When Gracie Cobb was selected president of the Montgomery County FFA chapter for the 2025-26 school year in April, she was thrilled that she would get to wrap up her four-year career with the organization by serving the top officer spot.

“Going into it, I knew I was going to be the only senior officer,” Cobb said. “The past four years, I have gotten every office I ran for. That was pretty cool. It made me feel good about myself. Being president of this FFA chapter feels everything, all of the emotions.”

Cobb is the only senior on the officer team. She leads a group that includes juniors Dallas Hans (vice-president), Lily Hillebrand (vice-president), Reed Pottebaum (vice-president), Lafe McCurdy (secretary), Jillian Weekley (reporter) and Ann Rose (chaplain and historian) and sophomores Owen Hillebrand (secretary), Emma Cobb (treasurer) and Thomas Happe (sentinel). Emma is Gracie’s sister.

Cobb and her FFA members held a meeting next to Jim Blacklock Field on Aug. 27. They also held an ice cream social and water kickball event that day.
Cobb said her FFA officer mates are willing to do anything they are asked to do.

“It’s a pretty big group of juniors,” Cobb said. “All of them except Jillian were officers last year. So they kind of know the gist of everything that’s going on. But for everyone else, I would tell them to do something or tell them, ‘Hey, we got to do this and we have to get this done.’ They are on top of it. It’s great.”

Cobb served as vice-president last year and treasurer the year before. She said her goal as president is to get everyone in the FFA organization more active.

“I want to have everyone who is in our FFA chapter and all of the dues paying members as involved as they can get,” the senior said. “A lot of people pay dues and there are a few of them who don’t come to everything. I want to get as many people to come as we can, especially the freshmen, who will find out what the next four years will look like. It’s a great organization.”

Cobb enjoyed an outstanding junior year that included a spot on the barnwarming court, an area proficiency award in ag communications and a trip to state with the agronomy team.

Cobb was one of six MCHS FFA members who won area proficiency awards last year. She qualified for state competition in ag communications.

“It was crazy,” Cobb said. “I turned in my proficiency award. I was going to do it the year before, which was my sophomore year. I filled out my proficiency award, but I didn’t turn it in. Last year, (co-adviser Amanda) Sullivan was really on me to turn it in. She was like, ‘You can do it. You have a great SAE and you’ll go super far in this.’”

Cobb was part of an agronomy team that included Beckham Cothren, Colby Ellis and Ava Rakers. The squad placed 33rd in state competition.

“You’ll get a good group of members with you on your team,” Cobb said. “As long as you study and put forth the effort, there’s so much you can do with contest teams and they are so much fun.”

Cobb is in her fourth and final year with the MCHS FFA chapter. When she was a freshman, she was a Greenhand Degree recipient. In her sophomore year, she helped a food science team qualify for state.

“It’s so much fun,” said Cobb, who also plays softball at MCHS. “It’s the best organization to be in. You learn new things all of the time. There’s never a dull moment in FFA.”