2015 ARBA

YOUTH CONTEST

RESULTS

Tee Shirt Design Contest Participant

National Winner AUDREY HENNIGAN - CA

National 1st Runner-up MELINDA PIEKSTRA - WA

National 2nd Runner-up LINDSEY VAUGHT - CA

National 3rd Runner-up CHRISTINE L TOERING - AZ

National 4th Runner-up ABIGAIL CORBIN - FL

Tee Shirt Design Contest Volunteer National Winner

ANGELA PENTERMAN - WI National 1st Runner-up

EMILY ELIZABETH ZIMMER - IN

National 2nd Runner-up ABIGAIL POLASIK - CA

National 3rd Runner-up JESSICA DORN - TX

National 4th Runner-up JORDAN FURER - OH

Educational Exhibits (National Winner in Bold Italic)

Junior Intermediate Senior

Art – Drawing

TRINITY SERAFIN - OR SARAH KOVICH - WA LINDSEY VAUGHT - CA

Art – Painting

MOLLY NEWMAN - IN ALINA ADAMS - WA KATYA IVANOVSKI - PA

Art - Sculpture or Carving

{none} BRANDON BECKER - WA LOLA MELENDEZ – OR

Crafts - Any Other Craft

CONNOR WEAVER - KS DESTINY BEARDEN - LA HALEY AMIRSEHHI - CA

Crafts - Ceramics or Pottery

ALISON BENTRUP - MN SISSY SUGARMAN - CA ALYSSA WELTER - OR

Crafts - Clothing (made by the exhibitor)

