Memorial Award

The Memorial Award was originally called the Rusty Bowers Memorial Leadership Scholarship setup in the memory of Rusty Bowers, an Amanda-Clearcreek FFA member who was killed in a hunting accident in 1983. With the loss of Becky Strickler in 1997, the award was renamed to the current name. The Memorial Award pays for the cost of the Washington Leadership Conference, previously known as the Washington Conference Program, is a week-long FFA sponsored leadership conference held each summer in Washington, D.C. Below is a list of the Memorial Award Winners for each school year.

Memorial Award Application

1984-1985 * Kelly Westhoven

1984-1985 * Andy Holbrook

1985-1986 * Steve Hyme

1986-1987 * Brian Bowman

1987-1988 * Jeff Tilley

1988-1989 * Adam Sharp

1989-1990 * Kyle Sharp

1990-1991 * Kevin Iles

1991-1992 * Chad Guisinger

1992-1993 * Greg Shaeffer

1993-1994 * Christina Brumfield

1994-1995 * Janice Conrad

1995-1996 * Nick Greiner

1996-1997 * Jennifer Roush & Mike Ellinger

1997-1998 * Amy Fosnaugh & Stuart Darfus

1998-1999 * Robert Blosser & Jenna Spires

1999-2000 * Kevin Strickler & Heather Makarius

2000-2001 * Beth Fouse & Rachel Makarius

2001-2002 * Jace Spires & Heather Hines

2002-2003 * Erika Hardman & Debbie Picklesimer

2003-2004 * Cortney Collins & Adam Baldwin

2004-2005 * Bobbi Edwards, Crystal Covell & Ashley Lamb*

2005-2006 * Jessie Berisford & Ryan Davis II

2006-2007 * Madison Fausnaugh & Jodi Roush

2007-2008 * Brittany Pinkstock & Scott Loudermilk

2008-2009 * Andrea Hollett & Brittany Stevens

2009-2010 * Hannah Chenetski & Cheyenne Jepsen

2010-2011 * Sierra Jepsen & John Miller

2011-2012 * Allyson Davis & Kayla Luft

2012-2013 * Katie Krile & Adrian Wymer

2013-2014 * Susan Householder & Dylan Mullen

2014-2015 * Josie Montoney & Lexie Kougher

2015-2016 * Mallory Seitz & Carlie Krile

2016-2017 * Emma Dearth, Noah Smith & Ellie Sahr**

2017-2018 * Garrett Drake, Paige Hinton & Morgan Anderson***

2018-2019 * Kyle Hicks, Stephanie Bowers & Jullian Scott*****

2019-2020 * Kaylee Sharp & Jay Sahr#

2020-2021 * not given

2021-2022 *Riley McKeska & Josie Speakman

* for the 2004-2005 school year, additional monies were available and a third award, in memory of Randy Miller, a long-term supporter of the A-C FFA Chapter, was awarded at the chapter's annual awards banquet.

** for the 2016-2017 school year, additional monies were available and a third award, provided by a generous donation from a former member, was awarded at the chapter's annual awards banquet.

*** for the 2017-2018 school year, additional monies were available and a third award, in memory of Mary Bowers, a long-term supporter of the A-C FFA Chapter, was awarded at the chapter's annual awards banquet.

**** for the 2018-2019 school year, additional monies were available and a third award, in memory of Jack Tilley, a long-term supporter of the A-C FFA Chapter, was awarded at the chapter's annual awards banquet.

# - unable to attend due to WLC cancellation