A total of 21 students from the Southwest District FFA were awarded their State FFA Degree at the 91st Kansas FFA Convention, May 29–31, 2019, on the Kansas State University campus.

The State Degree is the highest honor the Kansas FFA Association can bestow upon its members. In order to achieve this award, members must meet the following requirements: have received their Chapter FFA Degree, been an FFA member and agricultural education student for at least two years, earned at least $2,000 or worked 600 hours in their Supervised Agricultural Experience program, given a six-minute speech about agriculture or FFA, participated in eight different leadership activities, received a “C” average or better in high school and shown a record of outstanding leadership and community involvement.

The members who met these qualifications and their respective FFA Chapters from the Southwest District are: Bucklin — Bretta Austin; Hodgeman County — Ethan Eckhoff, Joshua Ochs; Hugoton — Justin Blakeley, Casle Heger, Rebecca Johnson, Emma McClure, Ashlyn Schechter, Jaxon Teeter, Hallie Wettstein; LaCrosse — Brock Brown, Garrison Herdman, Kassie Pechanec, Michael Showalter; Ness City — Brayden Vogel; Satanta — Kristopher Wagner; South Central — Sarah Delaney, Kailie Martin, Abigail Rogers; Stanton County —Steven Shore, Bailey Sipes.

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