Skillathon and twice won the San Antonio Sheep Skillathon as well as the intermediate Southdown Skillathon held during the NAILE. She competed successfully in state livestock judging and was selected to be a Texas 4-H Livestock Ambassador to advocate for agriculture. Her Southdown shows included state and national events and NAILE. Last year Avery was a state finalist in the Texas Farm Bureau Free Enterprise speech contest and was selected to represent Texas as a Borlaug scholar and a delegate to the World Food Prize Global Institute.

Carson Lobdell, son of Troy and Barb Lobdell, Darlington, Wisconsin, is in his second year at Lincoln Land Community College finishing an Agribusiness Management degree and competing on the livestock judging team. He plans to continue helping his dad raising Southdowns on the family farm until he can have a place of his own while working in agricultural equipment sales. Active in both 4-H and FFA service activities, his high school focus was FFA competitions such as Parliamentary Procedure, Creed Speaking, and livestock judging, topping it off by being state winner and national Swine finalist, state sheep winner and national finalist, and this past year was the state Diversified Livestock Production winner. Carson has shown Southdowns at All-American and NAILE as well as state shows, and has been actively involved with the Wisconsin Southdown Association and the development of the regional junior show held at the Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival.

Olivia Scuderi, daughter of Stephanie and Vince Scuderi, Gaithersburg, Maryland, is a sophomore at the University of Maryland with a Pre-Vet major in Animal Science. She plans to attain a Ph D in Animal Science and return to the family farm to do research with agricultural corporations in hope of finding better ways to preserve livestock and public health. In addition to managing her own small flock since 2013, having successes such as Supreme Ewe at Maryland State Fair and winning Lead Line at NAILE with her own ewe lamb, Olivia has been a serious advocate for agriculture. Having been a student at a private school in a city outside the District of Columbia, she experienced first hand the lack of knowledge people have about their food. As a Farm Bureau Ambassador she personally talked with legislators at the Maryland State House on the importance of bills to support FFA and joined Sigma Alpha her freshman year at UMD to help bring “Ag in the Classroom” back to local schools.

To apply for a 2022 ASBA Scholarship, view details and application information at our website. WWW.SOUTHDOWNSHEEP.ORG

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