Baker/Cundiff Essay Contest Award Recipients The annual Frank Baker/Larry Cundiff Beef Improvement Essay Contest for graduate students provides an opportunity to recognize outstanding student research and competitive writing in honor of Frank Baker and Larry Cundiff. See page 51 for this year’s Baker/Cundiff contest winning essay.
2022
Lane Giess, Colorado State University Haleigh Prosser, West Texas A&M University
2021
Maci Mueller, University of California-Davis
2020
Johnna Baller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Kaitlyn Sarlo Davila, University of Florida Katherine Upshaw, Kansas State University
2011
Brian Brigham, Colorado State University Megan Rolf, University of Missouri
2010
Kent A. Gray, North Carolina State University
2009
Lance Leachman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Scott Speidel, Colorado State University
2008
Madison Butler, Kansas State University
Devori W. Beckman, Iowa State University Kasey L. DeAtley, New Mexico State University
2018
2007
2017
2006
2016
2005
2019
Miranda Culbertson, Colorado State University Jose Delgadillo Liberona, Texas A&M University Cashley Ahlberg, Kansas State University Lindsay Upperman, University of California-Davis Kathleen Ochsner, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Kashly Schweer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2015 and earlier: award was known as the Frank Baker Scholarship
2015
Justin Buchanan, Oklahoma State University Jamie Parham, South Dakota State University
2014
Heather Bradford, Kansas State University Xi Zeng, Colorado State University
2013
Heather Bradford, Kansas State University Erika Downey, Texas A&M University
2012
Jeremy Howard, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Kristina Weber, University of California-Davis
1999
1996
1998
1995
Janice M. Rumph, University of Nebraska Bruce C. Shanks, Montana State University Patrick Doyle, Colorado State University Shannon M. Schafer, Cornell University
1997
Rebecca K. Splan, University of Nebraska Robert Williams, University of Georgia
D.H. “Denny” Crews, Jr., Louisiana State University Lowell S. Gould, University of Nebraska D. H. “Denny” Crews, Jr., Louisiana State University Dan Moser, University of Georgia
1994
Kelly W. Bruns, Michigan State University William Herring, University of Georgia
Gabriela C. Márquez Betz, Colorado State University Yuri Regis Montanholi, University of Guelph Amy Kelley, Montana State University Jamie L. Williams, Colorado State University Matthew A. Cleveland, Colorado State University David P. Kirschten, Cornell University
2004
Lane Giess — 2022 BIF Baker/Cundiff Award Pictured (l to r) are Matt Perrier, 2021-22 BIF president; and Lane Giess.
Reynold Bergen, University of Guelph Angel Rios-Utrera, University of Nebraska
2003
Fernando F. Cardoso, Michigan State University Charles Andrew McPeake, Michigan State University
2002
Katherina A. Donoghue, University of Georgia Khathutshelo A. Nephawe, University of Nebraska
2001
Khathutshelo A. Nephawe, University of Nebraska Janice M. Rumph, University of Nebraska
2000
Paul L. Charteris, Colorado State University Katherine A. Donoghue, University of Georgia
Haleigh Prosser — 2021 BIF Baker/Cundiff Award Pictured (l to r) are Matt Perrier, 2022 BIF president; and Haleigh Prosser.
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