Ten Montgomery County FFA seniors will celebrate a big honor on April 19.

Derrick Cobb, Aleida Eldringhoff, Jace Ellis, Destani Eversmeyer, Alexa Groeber, Raylene Poston, Brayden Rose, Shea Stille, Lexy Veach and Jaylynn Zerr will receive FFA state degrees at the state convention, which is scheduled for April 17-19 at the University of Missouri-Columbia’s Hearnes Center.

Last year, MCHS had eight students who received state degrees, one of them was Presley Schluss, who is currently a senior.

Cobb, Eldringhoff, Ellis, Eversmeyer, Groeber, Poston, Rose, Stille, Veach and Zerr have been members of the MCHS FFA chapter since they were freshmen. All eight of them were chapter degree recipients when they were sophomores.

Stille is the chapter’s president. She was a historian when she was a sophomore and a secretary when she was a junior. In her freshman year, she was part of an agronomy group that finished seventh in state. Her older sister, Heather, was part of that team. The following year, Stille helped the floriculture team come in seventh at state.

Poston is the vice-president this year after serving as treasurer last year. She was voted the Barnwarning queen in September.

Veach shares vice-president duties with Poston. She was a reporter last year.

Last year, Ellis received a gold award at the national level for his supervised agricultural experience project in the nursery operations category. He was one of 20 high school students in the nation to earn a proficiency award in nursery operations and one of four students to pick up a gold award. This year, Ellis qualified for state in area proficiency in diversified horticulture.

Rose earned the Most Improved Award in trapshooting during the FFA winter banquet in November. He was on the trapshooting team all four years.

Groeber was named recipient of the Missouri’s Cattlemen Foundation Scholarship in January and was an area proficiency winner i outdoor recreation. When she was a sophomore, she helped the food science team finish fourth at state.

Eldringhoff qualified for state in area proficiency in ag services. When she was a sophomore, she was the top fruit seller.

Cobb was named Barnwarming king in September and clinched a state berth in area proficiency in diversified crops. He was the chapter’s sentinel when he was a junior.

Last year, Eversmeyer was a historian and won first place in paper scrapbook officer book in the state career and leadership development event.

Zerr was an area proficiency winner in goat production and has qualified for state. Last year, she was a part of a dairy foods group that finished second in districts and advanced to state.