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South
Dakota State University’s Dairy Products Judging Team placed first in All
Products in the 2008 National Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation Contest, held
22nd October in Newark, OH. The contest was sponsored by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, the Food Processing Suppliers Association, and the American Dairy
Science Association. A
total of 58 undergraduate and graduate contestants from 15 universities in the
U.S. and
Canada participated in the contest. The SDSU team placed first in Cheddar cheese,
milk,
and butter,
second in ice cream, fifth in cottage cheese,
and sixth in yogurt.
SDSU team members were Jessica Berg,
Baltic; Tricia Schuller, Alcester; Abbie Wirt, Lewiston, MN; and Vandana Panchal,
Anand, India. The team is coached by Bob Baer, SDSU Professor of Dairy Science.
Wirt
placed first overall, including first in butter, second in Cheddar cheese, and
fourth in cottage cheese. Schuller placed second overall, first in Cheddar cheese
and second in milk. Berg was eighth overall and sixth in Cheddar cheese. In the
graduate student contest, Vandana Panchal placed first overall, first in Cheddar
cheese and ice cream and second in yogurt and milk.
For placing first overall, the SDSU team won the Shirley Seas Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is in memory of Shirley Seas, who coached the SDSU team for 21 years. Baer also received the Aurelia and George Weigold Coach of the Year Award.
As top judge in the nation, Wirt received the Robert Rosenbaum Award and lifetime membership in the National Dairy Shrine. In addition, she has been invited to participate in the spring 2009 Quality Chek'd Dairies, Inc. annual conference in Kansas City, MO. As second place judge, Schuller received the Everett Byers Memorial Award and lifetime membership in the National Dairy Shrine, will attend the Quality Chek'd Dairies conference, and will participate in March 2009 in the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay, WI.
Photo
above:
Left to right – Coach Bob Baer, Vandana Panchal, Jessica Berg, Tricia Schuller,
and Abbie Wirt.
The South Dakota State
University Dairy Products Judging Team placed second at the Midwest Regional
Dairy Products Evaluation Contest, held on October 11th in
Glenview, IL. Team members are Jessica Berg, Baltic; Tricia Schuller, Alcester;
Abbie Wirt, Lewiston, MN; and Vandana Panchal, Anand, India. Berg placed fifth
overall in the contest and first in cottage cheese. Schuller placed first in
the contest and was first in butter and second in ice cream and cottage cheese.
Wirt placed second in the event and was first in Cheddar cheese and third in
butter and cottage cheese. Panchal received first place in the graduate student
contest and first in Cheddar cheese, butter, and ice cream.
Eight teams from seven states with 33 contestants participated in the contest. The SDSU team placed first in Cheddar cheese, butter, and cottage cheese. Alternate team members who will compete officially next year included Jordan Dorneman, Milbank; Nicki Stevens, Pipestone, MN; and Cassey Utke, Brandon.
Photo: Left to right are Jordan Dorneman, Vandana Panchal, Jessica Berg, Abbie
Wirt, Tricia Schuller, Cassey Utke, Coach Bob Baer, and Nicki Stevens.
The
South Dakota State University Dairy Products Judging Team placed third in
All Products in the
2007 National Collegiate Dairy Products Judging Contest,
which was held in Las Vegas Oct. 15 in conjunction with the Pack Expo.
Twenty universities, including 70 undergraduate and graduate contestants from
the U.S. and Canada, competed in the contest.
The SDSU team members were Tori Boomgaarden, Pipestone, MN.; Derek Griesse,
Harrisburg; Jonah King, Volga; and Ashish Pandit, Bhadran, India.
King placed first overall and was first in yogurt and ice cream. As first place
individual, King was invited to be a judge at the Quality Chekd Dairy Products
Association Meeting in Dallas, Texas in April.
Boomgaarden placed sixth overall and was second in yogurt and ice cream and
third in Cheddar cheese. Griesse placed 15th overall and was first in Cheddar
cheese. For placing first in Cheddar cheese, Griesse was invited to be a judge
at the World Championship Cheese Contest in Madison, Wisc. in March.
In the graduate student contest Pandit placed third overall, first in cottage
cheese and Cheddar cheese, second in yogurt, and third in ice cream. Team
rankings were first in yogurt, ice cream, and Cheddar cheese, second in milk,
and
fourth in cottage cheese.
The team is coached by Bob Baer, Professor of Dairy Science.
Photo: left to right, Coach Bob Baer, Ashish Pandit, Derek Griesse, Tori Boomgaarden,
and Jonah King.
