JABGA Scholarship Winners

JABGA Scholarship WinnersAt a Glance

Paige Pitlick During high school, I held numerous leadership positions, participated in multiple sports and 4-H, and still performed in the classroom graduating in the top of my class.I began showing livestock when I was in the third grade. I have participated in 4-H shows at the county, state and regional level and ABGA/ JABGA shows in the Midwest with goats my family has raised. My long term goal is to be a pharmacist in a hospital. I will be attending the University of Minnesota - Crookston this fall, studying Health Sciences/Chemistry with a minor in Biology and playing softball. After receiving my undergraduate degree, I plan to attend the College of Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota.

Jenna Jordan is a graduate of John Glenn High School in New Concord, Ohio. She will be attending the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City this fall to study Musical Theatre. She has shown goats all her life, and she has enjoyed every minute of it. It will be a big change to go from a goat farm in a small town to the big city, but she couldn’t be more excited for the opportunity.

Hunter Martin, age 19 of Applegate, Michigan. I started showing market wethers when I was nine years old. Since that time I have grown from only showing market wethers to now owning my own herd of boer goats. I am proud to be exhibiting and winning with my home bred goats. I will be attending Michigan State University this fall to obtain a degree in Civil Engineering. My plan is to continue to expand and improve my herd. I have shown beef, prospect beef, lambs, hogs, poultry, rabbits and goats over my show career. The boer goat is the one animal that I have shown on a continual basis. I have enjoyed learning about and showing many animals, but the boer goat is my favorite. I am honored to be receiving the ABGA Scholarship.

Howdy! My name is Morgan Bridges, I’m from Lometa, Texas and I will be a freshman Animal Science – Science option major at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. My family has been raising animals for as long as I can remember but we got started into the Boer goat industry in 2007 and I like to say that 2007 is the year that changed my life forever. Like all new breeders, we tried our best to build a name for ourselves and to raise quality Boer goats that will do well in the show ring while benefitting the industry itself as well. I am very thankful to be able to say that I believe all of the hard work has paid off at home and in the ring. The amount of knowledge I have acquired, miles, and the number of people I have met from all aspects of the industry over the years, has helped form who I am today and the career path which I wish to pursue. While I am at Texas A&M, I hope to acquire the abilities to be able to take part in the animal aspect of pharmaceutical research and development. I am extremely overwhelmed with the fact that I was lucky enough to receive both the JABGA and the Adam Segura Memorial scholarship from the ABGA, and I can’t think of any other organization that has made a bigger impact on my current and future life.

My name is Mikayla Winter and I ive on a farm in Northeastern KS where we raise and show Red Angus cattle as well as Boer Goats. We have around 60 head of cattle, along with a 100 or more goats. Our family has shown all across the country, in both cattle and goats, doing our best to raise quality animals that can compete in the show ring. I attend Southeast Community College where I am studying to obtain a degree in Livestock Production. I am playing softball at Southeast. I have been in 4-H for as long as I possibly could, and was in FFA for four years, and through both organizations I have gained many different leadership opportunities and been involved in many events. I enjoy showing and am glad I got the opportunity to do so growing up. I want to thank my parents for giving me the opportunity to grow up showing and around livestock.

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My name is Taeah Fisher. In 2007, my family and I established TK’s Grand Boers. I’ve been raising and showing Boer goats since then. I recently graduated from Cleveland High School. This Fall I plan to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University and major in pharmacy. Through showing goats, I’ve gained enough scholarships to cover my college tuition for seven years. The ABGA and JABGA have been a huge part of my life and I’m very thankful to have had the opportunity to be involved.

Congratulations to all the JABGA scholarship winners. For information on the 2017 scholarship opportunities, go to http://abga.org/jabga/jabga-education/.

Good luck to each of these outstanding idividuals.

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