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  Past 4-H Boy & Girl of the Year Winners

     One of the most coveted award in the Champaign county 4-H program is being named the 4-H Boy of the Year or 4-H Girl of the Year.  Each year the top boy and girl in the county 4-H program is named at the county fair as the recipient of this award.  The announcement is made in front of the Grandstand, Sunday of the county fair, following the crowning of the Fair Queen.    Winners do not know in advance.

     Below are the winners since the awards were first given.  Note: the "4-H Girl of the Year" started in 1949, while the "4-H Boy of the Year" started in 1954.  The traditional award is an engraved silver milk pitcher.

1949 Mary Neer Sheets
1950 Joanne Ford Swonger
1951 Mary Pauline Zerkle Blazer
1952 Mary Catherine Lutz
1953 Mary E. Johnson
1954 Elcena Zerkle Barns       &        Tom Stickley & Jerry Askew
1955 Mary Seedle Mahew       &        Bill Burgle
1956 Janice Mapp Clark          &        David Goddard
1957 Nancy Davis Bryner        &        Danny Kizer
1958 Julia Hire Lifer                &        Don Cook
1959 Margaret Green Staffon   &        Steve Dumford
1960 Connie Davis Huffman     &        Melvin Cook
1961 Wilma Sloan Lewis         &        Jim Virts
1962 Martha Birt Clark            &        Bob Corbett
1963 Judy Skillman Trainer      &        Steve Broshes
1964 Evelyn Corbett Morgan    &         Bob White
1965 Cheryl Scott Siegenthaler &        Chris Wolf & Alan Kiern
1966 Joetta Westfall Cooper     &        Steve Goddard
1967 Shirley Scott                   &        Bob Crowder
1968 Sara Sibley                     &        Duane Siegenthaler
1969 Deborah Dill Canter          &        Steve Stickley
1970 Karen McAlexander         &        Randy Davis
1971 Sandy Wiant                   &        Jim Clark
1972 Cathy Sommers Pullins    &        Jim Williams
1973 Gail Stickley Cain            &        Mike Landers
1974 Linda Funderburgh           &        Lynn Blankenship
1975 Rita Wallace Green          &        Mitch Peters
1976 Candy Ober Switzer         &        Tom McDaniel
1977 Margaret Landers Pruitt    &        Blair Stinson
1978 Gina Pond Roseberry       &        Kevin Culp
1979 Arlene Pond                    &        Todd Culp
1980 Tonya Rose                    &         Mark Townsley
1981 Michele Matthews           &         Doug Perry
1982 Susan Brelsford Heltibran  &        Doug Topp
1983 Di Ann Topp                   &         Sean Tullis
1984 Melinda Smith                &         Phil Mc Mahill
1985 Jody Pence                    &         Shane Smith
1986 Diana Blazer                  &         Jay Trainer
1987 Deb Russell                   &         Jon Trainer
1988 Tami Welch                   &         Mike Terry
1989 Jeanette Baker               &        Donny Bailey
1990 Aimee Geuy                   &        Jeff Trainer
1991 Jodi Workman               &        Chris Johnson -                                                                               Eric Parker
1992 Beth Kite                       &         Aaron Wells
1993 Kathy Corbett                &         Greg Johnson
1994 Katie Ward                    &         Jason Dagger
1995 Chasity Hoey                 &         Kasey Neer
1996  Liz Wingfield                 &         Galen Johnson
1997 Julie Perdue                   &         Shawn Sell
1998 Kim Wingfield               &          Justin Dagger
1999  Jennifer Nelson               &        Austin Ayars
2000  Holly Conn -                  &        Alex Ward
           Amanda Creamer

2001  Emily Grieser                  &         Brent Hayden
2002  Rachel Dill                       &         Levi Runkle
2003  Lanette Inskeep            &          Austin Roseberrry
2004  Kathy Michael   -          &            Kent Pullins   -
           Kirby Faulkner                         Case Circle
2005  Kelsey Faulkner           &           Nathan Honaker

 

               

Current donors are:

"4-H Girl of the Year" - The Medicine Shoppe
"4-H Boy of the Year"  - Merlin Woodruff, Auctioneer

Give them a big thank you! 
They are strong supporters of the county 4-H program.
 

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