He and his wife, Jordan, reside
in Cosby, Missouri, where they
also manage a 40-head cow/calf
operation.
gina pate – stockton
After a year at MU, Gina Pate
finished her undergraduate studies
at MSU in Springfield, Missouri,
graduating in December 2017 with a
Gina earned her American
FFA degree and was active in
Block and Bridle clubs at MU and
MSU. She was also named MU
Block and Bridle’s Outstanding
Freshman in 2014. While at MSU,
she was also a member of MSU
Cattlemen’s Association and Delta
Tau Alpha, an agricultural honor
society. In the summer of 2015,
Gina completed an internship with
the Cedar County Soil and Water
Conservation District.
Currently a natural resource
specialist (park ranger) for the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
in the Kansas City district, Gina
is stationed at Melvern Lake,
Melvern, Kansas. She resides
in New Strawn, Kansas, and is
working toward becoming a park
manager or operations project
manager. In the future, she hopes
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She earned minors in agronomy and
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