UMC NACTA Team Wins Sweepstakes Award


(click for larger image)	UMC NACTA Team Wins Sweepstakes Award On April 25th, 1999, the University of Minnesota, Crookston NACTA team placed first in the annual National Judging Competition of the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA). UMC's team won both the four-year college division competition and the overall Sweepstakes competition between the top two- and four-year college teams. UMC has brought home the overall Sweepstakes trophy six times in the last ten years. Thirty-five UMC students participated in the ten contests making up the competition: Agricultural Computers, Agricultural Management, Animal Science, Crops, Dairy, Horse, Horticulture, Livestock, Quiz Bowl, and Soils. Dave Hoff was the NACTA Coordinator, Alicia Wiebe served as NACTA Student Chairperson, Bonnie Haehnel served as Treasurer, and several faculty, staff and students coached the teams. UMC students prepare for the Spring competitions throughout the year, starting as early as September. They spend many hours in study and fundraising in addition to their regular class workloads. Why do they do it? The NACTA contest is a great opportunity for students to gain more professional experience in their majors as well as new areas. It is also an exciting way to expand horizons! NACTA competitions have been held since 1957 and involve knowledge and skills contests covering various agricultural topics. The competition is tough, including college and university students from all across the nation. The event is held in different areas of the country each year to give students an opportunity to travel to areas they may otherwise never visit and agricultural colleges the responsibility of hosting the competition. Almost 600 students from 34 schools across the United States competed in the 1999 Judging Conference at Cloud Community College in Concordia, Kansas. UMC will host the next competition at Crookston on April 28-30, 2000. Students and faculty are already making preparations for next year. UMC's 1999 NACTA team awards are as follows: Animal Science Contest Lab Practical – 2nd -Tamilee Nennich Problem Solving – 1st Team, 2nd -Bonnie Haehnel Written Exam – 2nd Team Overall – 2nd Team, 2nd -Bonnie Haehnel, 3rd -Tamilee Nennich Dairy Judging Team Cows – 3rd Team Heifers – 1st Team, 2nd -Kelli Rusch Oral Reasons – 2nd Team, 2nd -Tamilee Nennich Overall – 2nd Team, 2nd -Kelli Rusch Crops Judging Contest Lab Practical – 3rd Team Ornamental Horticulture Contest Identification – 1st Team, 1st -Adam Dewey, 2nd -Jennie Moen, 3rd -Karen Moldenhauer Judging – 2nd Team, 3rd - Jennie Moen Written Exam – 1st Team, 1st -Adam Dewey, 3rd -Adam Volv Overall – 1st Team, 1st -Adam Dewey, 2nd -Jennie Moen, 3rd -Adam Volz Agricultural Business Management Contest Written Exam – 1st Team, 1st -Ken Vasek, 3rd -Christie Ungerecht Problem Solving – 1st Team, 2nd -Christie Ungerecht, 3rd -Ken Vasek Overall – 1st Team, 2nd -Christie Ungerecht, 3rd -Ken Vasek Agricultural Computers Contest Written Exam – 1st Team, 1st -Amber Noble, 2nd -Barb Heinze Overall – 3rd Team, 3rd -Angie Roering Team members are: Derek Anderson, Trevor Bjerke, Adam Dewey, Kimberly Fedje, Matthew Geiser, Bonnie Haehnel, Barbara Heinze, David Hemmes, Renae Henderson, Christian Ingebretsen, Andrew Jenson, Allen Larsen, Mark Martens, Jennifer Moen, Karen Moldenhauer, Francis Neft, Tamilee Nennich, William Neumann, Christopher Noble, Amber Noble, Mark Olsonawski, Shane Osborne, Jeffrey Pokorney, John Quackenbush, Angie Roering, Kelli Rusch, Joseph Schroeder, Peg Sherven, Kimberly Stennes, Kerstin Trimble, Christy Ungerecht, Kenneth Vasek, Adam Volz, Alicia Wiebe, Holly Wildman, Travis Zemke, Adam Volz Posted 06/04/99 by Andrew Svec Author and Contact: Jane Sims, 218-281-8101
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UMC NACTA Team Wins Sweepstakes Award

UMC's 1999 NACTA Team On April 25th, 1999, the University of Minnesota, Crookston NACTA team placed first in the annual National Judging Competition of the National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA). UMC's team won both the four-year college division competition and the overall Sweepstakes competition between the top two- and four-year college teams. UMC has brought home the overall Sweepstakes trophy six times in the last ten years.

