STATE SHOW MEMORIAL AWARDS

Cortney Borba Memorial Award

Aiden Azevedo is the winner of the 2023 Cortney Borba Memorial Award. The Borba family honors the memory of their daughter Cortney each year by recognizing the Junior Show Grand Champion exhibitor. Congratulations to this year’s winners!

Aiden, 20, is working on his family’s 850-cow dairy in Hilmar, in which he plans on running with his dad and uncles in he future. He has numerous showing accolades from his time as a junior member and is very thankful to the Borba family for this award.

Brock Jarrett Toledo California Fitting & Showing Award

The winner of the 2023 Brock Jarrett Toledo California Fitting & Showing Award is Logan Silveira, who placed second in showmanship and first in the fitting competitions held at the California State Holstein Show.

Logan received the perpetual trophy donated by the Toledo family in memory of young Brock Toledo, son of Ron and Loreta, who passed away as a young man in 1996.

Logan is a recent graduate of Chowchilla High School. Logan’s SAE projects include working on his family’s dairy farm, Silveira Dairy, and raising registered Holstein heifers and cows to exhibit at state and national dairy shows. Logan was a member of the 2021 state winning dairy judging team for Chowchilla FFA. He most recently was selected as the state winner for his FFA Dairy Production Entrepreneurship Proficiency. After high school, Logan plans to attend college to major in Dairy Science and Ag Business.

Brock Jarrett Toledo Memorial Scholarship Recipient

Cayden Muir, 18, of Hanford, CA is the 2023 recipient of the Brock Jarrett Toledo Memorial Scholarship. A senior at Hanford High School, Cayden carries a 3.95 GPA and is looking to attend either Boise State University or Oklahoma State University to major in Animal Science.

A member of the California Junior Holstein Association, Hanford FFA, and the Kings Haven 4-H Club, Cayden has shown both Dairy and Sheep projects at the King’s Fair over the past several years. In addition to his livestock ventures and dedication to his school work, he also played football, basketball and baseball through his high school career.

Cayden credits the competition and camaraderie of exhibiting livestock and playing sports into shaping his life, as he notes in his scholarship application, “I pride myself on my hard work that I put into the classroom to be able to do the things I love outside the classroom. I have played sports and shown animals all throughout my life. I have cherished and appreciated every memory I made with my teammates and competitors. I am thankful to my coaches, mentors, and advisors for making me the person I am today.”