IDGA is focused on developing youth and promoting the dairy goat industry in Indiana and beyond.
Becoming our Indiana Youth Rep
Any young person who is a resident of Indiana and is interested in becoming our Indiana Youth Rep. is asked to submit the required information by the March 31st to present at the IDGA meeting in April. The youth rep and the runner-up will be announced at the Hoosier Classic at the beginning of the show on Saturday morning. They will co-officiate at the Hoosier Classic and the Indiana State Fair Open Goat Show. The winner will be chosen by the IDGA Youth Rep Committee, based on a presentation of 15 minutes given by the candidate based a topic of their choosing RELEVANT to the Dairy Goat Industry or their person herd. The presentation will be given at the April meeting following the IDGA meeting.
2023 Youth Rep update
This Year’s youth Rep. competition will look a little bit different. General Rules and Prizes will remain the same as set by the association.
Contestants are asked to submit their Name, Age, Location and a brief description of their project to IDGA by March 31.
Instead of the traditional speech and scrapbook contestants will be asked to prepare a demonstration of 15 minute length or a presentation of 15 minute length.
They will be judged in a similar style to 4H or FFA competitions with a compatible scorecard. They then will be scored by the youth rep committee with the highest score being awarded our Youth rep title.
Presentations and Demonstrations will be at the April IDGA meeting like usual.
GENERAL RULES
1. Contestants must be 14-21 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.
6. The winner must also attend at least 3 other goat shows in Indiana to hand out the awards. The runner-up may do so as well.
The winner and the runner-up are encouraged by the committee to show goats and participate in showmanship at all shows in which they are officiating. The committee only asks they do not show with their banners or any other adornment they have won.
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
The 2023 Youth rep. committee is:
- Debbie Haeberlin
- Casey Starnes
Please contact any of us with questions about the competition.