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IDGA YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE COMPETITION

 Any young person who is a resident of Indiana and is interested in becoming our Indiana Dairy Goat Assn. Youth Representative is asked to submit the required information (participant’s name, age, and topic) by the 

April 1, 2026 to Jill Early (jillearly77@gmail.com). Presentations will be given at the April 12, 2026 IDGA meeting held at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds. The youth representative and the runner-up will be announced at the Hoosier Classic (June 13-14, 2026) before the auction on Saturday evening. Both the youth representative and runner-up will help handing out awards at the Hoosier Classic and the Indiana State Fair Dairy Goat Shows. The winner will be chosen by the IDGA Youth Representative Committee, based on a scored rubric. 

2026 Youth Representative Update

 There have been some updates and clarifications from previous year’s contests. Please read carefully! 

  1. Youth will give a 10 – 13 minute demonstration or presentation; topic must be relevant to the dairy goat industry NOT your PERSONAL HERD. 
  2. Topics are not provided but left up to the youth. 
  3. Live animals may be used for demonstration purposes. 
  4. Personal information display is required describing the youth’s involvement in dairy goats (display can be but not limited to Tri-fold board, scrapbook, or any non-electronic display). 
  5. They will be judged in a similar style to 4-H or FFA competitions. They then will be scored by the youth representative committee with the highest score being awarded the IDGA Youth Representative and second highest score being awarded the Runner-Up. 
  6. Participants are asked to submit their name, age, presentation topic to Jill Early by April 1, 2026. 

General Rules

  1. Contestants must be 11-21 years of age during the current year. 
  2. Contestants must be a resident of and reside in Indiana. The only exception being a contestant who lives outside the state for the sole purpose of being a full-time student. 
  3. Contestants must not be or have been married. 
  4. A person is not eligible to participate if a past winner. But a runner-up may participate again. 
  5. The committee will have the opportunity of having an interview with the contestant. 

 Responsibilities  

  1. The Youth Representative must also attend at least 3 other goat shows in Indiana to hand out the awards; which include the Hoosier Classic and the Indiana State Fair. The Runner-Up may do so as well. 
  2. The Youth Representative and Runner-Up are highly encouraged to attend monthly IDGA Youth meetings and assist with programming of 2 meetings. Meetings the representatives assist with can count towards committee services hours, if needed. 
  3. The Youth Representative and Runner-Up are highly encouraged to attend the IDGA Fall Conference. 
  4. The Youth Representative and Runner-Up are encouraged to participate in showmanship at all shows in which they are participating. The committee only asks they do not show with their banners or any other adornment they have won. 

 

 2026 IDGA Youth Representative Committee: Jill Early & Debbie Haeberlin

Past Youth Representatives

1982 Denise Garber 

1983 Lorrie Satoski 

1984 Shelly Jessup 

1985 Cheryl Holloway

1986 Rita Hilt

1987 Barbie Beals 

1988 Tammy Holloway 

1989 Theresa Miller

1991 Dede Sigman 

1993 Hal Norris 

1994 Jill Summerlot 

1995 R.J. Massey

1996 Tim Flickenger 

1997 Hope Baker 

1998 Amber Lashbrook 

1999 Dawn Baker

2000 Katey Schenk 

2001 Nikki Sieber 

2002 Rachael Herrell 

2003 Amber Baker

2004 Scott Robbins 

2005 Rebekah Herrell

2006 Tyler Hill / Lauren Nowak

2007 Andrew Robbins

2008 Marianne Ingle 

2009 Ashton Hudson 

2010 Kelcie Smith 

2011 Hannah Goeb

2012 Matthew Summerlot 

2013 Ayana Young 

2014 Robyn Shumate 

2015 Taylor Guevara

2016 Luke Summerlot

2017 Blythe Heber

2018 Jesse Servies

2019 John Summerlot

2020  –

2021 Bailey Blacker

2022 Stella Dearing

2023 Rianna Bentley Wilson

2024 Hannah Early

2025 Alexa Lanan