BLINN LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM MEMBERS NAMED ALL-AMERICANS
(Blinn College)
Four members of the Blinn College livestock judging team have been named 2025-26 All-Americans, an honor given to only 15 community college students nationwide.
Ryleigh Gilfoil, Kenna Schram, Jhett West, and Paige Zimprich were named All-Americans by the Junior College Coaches Association.
Selection criteria include cumulative grade point averages and performances at five national livestock judging contests.
Blinn ended the 2025-26 season ranked third nationally by livestockjudging.com, placing in the top five at every competition.
Adrian Austin coaches the team alongside Quest Newberry.
Gilfoil and Schram are both from Sealy. Zimprich is from Milnor, North Dakota, and West is from Sheridan, Wyoming. All have earned scholarships to continue their livestock judging careers at four-year universities – Gilfoil at Texas Tech, Schram at Texas A&M, and Zimprich and West at Oklahoma State.
Livestock judging is part of Blinn’s Agricultural Sciences Program, which has one of the most active extracurricular programs in the state, including the Agriculture Club, wildlife, agriculture mechanics, and horticulture.
Blinn offers agriculture classes on all its campuses, with the W.J. “Bill” Rankin Agricultural Complex on the Brenham Campus serving as the program’s headquarters.
For more information, visit www.blinn.edu/agricultural-sciences.