A California woman who is attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been named the winner of the National Judi Collinsworth Outstanding Junior Exhibitor Memorial Scholarship from the Holstein Association USA. Kylie Konyn, who is pursuing a doctorate in dairy cattle genetics or nutrition, is being recognized with the award for being a Holstein exhibitors who has shown committed involvement and interest in the Holstein industry.
Konyn is involved in the Badger Dairy Club, Collegiate Farm Bureau, Association of Women in Agriculture, and is an undergraduate research assistant. She has been working with Registered Holsteins for 12 years and found success at both the International Junior Holstein Show and Grand National Junior Holstein Show this year. In addition to her showring success over the years, Kylie has been a Young Distinguished Junior Member finalist.
"From various Junior Holstein competitions, leadership positions, on farm internship and learning opportunities, show string teams, and in my daily life at school, I have learned the value and impact that network and teamwork can have on a person's Junior Holstein career," Kylie wrote in her scholarship application. "As I look forward to further involvement in the Holstein breed, I aspire to use the skills and relationships I have developed to further impact the lives and industry around me."
Scholarship recipients must be a National Junior Holstein member and enrolled in a 2- or 4-year college or university. Youth must also have exhibited their animal at a National Junior Holstein Show during the current show season.
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