OSU SENIOR COLLEGE
Caden Arnold I am from Medina, Texas. I grew up showing cattle and hogs with my family. I was a previous member of the South Plains Junior College livestock judging team prior to my time at Oklahoma State. Judging for OSU has not only brought me together with some of my best friends, but it has also allowed me to pursue my passion for livestock evaluation as part of an extremely competitive team. Post-graduation I plan to pursue a masters program in beef cattle nutrition. • Oklahoma State University to obtain a bachelor’s degree in animal science and a minor in agronomy. My future plans after I graduate are still up in the air, but it would be a dream and goal to someday be able to help in our show cattle and row-crop operation back home. Moving so far from home was a big step outside my comfort zone, but a decision I am grateful I made. I can not thank my coaches and teammates enough for the experiences I have had both in junior and senior college and I can not wait for the final run with my best friends. • Hunter Lock I grew up near Packwood, a small town in southeast Iowa. I help operate Lock Cattle Company where my family’s focus is raising show cattle and row-crop farming. I knew from a young age that I had a passion for the livestock industry so I decided to attend Hutchinson Community College to get an associate of science degree and join the livestock judging team. After junior college, I transferred to
Kyler Vernon I am from the coastal town of Arroyo Grande California. Growing up with agriculture teachers for parents, I have always been surrounded by show livestock especially in regard to my family’s club lamb flock Dry Creek Farms. As fate would have it, I joined FFA, and began to complete in livestock judging events. After serving as a California State FFA officer, I decided attend Butler Community College and was fortunate enough to be apart of the 2021 Junior collegiate Livestock judging Team of the Year. Along the way my teammates and I were all recognized Academic All-Americans, picking up wins at NAILE and Houston. Transferring to Oklahoma State University has proven to be such a rewarding experience so far. Currently I’m majoring in Animal Science with plans to attend law school back home in the future. Every step through collegiate judging realm I’ve been blessed with great friends and memories, however being apart of the winning team at American Royal and doing it with these folks will go down as an extra special one. •
Cal Schultz I am from Faribault, Minnesota, and I am currently a senior studying Animal Science. Growing up, I showed market goats and began raising red angus cattle with with my siblings. Before transferring to Oklahoma State University, I attended Butler Community College. While at Butler, I was on the champion livestock judging team at NAILE and the Houston livestock show & rodeo and was named an Academic All-American. After graduating with my bachelors degree next May, I hope to pursue a masters degree while assistant coaching a livestock judging team. I have loved my time at Oklahoma State and growing close with my teammates. Being on the Champion team at the American Royal has a been a dream come true for me, and I can’t wait to see what else is left in store for us as a group. • Kylar Lee I grew up in Burlington Kansas and I am currently a senior studying animal science. Growing up I showed goats and lambs along with trading them in high school. Before heading Oklahoma College. Through NOC I had a successful junior college career topping it off with being an Academic All American. In my free time, I own and operate KWL Show Stock selling sheep and goats across the United States. Oklahoma State Livestock Judging surrounds you with the best and it has allowed us to Oklahoma state university, I did my 2 years at Northern as a team to flourish. My time at Oklahoma State has been nothing but great and look forward to what’s to come. •
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Other OSU Livestock Judging Team members include Hadley Albracht, Riley Smith, Kaitlyn Taylor, Madison Goecke, Lauren Erickson, Garrett Vaughan, Jett Smith, and Eva Hinrichsen. Coaches are Parker Henley, Macey Goretska, and Phoebe Rogers.
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