93RD ANNUAL TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES PIG ROAST 93RD ANNUAL TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES PIG ROAST The annual Pig Roast is a time-honored tradition of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. The first Pig Roast was held in 1927 as a sendoff celebration for the Livestock Judging Team on their way to compete for the championship. Each year since, it has been a celebration of success and prosperity. The event has evolved and grown over the years to become one of the largest and oldest traditions on campus, aside from a sporting event. Today, the Pig Roast serves as the premiere event of the year, at which we highlight competitive team successes, recognize scholarship recipients, and honor scholarship donors. The occasion provides us an opportunity to say, Thank You, to the individuals and companies who have assisted in the activities of CASNR and its students. The printed program for the Pig Roast started as just a couple pages stapled together and has grown into a booklet of more than 30 pages, 340 scholarships, and 550 graduate and undergraduate student recipients. CASNR is known across campus for its scholarship program, having one of the largest endowments and awarding one of the highest number of scholarships among the colleges each year. Almost half of CASNR students receive at least one scholarship, and the total funding reaches more than $4 million annually. After 10 consecutive years of record enrollment growth in CASNR, the need for scholarship funding is greater than ever. The students relish the opportunity to show their appreciation to their scholarship donors each year. They realize they would not be able to attend college or engage in internships, leadership programs, team competitions, or study abroad if not for the generosity of the college’s supporters. College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources / Texas Tech University 93RD ANNUAL PIG ROAST 1 The Student Agricultural Council The Pig Roast is hosted by the Student Agricultural Council of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. The Student Agricultural Council is composed of two representatives from each of the departmental clubs and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ Student Senators. A representative from the Office of the Dean of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources serves as a sponsor. The purpose of the Student Agricultural Council is to establish a working relationship between students, faculty, administration and the agricultural community for the betterment of the students and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. The goals of the Agricultural Council are: 1. To establish sound relations among agricultural students. 2. To establish a common bond among agricultural organizations at Texas Tech. 3. To foster better relations with the faculty. 4. To establish better communications within the university system. 5. To strive to maintain and improve relations within the agricultural community. The annual Pig Roast is only one of the functions sponsored by the Agricultural Council to attain these goals. STUDENT AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL OFFICERS 2020 - 2021 PRESIDENT ........................................................................Kylie Harlan VICE PRESIDENT .......................................................... Conner Watts SECRETARY ...................................................................... Evan Yount TREASURER .........................................................Samantha Barnett SCRIBE ........................................................................... Jamie Hubbell Texas Tech Student Agricultural Council Ninety-third Annual Pig Roast November 12, 2020 College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas 2 93RD ANNUAL PIG ROAST Texas Tech University / College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Intercollegiate Departmental Teams The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources has a long history of success and accomplishments in intercollegiate competition. The various judging teams, academic teams and equestrian teams are integral parts of the College and our students’ education. In fact, the College had a judging pavilion before it had a classroom. The Livestock Judging Pavilion was one of the first buildings on the Texas Tech campus and one of the College’s two initial buildings. Over the years, the Pavilion has been one of the most versatile buildings on campus—livestock judging, basketball games, Pig Roast and landscape architecture studio. Today, it still symbolizes the commitment to and importance of intercollegiate teams as a critical educational component of the College. The first Pig Roast, held in 