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National FFA names American Star finalists  

Sixteen FFA members from across the country have been named finalists for the National FFA Organization’s American Star Awards.

Finalists are chosen from thousands of American FFA Degree recipients based on outstanding achievements through their supervised agriculture experience (SAE) along with meeting educational and leadership requirements.

Finalists will be interviewed by a panel of judges and one winner from each of the four categories will be announced during the 96^th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis this fall.

2023 finalists include:

American Star Farmer
Tanner Mickey from the Taylorville FFA Chapter in Illinois
Daniel Jossund from the Ada-Borup-West FFA Chapter in Minnesota
Luke Jennings from Felicity-Franklin FFA Chapter in Ohio
Callie Welty from the Grandview FFA Chapter in Texas

American Star in Agribusiness
Paxton Boldry from the McCracken County FFA Chapter in Kentucky
Lainey Hutchison from the Crockett County FFA Chapter in Tennessee
Weston Whiteside from the Sam Rayburn-Ivanhoe FFA Chapter in Texas
Joseph Pulver from the Randolph-Cambria-Friesland FFA Chapter in Wisconsin

American Star in Agricultural Placement
Lance Moritz from the Streator FFA Chapter in Illinois
Riley Berger from the Ridgewood FFA Chapter in Ohio
Whitney Glazier from the Omega FFA Chapter in Oklahoma
Jaxson Collier from the Snyder FFA Chapter in Texas

American Star in Agriscience
Jasmyn Hoeger from the Beckman Catholic FFA Chapter in Iowa
George Frees from the Cass Career Center FFA Chapter in Missouri
Audrey Pinter from the Felicity-Franklin FFA Chapter in Ohio
Hadley Stiefvater from the McCook Central FFA Chapter in South Dakota