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a member of the winning livestock judging team at the Arizona National and placed in the top 10 individually at the Arizona National and Dixie National contests. Hannah will graduate in May 2024 with dual degrees in Animal Science and Agricultural Business. She then plans to pursue graduate studies in beef cattle genetics. Emma Claire Farmer Oklahoma State University Emma is an OSU transfer student Achievement Scholar, and Flemming family and Klemme family Memorial Scholar. She serves on the student council for the Ferguson College of Agriculture and Vice President of Collegiate Farm Bureau. She is also a member of Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow, Block and Bridle and Collegiate Cattlewomen’s. At Connor’s College, she was a member of Aggie Club, Ag Ambassadors and the Presidential Leadership Class. Emma held an internship with Oklahoma 4-H Foundation and is currently a Legal Assistant at Stephens Swafford Law Firm in Stillwater. She also participated in the Oklahoma House of
Representatives Page Program and graduated from Oklahoma Legislative Fellowship Program. She grew up on a diversified farming operation in Southwest Oklahoma. She is a member of the highly successful OSU livestock judging team and Reserve National Champion Meat Animal Evaluation team. She was also on a nationally competitive team at Connors College. Emma will graduate in May 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications and minor in law and legal studies. Her goal is to pursue a law degree from the University of Oklahoma to ultimately become an attorney with a legal practice in Oklahoma that represents agricultural clients and she hopes to serve as a voice for agricultural policy at the state capital. Cooper Ford Texas A&M University Cooper served as Vice President of Finance for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Student Council where he was directly responsible for orchestrating a 2-day Career Fair connecting 110 companies, 250 recruiters and 1800 students and a Spring Career Fair with 80
companies, 190 recruiters and over 1000 students in attendance. He was selected as a Cargill Thrive Scholar and had an internship in commodity trading and merchandising with Cargill this past summer. Cooper was previously an intern with Valero in 2023 working with Innovation and Low Carbon Fuels and was an agricultural credit intern with Texas Farm Credit Services in Summer of 2022. Cooper was selected as a San Antonio Stock Show/ Texas Agriculture Lifetime Leadership Scholar and was a delegate to the International Livestock Congress at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. He has served as an intern with multiple major livestock shows of Texas including the State Fair of Texas, San Antonio and Houston. He was a member of the champion wool judging team at San Antonio and Reserve Champion teams at Denver and Houston and was recognized individually as an All American in Wool Judging. He was also a member of the Texas A&M Meat Animal Evaluation team which placed third at the national contest where he was recognized
as 7th high individual overall. He will graduate with double degrees in Agricultural Economics and Animal Science degree in December 2025 and plans to pursue a Master of Business Administration. His ultimate career goal is to work with agricultural sustainability with a focus on the renewable and biofuel industry. Anna Hannon Oklahoma State University Anna grew up on a family-owned show pig and commercial cattle operation in Rensselaer, IN. She attended Northern Oklahoma college where she was Public Relations officer for Phi Theta Kappa, an Agriculture Leadership Ambassador and a Public Relations Officer for Phi Theta Kappa. She was a member of the highly successful NOC livestock judging team which was named Junior College Team of the year after winning the State Fair of Texas, American Royal, North American International, National Western and Houston contests and Anna placed in the top 10 overall individuals at the American Royal, Cattleman’s Congress, National Western, San
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