Thirty-five UMC students participated in the ten contests making up the competition: Agricultural Computers, Agricultural Management, Animal Science, Crops, Dairy, Horse, Horticulture, Livestock, Quiz Bowl, and Soils. Dave Hoff was the NACTA Coordinator, Alicia Wiebe served as NACTA Student Chairperson, Bonnie Haehnel served as Treasurer, and several faculty, staff and students coached the teams.

UMC students prepare for the Spring competitions throughout the year, starting as early as September. They spend many hours in study and fundraising in addition to their regular class workloads. Why do they do it? The NACTA contest is a great opportunity for students to gain more professional experience in their majors as well as new areas. It is also an exciting way to expand horizons!

NACTA competitions have been held since 1957 and involve knowledge and skills contests covering various agricultural topics. The competition is tough, including college and university students from all across the nation. The event is held in different areas of the country each year to give students an opportunity to travel to areas they may otherwise never visit and agricultural colleges the responsibility of hosting the competition.

Almost 600 students from 34 schools across the United States competed in the 1999 Judging Conference at Cloud Community College in Concordia, Kansas. UMC will host the next competition at Crookston on April 28-30, 2000. Students and faculty are already making preparations for next year.

UMC's 1999 NACTA team awards are as follows:

Animal Science Contest

Lab Practical – 2nd -Tamilee Nennich
Problem Solving – 1st Team, 2nd -Bonnie Haehnel
Written Exam – 2nd Team
Overall – 2nd Team, 2nd -Bonnie Haehnel, 3rd -Tamilee Nennich

Dairy Judging Team

Cows – 3rd Team
Heifers – 1st Team, 2nd -Kelli Rusch
Oral Reasons – 2nd Team, 2nd -Tamilee Nennich
Overall – 2nd Team, 2nd -Kelli Rusch

Crops Judging Contest

Lab Practical – 3rd Team

Ornamental Horticulture Contest

Identification – 1st Team, 1st -Adam Dewey, 2nd -Jennie Moen, 3rd -Karen Moldenhauer
Judging – 2nd Team, 3rd - Jennie Moen
Written Exam – 1st Team, 1st -Adam Dewey, 3rd -Adam Volv
Overall – 1st Team, 1st -Adam Dewey, 2nd -Jennie Moen, 3rd -Adam Volz

Agricultural Business Management Contest

Written Exam – 1st Team, 1st -Ken Vasek, 3rd -Christie Ungerecht
Problem Solving – 1st Team, 2nd -Christie Ungerecht, 3rd -Ken Vasek
Overall – 1st Team, 2nd -Christie Ungerecht, 3rd -Ken Vasek

Agricultural Computers Contest

Written Exam – 1st Team, 1st -Amber Noble, 2nd -Barb Heinze
Overall – 3rd Team, 3rd -Angie Roering

Team members are:

Derek Anderson, Trevor Bjerke, Adam Dewey, Kimberly Fedje, Matthew Geiser, Bonnie Haehnel, Barbara Heinze, David Hemmes, Renae Henderson, Christian Ingebretsen, Andrew Jenson, Allen Larsen, Mark Martens, Jennifer Moen, Karen Moldenhauer, Francis Neft, Tamilee Nennich, William Neumann, Christopher Noble, Amber Noble, Mark Olsonawski, Shane Osborne, Jeffrey Pokorney, John Quackenbush, Angie Roering, Kelli Rusch, Joseph Schroeder, Peg Sherven, Kimberly Stennes, Kerstin Trimble, Christy Ungerecht, Kenneth Vasek, Adam Volz, Alicia Wiebe, Holly Wildman, Travis Zemke, Adam Volz

Posted 06/04/99 by Andrew Svec Author and Contact: Jane Sims, 218-281-8101

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