The 2017-18 National FFA Officer candidate selection is down to 24. The candidates were narrowed down from a pool of 41 candidates Monday evening.
All candidates will be introduced during the Fifth General Session on Friday, Oct. 27. The final team will be selected during the Ninth General Session of the convention on Saturday, Oct. 28.
Candidates advancing to Phase II of the 2017-18 National FFA Officer Team selection process are below. (We even had the opportunity to chat with one of these candidates earlier this year!)
Arizona – Bryce Cluff
California – Breanna Holbert
Colorado – Augustus Gill
Georgia – Ian Bennett
Idaho – Gretchen Hansten
Illinois – Kade Hill
Iowa – Erica Baier
Kansas – Kyler Langvardt
Kentucky – Gracie Furnish
Louisiana – Layni LeBlanc
Maryland – Hannah Adkins
Michigan – Loren King
Missouri – Jacqueline Janorschke
Montana – Kacie Cummings
New Jersey – Morgan Rutar
New Mexico – Kynzi Creighton
North Carolina – Katelyn Honeycutt
Ohio – Mary Buehler
Oklahoma – Piper Merritt
Oregon – Shea Booster
South Carolina – Brooke Feder
Tennessee – Chelsea Sanders
Texas – Brice Boyd
Virginia – Ashley Yanego