Senior Herd Manager named at Oklahoma State University.
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| Jeremy Leister |
Recently, Jeremy Leister, son of Jeff and Beth Leister of
Amsterdam, Mo. was promoted to the position of Senior Herd Manager at Oklahoma
State University in Stillwater, OK. He had previously held the position of Herd
Manager, with Oklahoma State University, since 2011.
Jeremy is a 2007 graduate of Miami R-1 High School. A member
of National Honor Society, he was the class Salutatorian as well as class Vice
President. He also served as the Miami FFA Chapter President his Senior year. A
4 year-two sport letter winner, in basketball and football. He was selected to
the ALL-District team in football his Senior season.
After Miami, Jeremy won a scholarship to Hutchinson
Community College in Hutchinson KS. While at Hutchinson, Jeremy competed in
Livestock Judging for 2 years. He earned his Associates Degree at Hutchinson
Community College and went on to Oklahoma State University on yet another
scholarship. While at OSU Jeremy continued to compete in Livestock
Judging. Jeremy was an integral
member of the 2010 National Championship Livestock Judging team.
Upon completion of his degree at Oklahoma State, he was
hired as one of the herd managers in the beef operation for the university. He
was in charge of one of the herds, responsible for the daily upkeep and
production of the herd.
As Senior Herd Manager, Leister will be in charge of all the
universities beef herds as well as all aspects of the production the entire
university beef operation. In addition he will also be managing all of the show
cattle the university raises and be involved with showing at the various
national livestock shows across the country.
Jeremy is excited to tackle this new challenge and
looks at it as an incredible opportunity
