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that came before me is super humbling. I have been a part of every aspect of this show from exhibiting myself and watching my daughter show to helping two different families win and serving on the NAILE advisory board. What an awesome honor this is. 6. IF YOU COULD MEET AND HAVE DINNER WITH ANY PERSON, WHO WOULD IT BE? That’s easy, I would love to have another dinner with my father and gain more of his wisdom. I would ask how mom is doing and ask how amazing heaven is. 7. OUTSIDE OF CATTLE, WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO? Spend time with my daughter, Taylor, and her husband with my three-year-old grandson and soon to be twins born right after NAILE. 8. WHAT IS SOMETHING MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU? After college I worked two years with Perdue Poultry in North Carolina while there, I formed a great working relationship with Dale Earnhardt and worked with him in his cattle and poultry operation. 9. THIS IS WHY I SHOW... I love the competition; I love the work. It’s the hard work that makes showing great. Not all are blessed the way I have been with a father that pushed me and put me in a position around the best to learn. He was then willing to give back, not only time to the next generation that wants to succeed, but be willing to try and make the industry better by serving on boards and discussions to make the industry better. There is no better place to teach a child the lessons of life than in the cattle industry.
1. WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND AND HOW DID YOU BECOME INVOLVED IN THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY? I was raised on a cattle and tobacco farm in Maysville Ky. My father loved cattle and allowed me to start showing at a young age. He understood he didn’t have the resources or know how to get me competitive, so he made sure to get me around people that where like Chan Phillips and Charlie Boy from my same county. My father and those guys pushed me to love the cattle showing industry. 2. WHO HAS HAD THE MOST INFLUENCE ON YOU AS A PERSON? My Father Bill Tolle. I can only hope to be the father and man he was. He always encouraged me to be the best at whatever I wanted and that took being around the best and learning I am from Kentucky so it’s Basketball. More specific, KY BASKETBALL - the WILDCATS. 4. WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF YOUR MOST MEMORABLE JUDGING MOMENTS? I remember getting the call to judge the Eastern Regional Limousin Jr. Nationals as a senior in college and thinking it doesn’t get any bigger than this. 3. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORT? 5. WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU TO JUDGE THE STEERS ON THE GREEN CHIPS IN LOUISVILLE? Being from Kentucky, this is the SUPER BOWL of all steer shows. To me, the tradition of the green chips and those
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