TRISTA FRY - CA SISSY SUGARMAN - CA {none}

Crafts - Handmade Jewelry

AVERY COPA - WA ROBERT BJ JONES - IA EMILY ELIZABETH ZIMMER - IN

Crafts – Needlework

ISABELLA STOUFFER - WA ROBERT BJ JONES - IA {none}

Crafts - Puppet or Stuffed Animal

SISSY SUGARMAN – CA LOLA MELENDEZ - OR

Crafts - Stenciled Item

TRISTA FRY - CA ROBERT BJ JONES - IA {none}

Crafts - Wearable Art

SELAH GALKOWSKI - IA MADISON R SHAW - PA {none}

Creative Writing – Poem

IVY HARNESS - ID DESTINY BEARDEN - LA EMILY ELIZABETH ZIMMER - IN

Creative Writing - Short Story

TRISTA FRY - CA SOFIA DELISA - GA AMBER ZIEBELL - WI

Display

CARSTON J BECKER - OR SARAH KOVICH - WA KIRSTEN DOVEY - WA

Game

AUSTIN S BURNS - IN ROBERT BJ JONES - IA BROOKLYNN SALO - WY

Poster

AUSTIN S BURNS - IN JUSTICE MURPHY - IN EMILY MACAK - IN

Photography - Photo Series

CONNOR O’NEIL - OR CHLOE CARPENTER - WA BAILIE SHULTZ - WA

Photography - Single Photo – BW

CARMELLA TERRONES - WA CODY MORRIS - IN DALE MIZE III - MI

Photography - Single Photo – Color

JOSIE KILE - IN KENDRA KILE - IN LINDSEY VAUGHT - CA

Woodworking and Metalworking – Decorative

GRACE MACAK - IN ROBERT BJ JONES - IA VICTORIA BUCKNER - TX

Woodworking and Metalworking - Rabbit or Cavy Equipment

CARSTON J BECKER - OR ROBERT BJ JONES - IA EMILY ELIZABETH ZIMMER - IN

Management Contest Cavy

District Winner - District 9 HAILEY MART - PA

District Winner - District 8 PIPER PHILLIPS - IN

District Winner - District 7 ELIZABETH FREY - NY

District Winner - District 1 ALYSSA WELTER - OR

Management Contest Cavy National Winner

ALYSSA WELTER - OR National 1st Runner-up

TRINITY SERAFIN - OR National 2nd Runner-up

VIRGINIA HARNESS - ID

National 3rd Runner-up AMY KOVICH - WA

National 4th Runner-up AARON MAHAFFEY - WA

Management Contest Limited

District Winner - District 9 JOEY UDOVICH - MD

District Winner - District 8 MARA FRANCE - OH

District Winner - District 7 DYLAN HILL - NY

District Winner - District 6 DALE SNELL - FL

District Winner - District 5 KALEIGH SALZMAN - KS

District Winner - District 4 VICTORIA BUCKNER - TX

District Winner - District 3 AMBER ZIEBELL - WI

District Winner - District 2

AVA CURLETTO - CA District Winner - District 1

LOLA MELENDEZ - OR Management Contest Limited

National Winner LOLA MELENDEZ - OR

National 1st Runner-up CHLOE CARPENTER - WA

National 2nd Runner-up AVA CURLETTO - CA

KALEIGH SALZMAN - KS National 4th Runner-up

CAITLIN MCCABE - OR

Management Contest Average

District Winner - District 9 MADISON R SHAW - PA

District Winner - District 8 EMILY ELIZABETH ZIMMER - IN

District Winner - District 7 ALEXANDER UCIECHOWSKI - NY

District Winner - District 6 TIFFANY GERST - FL

District Winner - District 5 JULIA MADDOCK - IL

District Winner - District 4 JESSICA DORN - TX

District Winner - District 3 ANGELA PENTERMAN - WI

District Winner - District 2

AUDREY HENNIGAN - CA District Winner - District 1

SARAH KOVICH - WA Management Contest Average

National Winner JULIA MADDOCK - IL

National 1st Runner-up EMILY ELIZABETH ZIMMER - IN