1927 at the Livestock Pavilion, was a send-off for the livestock judging team prior to their departure for the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. A pig was roasted in a pit and the meal was enjoyed by the judging team and all who came to support them. Every year since, the Pig Roast has honored the College’s intercollegiate teams in this time-honored tradition. Academic Quadrathlon Team Meat Science Quiz Bowl Team Coach: Whitney Crossland Coaches: Tommy Fletcher Taylor Horton Agronomy Quiz Bowl Team Cole Perkins Coach: Glen Ritchie Plant Judging Team Equestrian Team Coach: Ashley Elle Coach: Danica Jorgensen Ranch Horse Team Horse Judging Team Coach: Justin Stanton Coaches: Christy Petry Range Plant ID & Range Management Team Kelly Riccitelli Coach: Robert Cox Institute of Food Technologists College Bowl Team Rodeo Team Coaches: Alejandro Echeverry Coach: Jerrad Hofstetter Leslie Thompson Soils Team Livestock Judging Team Coaches: Autumn Acree Coaches: Jonah Biensch Bogdan Duda Ryan Rathmann Jaco Koch David Weindorf Livestock & Meat Animal Evaluation Team Turf Bowl Exam Team Coaches: Blake Foraker Coach: Joey Young Mark Miller Ryan Rathmann Wildlife Quiz Bowl Team Coach: Blake Grisham Meat Judging Team Coaches: Tommy Fletcher Wool Judging Team Mark Miller Coach: Sam Jackson Cole Perkins College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources / Texas Tech University 93RD ANNUAL PIG ROAST 3 CASNR Competitive Teams: A Heritage in Success The 2019-2020 academic year was a banner one for the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ competitive teams, carrying on the tradition of success. The Department of Plant and Soil Science laid the groundwork with a decades-long string of national titles beginning in the 1940’s. Between 1947 and 1970, its Crop Judging Team took no less than 34 championships. Meanwhile, Tech’s Meat Judging Team, Livestock Judging Team and Meat Science Academic Quiz Bowl Team have dominated the title rankings since the turn of the century. Starting in November 2019 the Meat Judging Team, within the Department of Animal & Food Sciences, surged to victory at the American Meat Science Association (AMSA) Cargill High Plains Collegiate Meat Judging Contest led by three of the top four individual finishes. The Meat Judging Team then capped the 2019 competitive season by capturing the program’s 14th national championship at the American Meat Science Association International Meat Judging Contest. On February 2, 2020 the Meat Judging Team earned its first victory of the judging season at the AMSA Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest, the 11th consecutive year for Texas Tech to win the contest. It is the longest winning streak in the contest’s history. Texas Tech rebounded from a fourth-place finish at the National Western contest in Denver earlier in the Spring 2020 semester with an impressive performance in Fort Worth, scoring 4,184 points to outdistance Big 12 Conference rivals Oklahoma State University (4,127 points) and Kansas State University (4,120). Moreover, on November 12, 2019, the Texas Tech Ranch Horse Team won both the Stock Horse of Texas Collegiate World Championship and the SHTX Collegiate Reserve Championship at the Stock Horse of Texas Collegiate World Championships. 4 93RD ANNUAL PIG ROAST Texas Tech University / College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources College Majors and Acronyms AAEC Agricultural and Applied Economics ACOM Agricultural Communications AGBS Agribusiness AGCE Agricultural Communications and Education AGED Agricultural Education AMSB Animal Science - Meat Science Business ANBU Animal Business ANMS Animal Science - Meat Science ANPR Animal Production ANSC Animal Science CNLE Conservation Law Enforcement CNSC Conservation Science EQPR Equine Production FDSC Food Science LARC Landscape Architecture NRM Natural Resources Management PLSS Plant and Soil Science PMED Animal Science - Pre-Medicine PNUR Animal Science - Pre-Nursing PVET Animal Science - Pre-Veterinary RNGC Range Conservation RNMG Ranch Management WAWS Wildlife Science & Aquatic Wildlands Science and Management WFBI Wildlife Biology Other Majors and Acronyms ADMG Apparel Design and Manufacturing ART Art BIO Biology EDU Education FIN Finance FNDL Foundational Engineering GBUS General Business HEAD Higher Education Administration MBIO Microbiology MKTG Marketing PLAW Pre-Law SPMD Sports Medicine SWRK Social Work UNST University Studies College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources / Texas Tech University 93RD ANNUAL PIG ROAST 5 Graduate Scholarships, Fellowships and Assistantships Dr. Warren B. Ballard, Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship James A. “Buddy” Davidson Endowed Research DONOR: Heather Whitlaw; Lawton, OK; est.