highest regard and am proud to call them my friends. Now I will not tell you that they never had to line us out some, but they gave us everything they had to make us the best livestock evaluators and best people that they could. I will forever be in their debt for that. So no doubt I loved showing and I loved judging. I still do both today and enjoy every time I get to walk in the ring to do either. I have been fortunate enough to have judged across the United States and Mexico and have raised some bulls, heifers, and steers that I am proud of. But giving back as a coach and now having kids of my own that are showing has far exceeded feelings I felt before. Watching a young person work tirelessly to achieve their goals lights a fire in my soul. My students dedicate their life to this activity and I love it. I feed off of it. It means far more to me to have a recruit call and commit to judge for my program than any ribbon I ever won when I was judging. It has been extra special that I will have coached both of my brothers. Cody judged for Shane and I at Colorado State and my youngest brother Justin judged for me both at NJC and now at UW. Coaching them has been an honor and certainly pushed me to elevate my game. One of my all-time favorite memories is winning the American Royal when I judged at CSU and being able to take a picture with Cody, who finished 3rd Overall when he judged for Blinn. Cody wins San Antonio while judging for us at CSU and then Justin comes along and wins Sioux Falls. Pretty neat moments for me as
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