National 2nd Runner-up KYRA CLARK - OH

National 3rd Runner-up MADISON R SHAW - PA

National 4th Runner-up SARAH KOVICH - WA

Management Contest Unlimited

District Winner - District 9 LEVI BELL - PA

District Winner - District 8 HAILEY OLGER - MI

District Winner - District 7 MELANIE LYONS - NY

District Winner - District 6 GREGORY THOMAS SHOEMAKER - FL

District Winner - District 5 MADELYNN YALOWITZ - KS

District Winner - District 4 KENDALL LISLE - TX

District Winner - District 3 ERIC BREITENFELDT - WI

District Winner - District 2

BEN VOORHEES - CA District Winner - District 1

PJ HEUSTED - WA Management Contest Unlimited

National Winner BEN VOORHEES - CA

National 1st Runner-up HAILEY OLGER - MI

MADELYNN YALOWITZ - KS National 3rd Runner-up

TREVOR SIERZPUTOWSKI - IN National 4th Runner-up

ABIGAIL POLASIK - CA CAITLYNE SPEES - OH

Achievement Contest Junior

District Winner - District 9 ISAAC BELL - PA

District Winner - District 8 KAITLYN KEEN - MI

District Winner - District 7 ALEXANDER UCIECHOWSKI - NY

District Winner - District 6 DIXIE CORBIN - FL

District Winner - District 4 OCEANA WILLIS - CO

District Winner - District 3 NEHEMIAH WESTERCAMP - IA

District Winner - District 2 TRINITY ROACH - CA

District Winner - District 1

ANDREW BOWMAN - WA Achievement Contest Junior

National Winner ISAAC BELL - PA

National 1st Runner-up CALEB BELL - PA

National 2nd Runner-up ELI BELL - PA

National 3rd Runner-up ANDREW BOWMAN - WA

National 4th Runner-up LEVI BELL - PA

Achievement Contest Intermediate

District Winner - District 9 MADISON R SHAW - PA

District Winner - District 8 KENDRA KILE - IN

District Winner - District 7 REBECCA COOMBE - NY

District Winner - District 6 DESTINY BEARDEN - LA

District Winner - District 5 CHEYENNE GREEN - KS

District Winner - District 4 SHAWNA LAMOTHE - CO

District Winner - District 3 JOSIAH WESTERCAMP - IA

District Winner - District 2

LENA MAGEE - CA District Winner - District 1

KAITLIN SMITH - WA Achievement Contest Intermediate

National Winner KAITLIN SMITH - WA

National 1st Runner-up LENA MAGEE - CA

MADISON R SHAW - PA National 3rd Runner-up

DESTINY BEARDEN - LA JACOB BELL - PA

Achievement Contest Senior

District Winner - District 9 SHIRLANN HARMON - PA

District Winner - District 8 HAILEY OLGER - MI

District Winner - District 7 MELANIE LYONS - NY

District Winner - District 6 CHASE DOMINGUE - LA

District Winner - District 5 KALEIGH SALZMAN - KS

District Winner - District 4 VICTORIA BUCKNER - TX

District Winner - District 3 ANGELA PENTERMAN - WI

District Winner - District 2

BEN VOORHEES - CA District Winner - District 1

EMILY ROBERTS - OR Achievement Contest Senior

National Winner KALEIGH SALZMAN - KS

National 1st Runner-up HAILEY OLGER - MI

National 2nd Runner-up EMILY ELIZABETH ZIMMER - IN

National 3rd Runner-up MADELYNN YALOWITZ - KS

National 4th Runner-up EMILY ROBERTS - OR

Individual ID Contest Junior

National Winner ERIN JOHNSON - KS

National 1st Runner-up AVERY COPA - WA

