For Immediate Release

Contact: Daniel Wackershauser, Marketing Specialist
Phone: 608.822.2303
Mail: 1800 Bronson Blvd., Fennimore, WI 53809
Date of Release: March 23, 2022

PAS students fare well at national competition

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Professional Agricultural Students (PAS) at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College traveled to the National PAS Conference recently. They were accompanied by Paul Cutting, agribusiness instructor; Dan Kieffer, farm operations and mechanics instructor; and Andrew Dal Santo, agronomy instructor, at the conference, which was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The group of Southwest Tech students competed against students from two-year and four-year colleges in a variety of competitions and fared extremely well. The results are listed below.

The PAS organization helps students develop leadership and management skills.

Results- Individual
Career Planning- Agribusiness Management
2^nd– Tiffany Neuheiusel – Spring Green, Wisconsin
4^th– Donald Laufenberg – Highland, Wisconsin

Career Planning-Non-Ruminant Animal
2^nd– Olivia Olson – Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Career Planning-Plant Systems

1^st-Nathen Wegner – Cambria, Wisconsin

Career Planning-Ruminant Animal
4^th– Makenna Graney – Fennimore, Wisconsin

5^th– Logan Kramer – Platteville, Wisconsin

Career Progress- Agribusiness Management

3^rd– Troy Leibfried – Hazel Green, Wisconsin

4^th– Blake Wegmuller – Bloomington, Wisconsin

Career Progress- Horticulture, Environmental, Natural Resources

1^st– Bryly Clark – Bagley, Wisconsin

Career Progress- non-ruminant Animal

2^nd– Bryice Jerrett – Platteville, Wisconsin

Career Progress- Power, Structural and Technical Systems

1^st– Thomas Wessel – Mineral Point, Wisconsin

4^th– Drew Noble – Lancaster, Wisconsin

6^th– Noah Hatch – Platteville, Wisconsin

7^th Sydney Schlicht – Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

Career Progress- Retail Agribusiness

4^th Brady Kennicker – Hazel Green, Wisconsin

Career Progress- Ruminant Animal

4^th– Collin Tracy – Blue River, Wisconsin

Employment Interview-Agribusiness Administration

6^th– Blake Wegmuller – Bloomington, Wisconsin

Employment Interview-Agriculture Education

6^th– Tiffany Neuheisel – Spring Green, Wisconsin

Employment Interview-Agriculture Equipment Service

1^st– Noah Hatch – Platteville, Wisconsin

2^nd– Troy Leibfried – Hazel Green, Wisconsin

5^th– Sydney Schlicht – Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

6^th– Jaron Haase – Montfort, Wisconsin

Employment Interview- Crop Production

5^th– Thomas Wessel – Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Employment Interview- Feeds and Animal Health

7^th– Bryice Jerrett – Platteville, Wisconsin

Employment Interview- Fertilizer and Ag Chemicals

3^rd– Nathen Wegner – Cambria, Wisconsin

5^th– Bryly Clark – Bagley, Wisconsin

Employment Interview- Livestock Production

2^nd– MaKenna Graney – Fennimore, Wisconsin

4^th– Collin Tracy – Blue River, Wisconsin

Team Events:

Dairy Specialist

11^th– Tiffany Neuheisel, Spring Green, Wisconsin; Drew Noble, Lancaster, Wisconsin; Anastasia Dannenberg, Mineral Point, Wisconsin.

Equine Specialist

4^th– Noah Hatch, Platteville, Wisconsin; Troy Leibfried, Hazel Green, Wisconsin; Makenna Graney, Fennimore, Wisconsin.

Farm Business Management

5^th– Thomas Wessel, Mineral Point, Wisconsin; Sydney Schlicht, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin; Jaron Haase, Montfort, Wisconsin.

Livestock Specialist- Beef

10^th– Logan Kramer, Platteville, Wisconsin; Olivia Olson, Mineral Point, Wisconsin; Donald Laufenberg, Highland, Wisconsin.

Livestock Specialist- Sheep

6^th– Collin Tracy, Blue River, Wisconsin; Blake Wegmuller, Bloomington, Wisconsin; Bryice Jerrett, Platteville, Wisconsin.

Soil Science Specialist

8^th– Brady Kennicker, Hazel Green, Wisconsin; Bryly Clark, Bagley, Wisconsin; Nathen Wegner, Cambria, Wisconsin.

 

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