2025-2026 OJSA Board of Directors
Tatumn Poff, President
Ashton Bain, VP
Kora Schroeder, Secretary
Addison Campbell, Treasurer
Emma Helsinger, Public Relations
Directors:
Piper Campbell
Claire Schroeder
Joshua Blakeman
Kolten Greenhorn
Ohio Junior Shorthorn Association Advisors:
Katie Cull
402-380-0404
katie.cull@okstate.edu
Scott Winkle
937-681-1550
jswinlkle18@aol.com
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Junior National Reminders!
1. Cattle Entries: Please confirm if you are bringing all the cattle you originally entered. Stall cards will be ordered this Friday. If a card is printed for an animal that does not attend, the association will charge $20 per head to cover printing costs. Please provide the Sire and Dam for each entry asap!
2. Our service project this year is collecting school supplies instead of socks. This is a state contest that earns us state points! Make sure to pack lots!!!! Your junior board is challenging you to bring 20 items per exhibitor!
3. T-shirts have been ordered for the Opening Ceremonies. We will hand these out 15 minutes before we head up for state pictures! If you would like a shirt and you are not an exhibitor, let Advisors know asap! We will be selling for $20 a shirt!
4. Our State cookout event will be the Dirty Soda Bar and snack! Please plan to help that evening!
5. Lunch sign-up while we are in Texas. If you would like to provide or contribute to lunch one of the days, everyone would greatly appreciate it. Like in previous years, multiple families can contribute to a single lunch. You can also donate money towards lunch as well. www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B44ACAD2DA3FBCE9-64440791-trailblazing
6. Please start building a contest team! Conest are a great way to get involved and also add to state and individual points! The Edge Newsletter is a great source of information! shorthorn.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/The-NJSS-Planning-Guide-2026.pdf Turn in your teams to Advisors asap, I have sign-ups!
7. We need items for the State Cookout, State Basket, and Opening Ceremonies. Please pass our Amazon list on to those who would like to support! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3H7IKU48317WV?ref_=wl_share ... See MoreSee Less
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Update: Shorthorn Junior National & New World Screwworm Protocols - American Shorthorn Association
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We want to address the recent news regarding the New World screwworm in Texas and assure all exhibitors that the Shorthorn Junior National will still be held in Abilene, Texas, as planned. There are...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Families attending Junior Nationals this year check your emails!
We need items for the State Cookout, State Basket and Opening Ceremonies- Our Amazon list is linked, monotary donations can be Venmoed to @Katie-Cull
Our service project this year is collecting school supplies!! This is a state contest that earns us state points!
Ohio will be using the Band App to keep everyone up to date on all things Ohio Juniors again this year, it is the same previous years!
Please start building a contest team! Conest are a great way to get involved and also add to state and individual points! The Edge Newsletter is a great source of information! shorthorn.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/The-NJSS-Planning-Guide-2026.pdf
Quiz Bowl will again be 2 teams- please send me an email if you are interested in participating on the teams. Ohio Will need 4 Prospectors (Age 12 and under), 2 Intermediates (13-17, and 2 Seniors (17-21)
T Shirts have been ordered for Opening Ceremonies. We will hand these out 15 minutes before we head up for state pictures! If you would like a shirt and you are not an exhibitor let me know asap! We will be selling for $20 a shirt!
Our State cookout event will be the dirty soda bar and snack! Please plan to help that evening!
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AJSA President should look familiar to you all!!!🚨 Red Coat Roll Call!🚨
⭐️ Last but certainly not least AJSA President, Samantha VanVorhis ⭐️
Hey everyone! My name is Samantha VanVorhis, and I’m from Bowling Green, Ohio. I am currently a junior at Oklahoma State University, where I study Agricultural Communications with a minor in Political Science. My show ring journey began with Shorthorns, but it has grown into so much more than I ever could have imagined. While I’ve had the opportunity to show a little bit of everything, Shorthorns have had my heart from the very beginning and always will.
⭐️ What Made Me Want to Run for the Board ⭐️
Running for the board was one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever made. The Shorthorn family has given me so much over the years, and serving on the board felt like the best way to give back even a small part of what I have gained from the AJSA. I wanted to be the smiling face that helps put kids’ minds at ease in a stressful show ring, the person there to lend a hand with a stubborn heifer, and most importantly, someone who helps create the experience of a lifetime for young exhibitors showing Shorthorns. Knowing that I can play even a small role in someone’s Shorthorn journey is truly what inspired me to run.
⭐️ Must-Have While Working the Ring ⭐️
I must have caffeine and lots of snacks (Thank you ASA Staff)
⭐️ What the Shorthorn Breed Has Done for Me ⭐️
When my journey began 14 years ago with my very first Shorthorn heifer, Angel, I could have never imagined where that single step would lead me. What started with one heifer quickly became so much more than showing cattle, it became a family. The Shorthorn breed has given me lifelong friendships, unforgettable memories, and people who have stood beside me through every season of life. Some of my greatest role models, closest friends, and strongest supporters have come from this breed. They have celebrated my wins, lifted me up through losses, and shaped me into the person I am today. While the breed has opened countless doors and opportunities, it is the people, the second family I have found along the way that is truly the best thing the breed has ever done for me.
⭐️ Fun Fact About Me ⭐️
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