Every year, 8 ewe lambs
are awarded to essay winners from across the country to young people
who write about their sheep experience or their desire to own, care
for and exhibit Hampshire sheep. The ewe lambs are given to their
new owners during the Midwest Stud Ram Show and Sale in Sedalia, Missouri,
the last week in June.
The ewe lambs
are donated by established breeders who want to see young people get
a start in Hampshires and to grow in knowledge and appreciation of
the sheep industry. We have donated ewe lambs to this great program
every year since its inception. The winners the past two years live
in Virginia and Kansas. Their pictures and short story of each are
included on this page.
If you or a member
of your family would be interested in applying for a ewe lamb in the
Rising Star Award Program, please click this link to the American
Hampshire Sheep Association for more information. Applications
may also be obtained by calling (641)942-6402 or by mail:
American Hampshire
Sheep Association
1557 173 Avenue
Milo, IA 50156
Past Rising Star Award Winners |
2007 Rising Star Award
Winner
The Hampshire ewe lamb we donated in 2007 went to Nancy Jackson of Missouri. She won Grand Champion Ewe at her county fair plus Champion Hampshire and later named Supreme Champion Ewe at the NEMO fair. The ewe also helped Nancy win Breeding Senior Showmanship. Congratulations Nancy !! |
2006 Rising Star Award
Winner
Our 2006 Rising Star ewe, F.B. 26007, was presented to Karly Ruppert from Minnesota. We have provided a top January
ewe lamb for this program for 6 years now. |
2005 Rising Star Award
Winner
Our 2005 donated ewe lamb to the Rising Star Award program
was won by Austin Reinick of Colorado. Austin and his family were
on hand at Sedalia to accept the ewe lamb along with 7 other young people
from all over the USA.
Austin said, “I am looking forward to building a Hampshire flock”. |
2004 Rising Star Award Winner
Rising
Star Ewe donated in 2004. FB 24007 "Bond's Girl" was given to
Jacob Berg of Wyoming. This is the fourth year of this program and we
have donated every year, the only Hamp breeder in the USA to donate every
year. |
2003 Rising Star Award Winner
This is the ewe lamb we donated to the
Rising Star Award held in Sedalia at the Midwest Stud Ram Sale in 2003.
Molly Riddell of Alabama was the lucky winner of FB 23007, one of our
top ewe lambs. |
2002 Rising Star Award Winner
Four of the eight recipients of 2002's Rising Star Award
presented in Sedalia, Missouri. Brandi Brill of Kansas (2nd from right)
with the ewe lamb she won donated to the program by Fuller's Hamps &
Downs. Winners are chosen based on an essay written by the young people
with the theme, "Why I would like a Hampshire ewe lamb." |
2001 Rising Star Award Winner
Adam Heishman of Virginia with his Rising Star ewe lamb
"Cupcake," awarded to him in Sedalia 2001, Hampshire ewe lamb
donated by Fuller's Hamps & Downs. He showed her as a lamb and as
a yearling. In January 2003, she became mother of twins for Adam. |