National 2nd Runner-up TRINITY ROACH - CA

National 3rd Runner-up CALEB BELL - PA

National 4th Runner-up OCEANA WILLIS - CO

Individual ID Contest Intermediate National Winner

CAITLIN MCCABE - OR National 1st Runner-up

PIPER PHILLIPS - IN

National 2nd Runner-up SANDIS WALTER - CO

National 3rd Runner-up SHAWNA LAMOTHE - CO

National 4th Runner-up ALINA ADAMS - WA

Individual ID Contest Senior National Winner

CHRISTINE L TOERING - AZ National 1st Runner-up

JULIA MADDOCK - IL National 2nd Runner-up

EMILY ROBERTS - OR National 3rd Runner-up

EMILY ELIZABETH ZIMMER - IN

National 4th Runner-up BAILEY WALVOORD - CA

Team ID Contest Junior

National Winner - WASHINGTON JUNIOR 1 AVERY COPA - WA

FINN SHUMWAY - WA ISABELLA STOUFFER - WA

HALEY VICKERS - WA National 1st Runner-up - DISTRICT 9 JUNIOR

CALEB BELL - PA ELI BELL - PA

ISAAC BELL - PA JACOB UDOVICH - MD

National 2nd Runner-up - TEAM INDIANA JUNIORS RANDI CARPENTER - IN

MOLLY NEWMAN - IN NATALIE NEWMAN - IN

WILLOW PHILLIPS - IN

Team ID Contest Intermediate National Winner - TEAM INDIANA INTERMEDIATE

MANDY GIRDLER - IN KENDRA KILE - IN

PIPER PHILLIPS - IN DYLAN WHITMER - IN

National 1st Runner-up - DISTRICT 9 INTERMEDIATE JACOB BELL - PA

AIDAN DOUGLAS - MD MADISON R SHAW - PA

JOEY UDOVICH - MD National 2nd Runner-up - DISTRICT 3 INTERMEDIATE

ELLA BREITENFELDT - WI HAYLEY CARR - MN

GRACE LEGRAVE - WI

JOSIAH WESTERCAMP - IA

Team ID Contest Senior

National Winner - WASHINGTON SENIOR 1 PJ HEUSTED - WA

ASHLEY MAHAFFEY - WA NATALIE SANCHEZ - WA

ELIZABETH SANDY - WA National 1st Runner-up - WISCONSIN SENIOR

ABIGAIL LUERSSEN - WI ANGELA PENTERMAN - WI

RACHEL PENTERMAN - WI AMBER ZIEBELL - WI

National 2nd Runner-up - TEXAS SENIORS VICTORIA BUCKNER - TX

VIRGINIA BUCKNER - TX JESSICA DORN - TX

LIANA DORN - TX

Individual Contests Junior

National Winner TRINITY SERAFIN - OR

National 1st Runner-up ISAAC BELL - PA

National 2nd Runner-up TRINITY ROACH - CA

National 3rd Runner-up NATALIE NEWMAN - IN

National 4th Runner-up JACOB UDOVICH - MD

Individual Contests Intermediate National Winner

BAILEY SHUMPERT - CO National 1st Runner-up

KAITLIN GARTRELL - OR

National 2nd Runner-up SANDIS WALTER - CO

National 3rd Runner-up ANNE BIAS - WA

National 4th Runner-up CAITLIN PLANK - MI

Individual Contests Senior National Winner

AMANDA GROVE - IN National 1st Runner-up

SARAH MARTIN - CA National 2nd Runner-up

AMBER ZIEBELL - WI National 3rd Runner-up

ANDREW KIENHOLZ - WA

National 4th Runner-up LINDSEY VAUGHT - CA

Team Contest Junior Team Quizbowl

National Winner - CALIFORNIA JUNIOR AVA CURLETTO - CA

BETTINA CURLETTO - CA ISABELLA POLASIK - CA

TRINITY ROACH - CA RILEY WRIGHT - CA

National 1st Runner-up - INDIANA JUNIOR RANDI CARPENTER - IN

JOSIE KILE - IN MOLLY NEWMAN - IN

NATALIE NEWMAN - IN WILLOW PHILLIPS - IN

National 2nd Runner-up - DISTRICT 9 JUNIOR CALEB BELL - PA

ELI BELL - PA

ISAAC BELL - PA JACOB UDOVICH - MD

Team Contest Intermediate Team Judging National Winner - TEAM INDIANA INTERMEDIATE

