2025 Merit Recipients

Jacob Schragl - Shandon FFA

Tractor Restoration: $1,000 Awarded | Sponsored by the Heidi Beljean Memorial Fund

Price McLaughlin - Kingsburg FFA  

Ag Mechanics Project: $1,000 Awarded | Sponsored by GSAF General Fund

Caleb Terrell - Templeton FFA

Tractor Restoration $1,000 Awarded | Sponsored by Tom Madden

LEo St. Martin - Paso Robles FFA

Ag Mechanics Project: $1,000 Awarded | Sponsored by AMMCG Law

Valeria Beltran -Gonzales FFA

Market Hog Project: $1,500 Awarded | Sponsored by Zada Fresh Farms

Rylee Demarta - Cloverdale FFA

Breeding Swine Project: $1,500 Awarded| Sponsored by the Rhys Ludlow Memorial Fund

Sam Shea - Escondido FFA

Market Hog Project: $1,500 Awarded| Sponsored by the Rhys Ludlow Memorial Fund

Marco Pinon - Frazier Mountain FFA

Market Hog Project: $1,500 Awarded| Sponsored by the Heidi Beljean Memorial Fund

Adriel Lambert - Gonzales FFA

Market Hog Project: $1,500 Awarded | Sponsored by Zada Fresh Farms

Isaac Cuevas - Soledad FFA

Market Hog Project: $1,500 Awarded | Sponsored by Zada Fresh Farms

Erick Lott - Lindsay FFA

Breeding Sheep Project: $1,500 Awarded | Sponsored by the Heidi Beljean Memorial Fund

Gricelda Ramos - Avenal FFA

Market Lamb Project: $1,500 Awarded | Sponsored by the Heidi Beljean Memorial Fund

Evelyn Perea - GrEenfield FFA

Market Lamb Project: $1,500 Awarded | Sponsored by Zada Fresh Farms

Sophia Rivas -Santa Maria FFA

Market Lamb Project: $1,500 Awarded | Sponsored by the Heidi Beljean Memorial Fund

Valeria Arenas - Santa Paula FFA

Market Lamb Project: $1,500 Awarded | Sponsored by Farm Credit West

Valery Haros - Brawley FFA

Market Lamb Project: $1,500 Awarded | Sponsored by the GSAF General Fund

Addison Tenente - Escalon FFA

Market Steer Project: $2,500 Awarded | Sponsored by Elwood Ranch

Brendy Puckett - Peter Johansen FFA

Market Steer Project: $2,500 Awarded | Sponsored by Turlock Auction Livestock Yard

Joseph Schohr- Gridley FFA

Breeding Beef Project: $2,500 Awarded | Sponsored by the Heidi Beljean Memorial Fund

Morgan Flato - Pleasant Grove 4-H

Market Steer Project: $2,500 Awarded | Sponsored by the Rhys Ludlow Memorial Fund

Kelly Christy - Visalia Tech Early College FFA

Market Steer Project: $2,500 Awarded | Sponsored by the GSAF General Fund

Natalie Giuntoli - Escalon FFA

Market Steer Project: $2,500 Awarded | Sponsored by the GSAF General Fund

Stephanie Mendoza - Maxwell FFA

Market Steer Project: $2,500 Awarded | Sponsored by the GSAF General Fund

Carmen Varela - Lindsay FFA

Small Stock/Rabbit Project: $1,000 Awarded | Sponsored by GSAF Directors in Memory of Guy Gary

Kylor Arechiga - Liberty Ranch FFA

Market Rabbit Project: $1,000 Awarded| Sponsored by the GSAF General Fund

Grace CarRillo - Green Valley 4-H

Market Goat Project: $1,500 Awarded | Sponsored by the GSAF General Fund

Ava Garben - Rodriguez FFA

Breeding Goat Project: $1,500 Awarded | Sponsored by the GSAF General Fund

Edgar Blancas - Wheatland FFA

Market Steer Project: $1,500 Awarded | Sponsored by Radiant Reds

Manuel Ramirez - Lindsay FFA

Plant Science Project: $1,000 Awarded | Sponsored by Heidi Beljean Memorial Fund