State Officers from Merced and Merced/Golden Valley FFA
1977-1978 Mike Simpson - Reporter 1979-1980 Brian McCabe - Sentinel 1996-1997 Emily Brinegar - Reporter 1998-1999 Melissa Gomes - Vice President 2015-2016 Danielle Diele - Reporter |
Merced FFA/Golden Valley National Proficiency Winners/Finalists & Teams
1986 Vincent Nunes - Western Region Ag. Mechanic Winner 1990 Aaron Borba - Western Region Forage Crop Winner 1990 Melissa Hath - National Finalist Computers in Ag. 2016 Michaela Vindel - National Gold Ag Sales Placement 2018 Irelyn Bese - National Gold Diversified Crop Production Placement 2019 Josh Heupel - National Ag. Mechanics Design/Fabrication Winner 2019 Ag Sales - National 3rd High Team 2020 Peter Bliss - National Fiber/Oil Crop Production Winner 2020 Hunter Aue - National Beef Production Entrepreneurship Winner 2020 Spencer Stephens - National Environmental/Natural Resources Winner 2020 Josh Heupel - National Fruit Production Finalist 2021 Josh Heupel - American Star Farmer Finalist 2021 Peter Bliss - Diversified Crop Production Entrepreneurship Winner 2021 Kamille Dean - National Gold Goat Production 2021 Ag Sales - National 4th High Team Overall 2022 Peter Bliss - American Star Farmer (Only 3rd ever from California) 2022 Jayraj Kahlon - National Fruit Production Proficiency Finalist 2022 Dairy Judging - Reserve National Champions |
Merced/Golden Valley FFA State Champion Hall of Fame
1965 Land
1970 Economic Entomology 1982 Dairy Cattle 1984 Horses 1985 Horses 1993 Prepared Public Speaking 1993 Small Engines 1994 Small Engines 1995 Small Engines 1996 Small Engines 2000 Best Informed Greenhand 2001 Scrapbook 2007 Farm Power 2008 Farm Power 2008 Cooperative Marketing 2009 Cooperative Marketing 2010 Cooperative Marketing 2010 Dairy Products 2010 Farm Power |
2016 Michaela Vindel - Ag Sales Placement Proficiency
2017 Farm Power - Tim Coca, Josh Heupel, Spencer Stephens 2017 California State Star Reporter - Shelby Stillman 2018 Irelyn Bese - Diversified Crop Production Placement Proficiency 2019 Job Interview - Josh Heupel 2019 Ag Sales - Alyssa Humphreys, Shelby Stillman, Alison Bylsma, Josh Heupel 2019 Farm Power - Peter Bliss, Teddy Ragsdale, Cameron Ivy 2019 California State Star Farmer - Josh Heupel 2019 Josh Heupel - Ag. Mechanics Design/Fabrication Proficiency 2020 California State Star Farmer - Peter Bliss 2020 California State Star Placement - Irelyn Bese 2020 Peter Bliss - Fiber/Oil Crop Production Proficiency 2020 Hunter Aue - Beef Production Entrepreneurship Proficiency 2020 Spencer Stephens - Environmental/Natural Resources Proficiency 2020 Josh Heupel - Fruit Production Proficiency 2021 Ag Sales-Ashley Sandlin, Kindall Grisham, Cameron Ivy, Amethyst Lumley 2021 California State Star Placement - Spencer Stephens 2021 Peter Bliss - Diversified Crop Production Entrepreneurship Proficiency 2022 Jayraj Kahlon - Fruit Production Proficiency 2022 California State Star in Ag Business - Alison Heupel 2022 Dairy Evaluation - Ryan Hath, Trevor Hath, Morgan Ramirez, Makenna Vlot, Emily Duval |