MANDY GIRDLER - IN JADE MICHEL - IN

CODY MORRIS - IN PIPER PHILLIPS - IN

National 1st Runner-up - DISTRICT 3 INTERMEDIATE ELLA BREITENFELDT - WI

GRACE LEGRAVE - WI CLAYTON SCHWENDIMANN - WI

JOSIAH WESTERCAMP - IA National 2nd Runner-up - DISTRICT 9 INTERMEDIATE

JACOB BELL - PA

AIDAN DOUGLAS - MD MADISON R SHAW - PA

JOEY UDOVICH - MD

Team Contest Senior Team Judging

National Winner - TEAM INDIANA SENIOR CARL ELMORE - IN

AMANDA GROVE - IN GARRETT SANDERS - IN

EMILY ELIZABETH ZIMMER - IN National 1st Runner-up - DISTRICT 9 SENIOR

MADDISON COTTERINO - MD JACKSON DOUGLAS - MD

KATYA IVANOVSKI - PA SARAH SHAW - PA

National 2nd Runner-up - OREGON SENIOR MADISON FUNG - OR

LOLA MELENDEZ - OR EMILY ROBERTS - OR

ALYSSA WELTER - OR

Royalty Contest Lord

ARBA Lord LEVI BELL - PA

1st Runner-up Lord CARSTON J BECKER - OR

2nd Runner-up Lord HUNTER RUDOLPH - WA

3rd Runner-up Lord ELIJAH WESTERCAMP - IA

4th Runner-up Lord DAKOTA WOLFE - WA

Royalty Contest Lady ARBA Lady

ELSIE LUBEAN - WA 1st Runner-up Lady

ABBY FORRESTER - WA

2nd Runner-up Lady ABIGAIL BELL - PA

Royalty Contest Prince ARBA Prince

ISAAC BELL - PA 1st Runner-up Prince

CALEB BELL - PA 2nd Runner-up Prince

FINN SHUMWAY - WA 3rd Runner-up Prince

JACOB UDOVICH - MD 4th Runner-up Prince

NEHEMIAH WESTERCAMP - IA Royalty Contest Princess

ARBA Princess

ERIN JOHNSON - KS 1st Runner-up Princess

TRINITY ROACH - CA 2nd Runner-up Princess

AVERY COPA - WA 3rd Runner-up Princess

HALEY VICKERS - WA 4th Runner-up Princess

OCEANA WILLIS - CO Royalty Contest Duke

ARBA Duke JACOB BELL - PA

1st Runner-up Duke JOEY UDOVICH - MD

2nd Runner-up Duke

DYLAN WHITMER - IN 3rd Runner-up Duke

JOSIAH WESTERCAMP - IA 4th Runner-up Duke

CODY MORRIS - IN

Royalty Contest Duchess

ARBA Duchess CAITLIN MCCABE - OR

1st Runner-up Duchess PIPER PHILLIPS - IN

2nd Runner-up Duchess ABIGAIL POLASIK - CA

3rd Runner-up Duchess ALINA ADAMS - WA

4th Runner-up Duchess SARAH KOVICH - WA

Royalty Contest King ARBA King

GARRETT SANDERS - IN 1st Runner-up King

SETH THOMAS - NV

2nd Runner-up King MATTHEW HULETT - MD

3rd Runner-up King JAKOB HICKS - MN

4th Runner-up King TREVOR SIERZPUTOWSKI - IN

Royalty Contest Queen ARBA Queen

CHRISTINE L TOERING - AZ 1st Runner-up Queen

VICTORIA BUCKNER - TX 2nd Runner-up Queen

EMILY ROBERTS - OR 3rd Runner-up Queen

PJ HEUSTED - WA

4th Runner-up Queen SARAH SHAW - PA

Lord - Levi Bell

Hi, my name is Levi Bell. I am in Second Grade and I am homeschooled. I am 7 years old. I

have five siblings: Jacob, Caleb, Isaac, Eli, and Abigail. I am the second youngest. My parents

are Ruth-Ann and Brian Bell. My mommy’s a judge. My daddy runs shows. He’s a leader and

she’s a leader.

I raise black, chocolate, broken chocolate, blue, broken blue, and broken black Havanas. I also

raise white New Zealands, Silver Fox, Californians, black, blue, and chocolate Tans, and have

just started raising Mini Lops. I have red, black and golden agouti American cavies. I like to play

with the rabbits. They are so furry. I like to hold them and pet them. I like the cavies because

I pet them, I hold them, I play with them, and they sit on my lap. Someday I want to raise

Flemish Giants. Someday I want to be a judge.

I am a member of the Fur and Feathers 4-H Club, Dauphin County 4-H Youth Club,

Pennsylvania State Rabbit Breeders Association, MARCS, Lebanon Valley Rabbit Breeders, and

the East Coast Havana Organization. I like to help at shows with setting up and tearing down.

I like to help other people with their rabbits. I like to help write for my mommy when she judges. I like to help at

Farm Show and Ag Progress Days at the PaSRBA booths letting people touch the rabbits and cavies.

Besides the rabbits and cavies, I have Nigerian Dwarf goats, Buff Orpington chickens, Pekin ducks, and I have a cat

that is named Aeronca. My goats names’ are Jack, Chocolate, Peony, Lilac, and Rose. I like to play with bikes,

scooters, toy cars, and toy airplanes. I like to play with mommy and daddy and my siblings. We like to go kayaking

together. I like to go flying with Mommy, Uncle Neil, and Daddy. I like to go to church and go to AWANAS Club. I like

to square dance and am a part of the Juniata County Junior Hillbillies square dance set.

Thank you for letting me be the ARBA Lord. I will try to do a very good job to teach and encourage others.

