Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Wisconsin Holstein Recognizes 12 & Under Award Winners

Congratulations to the following youth that will be recognized as 12 and Under award winners at the 2015 Wisconsin Junior Holstein Convention, to be held January 2-4, 2015, at the Holiday Inn in Fond du Lac, Wis.



Hannah Hensel
Hannah Hensel, 11, is in sixth grade and lives in Pittsville with her parents, Michael and Paul Hensel and her two sisters. Besides being active in her church and community, she is also a member of Wood County Junior Holsteins, 4-H, and excels in many project areas, her favorite being dairy animals. She works with Tree-Hayven Holsteins, owned by Adam Borchert and Chelsey Karl of Auburndale. She owns Tree-Hayven HH My Julia-Red and Ofski Adonis Alice. Hannah has shown her heifers in many Holstein shows and has won many championships.


Sara Dorshorst
Sara Dorshorst is the nine-year-old daughter of Dr. Matthew and Molly Dorshorst. She lives on a 60-cow Registered Holstein farm in Junction City with her two sisters, Emma and Clair, as well as her brother, Wyatt. She is active in Bethany Lutheran Church, Badger 4-H club, plays softball and basketball and enjoys piano lessons. She has three Registered Holstein cattle of her own and has enjoyed showing them at county and district shows. Sara enjoys showing her cattle affection by scratching them under the chin. She does not like picking rock. When she grows up she wants to be a Veterinarian. 

McKenzie Calvert
McKenzie Calvert is the fifth generation at Moorclose Holsteins in Cuba City. Her 425-acre farm is home to 175 Registered Holsteins. McKenzie is the daughter of Bill and Kelle Calvert and has a twin sister, Madison, as well as a brother, Payton. McKenzie is 12 years old and is a seventh grader at St. Rose School. Her activities include volleyball, basketball and softball as well as being active in Lafayette County Junior Holsteins and Merry Mixers 4-H. She is especially interested in dairy bowl, showing and dairy judging. 

Drew Noble
Drew Noble is the 12-year-old son of Troy and Jaime Noble. He lives on a dairy, beef and crop farm in Lancaster where his family farms 1000 acres and milks 160 Registered Holsteins. He has two sisters, Ainsley and Macie. Drew is in seventh grade at Platteville Middle School where he plays baseball, football and basketball. He is a member of Grant County Junior Holstein Association and Dairyland Diamonds 4-H Club. He has participated in various showing, judging and dairy bowl competitions.

Clarissa Ulness
Clarissa Ulness is the 10-year-old daughter of Mark and Angie Ulness. Clarissa calls Ragnar Holsteins home, a 76-cow Registered Holstein farm in Valders. She has two brothers, Garrett and Walker and a sister, Whitney. Clarissa enjoys dairy judging, dairy jeopardy, dairy bowl and most of all, showing. This year she was honored to win the t-shirt design contest and created the winning state banner at the Junior Holstein Convention. She is a fifth grader at Valders Middle School, member of the Liberty Go-Getters 54-H club and enjoys art, club volleyball and playing trombone. 

Jacob Harbaugh
Jacob Harbaugh is the nine-year-old son of Lynn and Sara Harbaugh of Marion. Jacob has a brother, Logan, and a sister, Madison. He is currently in fourth grade at St. Martin Lutheran School in Clintonville. At home, he is involved with Bella-View Holsteins, a Registered Holstein heifer operation. He owns six animals and enjoys showing them at several county, district, state and national shows. Jacob participates in dairy bowl and is a member of the Shawano County Junior Holstein Association. He is also a member of the County Line 4-H club where he currently serves as the reporter. Jacob enjoys playing basketball, football and baseball.

Grady Wendorf
Grady Wendorf is the 11-year-old son of Troy and Sarah Wendorf of Ixonia. With his brother Lane and his parents, they farm 940 acres and raise registered show heifers and cows. Grady is the fourth generation at Crescentmead Farms, a sixth grader at Nature Hill Intermediate School, a member of the Bandit’s Gold football team, and the Oconomowoc Junior Legion Band. He is involved in Dodge County Junior Holsteins and currently serves as secretary of the County Line 4-H club. Grady participates in dairy bowl and the dairy judging team. Grady enjoys showing at district, state and national levels and is learning to deer hunt with his dad.

