UMC
Awards: Ag-Arama True Grit Award
The most coveted of all awards presented at
Ag-Arama, the True
Grit Award is dedicated to Todd Opsahl, a student in 1973-74. Most of the
students and faculty around Todd did not know that he was suffering from
terminal leukemia, a disease that took his life shortly after he left
college.Despite this condition,
Todd was extremely active in campus activities, especially in the
Agriculture Division where he studied Animal Science.
In his remembrance, the True Grit Award is
presented annually to the student who best demonstrated the spirit of Todd
Opsahl in active participation and in encouraging others to participate.
Past UMC True Grit Award Recipients
2004
Karen Ballou, Barnum, MN
2003
Bill Rinkenberger, Fosston, MN
2002 Angie Pommerening,
Oakdale, MN
2001 Barb Heinze, Elrosa, MN
2000 Bonnie Haehnel, Motley, MN
1999 Natalie Foltz, Callaway, MN
1998 Angie Roering, Sauk Centre, MN
1997 Julie Jean Schermerhorn, New York Mills, MN
1996 Heather Pohlmeier, Hutchinson, MN
1995 Roberta Shepard, Lester Prairie, MN
1994 Peggy Kruize, Elbow Lake, MN
1993 Nathan Benesh, Crookston, MN
1992 James Kruize, Elbow Lake, MN
1991 Janie Knott, Red Lake Falls, MN
1990 Andy "Stormy" Bates, Red Lake Falls, MN
1989 Theresa Skibicki, Red Lake Falls, MN
1988 Patty Jo Aanerud, Waubun, MN
1987 Rob Larson, Bagley, MN
1986 Shelly Sime, Grand Rapids, MN
1985 Tammy Severts, Gatzke, MN
1984 Barb Lind, Carlton, MN
1983 Shelly Nielsen, Madelia, MN
1982 Dayna Denn, Cold Springs, MN
1981 Roy Bell, Motley, MN & Steve Rinkenberger, Fosston, MN
1980 Sid Henagin, Onamia, MN & Jon Aakre, Rollag, MN
1979 Vicki Janisch, Emo, Ontario, Canada
1978 Scott Bjornson, West Fargo, ND
1977 Glenn Fladmark, Pelican Rapids, MN
1976 Jeff Kratochwill, Blaine, MN
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