Lady - Elsie LuBean

My name is Elsie LuBean and I am 7 years old and I am a second grader at Helen Baller

Elementary school in Camas, Washington. I am a Cloverbud in the Bunny Brainiacs 4-H Club in

Clark County, Washington where my mom is my 4-H leader. I am also a member of the

American Rabbit Breeders Association and Washington State Rabbit Breeders Association

which I joined when I was 5 years old. I have a little sister and a little brother.

I raise two breeds of rabbits, Holland Lops and Palominos. I have ten rabbits altogether. I do

showmanship with one of my Holland Lops who is a broken black doe named FiFi. I like to play

with my rabbits in the outside running pen and I am hoping to learn to do rabbit agility with one

of my Palominos at our county fair.

Besides rabbits I also raise chickens which we use for their eggs. We raise Rhode Island Reds

and Barred Rocks. The chickens love me and let me pick them up while I am playing in the yard.

We also have a white cat named Maisy who is a Turkish Angora and are getting another kitten

soon from my aunt’s farm. I like to visit my aunt’s farm because I love her goats but we don’t

have enough land to have goats where we live.

Outside of rabbits I play softball, read books (and stay up late at night reading past bed time) and write stories. I also

like to do math, play legos, and play with my friends at school.

I would like to say thank you to everyone who has helped me with my rabbit project, especially my Mom who is my

4-H leader, my Grandma who gave me my first rabbit, and my friend Avery who helps me study and practice

showing my rabbits. I am very excited to be American Rabbit Breeders Association’s Lady for 2015 and look forward

participating for many years!

Prince - Isaac Bell

Hi! My name is Isaac Bell. I live in Lebanon County, PA. I am ten years old and am in 6th grade in

my homeschool that we call the Bell Academy. I have four brothers, one who is my twin, and one

little sister. I am number three in line out of the six of us.

I am involved with the Fur and Feathers 4-H Club in Dauphin County, PA. Mrs. Lori Jo is my leader.

I am also involved with the Pa State Rabbit Breeders Association and the Lebanon Valley Rabbit

Breeders Association. My brothers, sister, and I raise black, broken, and chocolate Havanas, black

Silver Fox, White New Zealands, Californians, Tans, and Mini Lops. We also raise red, black, and

golden agouti American cavies. I show my Havanas and New Zealands and like to do showmanship

with them. I help at shows by watching rabbits and cavies that are put on the table. I also help by

writing for judges at shows. I like to help with whatever I can at all shows and fairs that I go to. My

mom is a rabbit judge and I like to go to shows whenever I can with her. I was the 2013 American

Rabbit Breeders Association Lord and the 2014 ARBA Prince. I have helped my mom and other

friends set-up and tear down shows and fairs, including ARBA Convention, the PaSRBA

Convention, the PA Farm Show, and the Lebanon Area Fair. Someday I would like to be a rabbit judge because I like

to raise rabbits.

Besides our rabbits, I raise Nigerian Dwarf goats. I like feeding, watering, and haying my goats and cleaning out

their pens. We also have Peking ducks and buff Orpington chickens. I have many different 4-H projects including

rabbits, cavies, poultry, goats, vet science, pet care, and cooking. I love that I am learning lots of different things

and being responsible. This past summer I got to teach kids from Nicaragua about raising rabbits for meat. I hope

to be able to visit Nicaragua soon with my family and 4-H Club so that we can help them more.

Besides playing with animals, I like to ride scooters and bikes with my brothers. I like to fly in our family’s Taylorcraft

whenever I can. I would like to be a pilot someday and would like to live close to my mom and dad so that I can fly

with them. I really like to kayak with my family too. It’s lots of fun. I also square dance and am in the Juniata Junior

Hillbillies square dance set. We compete at the PA Farm Show in January.

Thank you for letting me be the 2015 ARBA Prince. I look forward to teaching others more about rabbits and being

an example to other kids. And I hope to have a good time.