Megan Moede
Megan Moede is the 12-year-old daughter of Rob and Debbie Moede. Along with her parents and brother Michael, she resides on an 80-acre farm near Algoma in Kewaunee County. She is in seventh grade at St. Mary’s School in Algoma. Megan enjoys the St. Mary’s Destination Imagination program and has done very well at the regional, state and global competitions. She is a member of the Algoma girls’ basketball and softball teams. Megan enjoys showing and judging Holstein and Jersey dairy cattle at county, district and state events.

Hunter Crowley
Hunter Crowley is the 12-year-old son of Patrick and Jennifer Crowley of Omro and has a younger brother Brye. Hunter is a seventh grader at Omro Middle School where he is on the high honor roll, plays football, basketball, soccer, piano and percussion in the school band. He is very active in Boy Scouts, secretary of Plain V-U 4-H Club and Winnebago County Junior Holsteins, dairy judging, dairy bowl, and 4-H ambassadors. Hunter owns two Registered Holsteins and has been showing for four years at county, district and state levels. He looks forward to increasing his herd size in the future.

Colton Brandel
Colton Brandel is the 10-year-old son of Matthew and Tracy Brandel. Colton has two younger sisters, Ashley and Katie, and a little brother, Justin. His family partners in Straussdale Holsteins, LLC, where they milk 200 Registered Holsteins in Lake Mills. Colton is a fourth grader at Prospect Elementary School. He attended is active in quiz bowl and dairy judging, and enjoys showing at the Jefferson County Fair, WI State Fair and North American Livestock Expo. He loves dairy cattle and helps any way he can on the farm. He also enjoys playing football, wrestling, archery and volunteering at various dairy promotion activities in his community.

Hannah Hockerman
Hannah Hockerman is the 12-year-old daughter of Greg and Dawn Hockerman of Westfield. She lives on her family’s 1200-acre dairy farm with her parents and two brothers, Hayden and Holden. They milk 375 cows three times a day. Her hobbies include playing softball, working on the farm and showing at the county fair. Hannah is a member of the Westfield Middle School volleyball and basketball teams, band, District 5 Junior Holstein Association, and Westfield FFA.

Brett Walker
Brett Walker is the 12-year-old son of John and Marci Walker and brother of Alli Walker.  He lives on a 100 milking cow family dairy farm (Walk-Era Farms) near Wisconsin Dells.  Chores that you might see him doing are hauling out the morning waste feed and helping out with calf chores. Brett also enjoys dairy judging, competing in dairy bowl and showing. He is also involved in band, basketball, baseball and football. Brett is a member of the District 5 Junior Holstein Club, Leeds Prairie Pals 4-H and the Briggsville United Methodist Church.

Madison Calvert
Madison Calvert lives in Cuba City with her family on a 425-acre dairy farm. They milk 80 Registered Holsteins in a tie stall barn. Madison helps to care for the calves, break show animals to lead and wash them, clean the farm, bed the barns, put the cows in, help milk cows, get ready for classifying and much more. She is 12 years old and in seventh grade at St. Rose School in Cuba City. Outside of the farm, Madison is involved in basketball, volleyball, softball, Lafayette County Junior Holsteins and the Merry Mixers 4-H Club.

Jared Abraham

Jared Abraham is the 11-year-old son of Todd and Kara Abraham of Plymouth. Jared, along with his parents, sister Macie, and grandparents, own and operate A-B Lane Farm and Ja-Mac Holsteins. Jared is a sixth grader at St. John Lutheran School and enjoys sports - especially golf. He is a member of the Sheboygan County Junior Holstein Association and the Spring Valley 4-H Club. He enjoys participating in dairy judging contests, dairy quiz bowl and showing his Holsteins at the fair.

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