Princess - Erin Johnson

Hello, I am Erin Johnson from Benton, KS. I am eleven years old and a sixth grader

at Benton Grade School. This is my fifth year of being involved in rabbits. I started my

project in Butler County, KS 4-H, and my first show was the 2011 Butler County Fair.

I showed three rabbits at that first show. This year at the 2015 Butler County Fair, I

showed 9 rabbits and most of them I had raised myself. I was excited to win grand

champion again with one of my Himalayans I had raised from my own stock.

Going to the ARBA National Convention in Pennsylvania and Dallas was great. Those

were my second and third National Conventions and it is always fun to show outside

of Kansas. Wining Lady my first year in ARBA was a special experience that I’ll never

forget. It has motivated me to continue to work hard for the Princess competition

again this year.

My goals for my fifth year are improving my lines through my breeding program and

to continue to improve my knowledge for contests such as Showmanship, Judging

and Breed ID. I really love being involved in rabbits and the people I have met. I have made so many new friends

showing rabbits and enjoy meeting some many wonderful people who share the same passion as I do at each and

every national convention I am fortunate enough to attend with my family.

This year my younger sister, Emma, is participating in the Princess Royalty with me which is exciting. She helps me

more than anyone else in doing chores and caring for all the rabbits, so I’m excited to see her do well. Our little

brother Weston is five years old and we both hope he will have the same enthusiasm as us with rabbits and

participate in shows with us in the future. I have been very fortunate to be able to participate in such a wonderful

project, and I have so many people to thank for it. I want to thank all the people that have helped me achieve my

goals, especially my friends Dianna Gaunt, Tom Little, and Gary and Yvonne Michaud, as well as my parents who

support my passion for the rabbits.

Duke - Jacob Bell

Hi, my name is Jacob Thomas Bell. I live in Lickdale, PA. I am 13 years old and am in 8th grade in

my cyber-school curriculum. I am the oldest of 5 boys and 1 girl. My mother and father are

Ruth-Ann and Brian Bell. My mom is a licensed ARBA judge. My mother and father both run the

Pennsylvania State Rabbit Breeders Association Convention in Lebanon, PA every February. My

parents were some of the highest people helping to run the 2013 ARBA Convention in Harrisburg,

PA. I love rabbits and cavies and I love to learn about them.

I raise black, broken, and chocolate Havanas, white New Zealand, black, blue, and chocolate Tans,

and Silver Fox rabbits. I also raise golden agouti and red American cavies. I am involved with the

Fur and Feathers 4-H Youth club in Dauphin County, PA. I am the Superintendent for the Dauphin

County Youth Clubs Rabbit and Cavy show. I was the 2012, 2013, and 2014 Pennsylvania State

Rabbit Breeders Association Prince. I was also the 2013 ARBA Prince. I am the 2015 PaSRBA Duke.

I like to fly in my family’s 1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D. I also like to fly in gliders with my mom. I love

to play with my cat. My cat’s name is Aeronca who is named after a type of airplane. We have

Nigerian Dwarf goats. I have Buff Orpington Chickens and Pekin Ducks. I hope to have pigs before the end of the

year.

I want to be a rabbit judge and pilot when I grow up. I also want join the Air Force. I want to be in the air force

because my uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather, and others are and were in the Air Force and I want to serve my

country. I want to be a pilot because I have been flying since I was born, my mom and dad are pilots, and I love to

fly. I want to be a rabbit judge because my mom is a judge and I like learning about different breeds and meeting

new people.

I love to go to rabbit and cavy shows because I like to learn, talk, and meet new people. I enjoy teaching people

about showmanship, rabbits and cavies. Thank you for letting me be the ARBA Duke.

Duchess - Caitlin McCabe

I am so honored to be the 2015, ARBA Duchess. My name is Caitlin McCabe, and I am 14 years

old and I live in West Linn, Oregon with my parents. I am a freshman at West Linn High School,

and I'm very excited to be selected for this award. I've been raising rabbits for 10 years now

and have 14 Netherland Dwarfs, 2 Californians, and 2 American cavies. I love my menagerie of

otters, opals, and meat rabbits, as well as my two carrot loving cavies. I enjoy participating in

4-H activities and love showing my rabbits. I'm also involved in art, creative writing,

sewing/fashion revue, cooking, public speaking, horticulture, and pigeons. On our 1 acre farm,

we grow pumpkins and sell them in the fall to a local store as well as from our farm stand. So,

all of the money that we make goes towards the college fund for my brother and me. We spend

our summer hoeing and fertilizing (sometimes with the help of my rabbits) it so that they'll

grow.

I enjoy participating on my school's track and field team in shot put and discus, where I set a

new record in girls’ shot put. I have also been playing the viola for 7 years.

In the future, I hope to expand my rabbitry and create an award winning meat pen. I love rabbits and there isn't a

day that goes by that I don't think about them. I hope that after I graduate college I might be able to start my own

royalty rabbit club where ever I live and let other kids learn about rabbits as I have. I would also like to become a

judge one day, and I am currently working towards my registrar’s license. I think all kids should have a chance to be

in 4-H or royalty, because it isn't just fun, it teaches you lifelong lessons like how to cooperate with others. I hope

that in the future I'll be able to become a part of the youth royalty program and help run the contests and make them

even better than they are now and my goal is to make royalty available to every interested youth member.

I'd like to thank Pat Partipilo who I purchased my first dwarf from and my special club leaders Vanessa and Tomalene

Borquez for helping me and answering all of my questions. They've always helped everyone in my club and have

always gone the extra mile for us. I'd also like to thank my parents for encouraging me all along the way and letting

me turn our house into a rabbitry, even though my mom's allergic to them. I'll always love rabbits and 4-H.

King - Garrett Sanders

Hi, my name is Garrett Sanders. I am honored to be your 2015 ARBA King. I live in

Bloomington, Indiana and am 17 years old. Rabbits have been a huge part of my life for the

last 7 years and I look forward to continuing in this hobby for many years. I am very active

in 4-H and FFA. Competing in the Royalty program is one of my favorite parts of raising

rabbits. I would like to thank anyone who has ever shared their knowledge or experience

with me. This hobby is unlike any I have seen. Everyone is so helpful and willing to go out of

their way to help me succeed. Special thanks to my very supportive mom and dad. Without

them none of my achievements in rabbits would be possible.

Queen - Christine Toering

I am Christine Toering, and this is my third year competing at ARBA Nationals. I live in Tucson, Arizona and show all

four varieties of Himalayan. I currently have twenty-seven rabbits, but I plan to get more in

the future. I started showing rabbits eight years ago, when my brother bought a pet rabbit,

then we joined rabbit 4H. I fell in love with this hobby, and the Himalayan breed. Last year

I won Best of Breed, two Best of Varieties, Best Senior of Breed and Best Junior of Breed at

the youth Himalayan Nationals. I went to ARBA nationals for the first time in 2012 and I won

ARBA Duchess. This was my third year competing at ARBA nationals, and I was very excited

to be doing royalty. Kay Moreno, Andrea Fagan and especially Shannon Estes have helped

teach me so much, without them I would not be here. I don’t know how anybody could ever

know so much about rabbits as they do. Right now I have twelve black Himalayans, three

blue Himalayans, two chocolate Himalayans and two lilac Himalayans. Laurie Adams and

Melissa Magee helped me a lot with my Himalayans, their bunnies are just gorgeous. I hope

to become a judge in the future, and I feel that competing in Royalty is the best way to

practice my judging and knowledge. I recently obtained my registrars license, and I want to

thank Kevin Stanford, Sean Anderson, Bill Estes and Joey Shults for helping me with that. I also want to thank

everybody that put on Royalty at ARBA Nationals, and everybody that helped put together this convention in

general. Everybody in the rabbit community is so helpful, I hope that one day, I will be able to help somebody just

as they have helped me. Thank you!