The
South Dakota State University Dairy Products Judging Team placed first at
the Midwest Regional Dairy Products Evaluation Contest, which was held September
29 in Glenview, IL at Kraft Foods. Team members were Tori Boomgaarden, Pipestone,
MN; Derek Griesse, Harrisburg; Jonah King, Volga; and Ashish Pandit, Bhadran,
India. King placed fourth in the contest and first in yogurt and cheddar
cheese. Boomgaarden placed sixth in the contest, first in cottage cheese,
second in cheddar cheese, and third in yogurt. Griesse placed eighth in the
contest and third in ice cream. Pandit placed first to win the graduate student
contest, and was first in butter and cheddar cheese. Nine teams and 36 contestants
participated in the contest. The team placed first in cheddar cheese, cottage
cheese, and yogurt. Alternate team members were Jessica Berg, Baltic and
Abbie Wirt, Lewiston, MN. The team will compete at the National Contest on
October 15 in Las Vegas, NV. The team is coached by Bob Baer, Professor of
Dairy Science.
Photo: Front row left to right – Derek Griesse, Tori Boomgaarden, Jonah
King, and Ashish Pandit. Back row left to right – Coach Bob Baer, Jessica
Berg, and Abbie Wirt.
National Contest
The South Dakota State University
Dairy Products Judging Team placed fourth in All Products in the 2006 National
Collegiate Dairy Products Judging Contest,
which was held in Chicago on 30th October in conjunction with the Pack Expo.
Nineteen universities, including 65 undergraduate and graduate contestants
from the US and Canada, competed in the contest. The SDSU team members were
Kari Gorsuch, Arlington; Travis Holscher, Twin Brooks; Jenna Mueller, Big Stone
City; and Darshan Purohit, Gujarat, India. Mueller placed seventh overall,
including second in yogurt, fourth in butter, and sixth in ice cream. Gorsuch
placed ninth overall and was fourth in milk and seventh in yogurt and ice cream.
Holscher placed nineteenth and was sixth in yogurt and seventh in butter. In
the graduate student contest Purohit placed first overall, first in Cheddar
cheese and yogurt, second in milk, fourth in butter, fifth in cottage cheese,
and sixth in ice cream. As top judge in the graduate contest Purohit received
the Genevieve Christen Award. Team rankings were second in butter and yogurt,
sixth in ice cream and cottage cheese, and seventh in milk. The team is coached
by Dr. Bob Baer, Professor of Dairy Science.
Photo:
Front row – Kari Gorsuch, back row – Coach
Bob Baer, Darshan Purohit, Jenna Mueller, and Travis Holscher.
The
South Dakota State University Dairy Products Judging Team placed second at
the Midwest Regional Dairy Products Evaluation Contest, which was held in
Glenview, IL at Kraft Foods. Team members were Kari Gorsuch, Arlington; Travis
Holscher, Twin Brooks; Jenna Mueller, Big Stone City; and Darshan Purohit,
Gujarat, India. Mueller placed fourth in the contest and first in Cheddar
cheese and butter. Holscher placed ninth in the contest and third in ice
cream. Gorsuch placed eleventh in the contest, second in Cheddar cheese and cottage
cheese, and fourth in ice cream. Darshan Purohit placed second in the graduate
student contest, first in butter, second in cottage cheese, and third in
milk and Cheddar cheese. Eleven teams and 37 contestants participated in
the contest. The team placed first in Cheddar cheese and cottage cheese,
and third in ice cream. Alternate team members were Tori Boomgaarden, Pipestone,
MN; Derek Griesse, Harrisburg; Jenna Heck, Beardsley, MN; and Jonah King,
Volga. The team is coached by Dr. Bob Baer, Professor of Dairy Science.
Photo: Front
row left to right - Darshan Purohit, Kari Gorsuch, Jonah King, and Jenna
Heck. Back row
left
to right – Travis Holscher, Derek
Griesse, Jenna Mueller, Tori Boomgaarden, and Coach Bob Baer.
National Contest
The
South Dakota State University Dairy Products Judging Team placed first in
All Products in the
2005 National
Collegiate
Dairy Products Judging Contest, which was held in Chicago on 28th October
in conjunction with the World Wide
Food Expo. Seventeen universities, including 64 undergraduate and graduate
contestants
from the
US and Canada, competed in the contest. The SDSU team members, coached by Dr.
Bob Baer were Richard DeRouchey of Mitchell, SD, Jason Nissen of Bushnell,
SD, Donovan Halajian of Milbank, SD and Nirupama Nigam of Anand, India. Richard
DeRouchey placed first overall, including second in butter, third in milk,
and fifth in ice cream. Donovan Halajian placed eleventh overall in the contest,
first
in Cottage
cheese and third in Cheddar cheese. Jason Nissen was twelfth overall, second
in ice cream, third in Cottage cheese, and fourth in Cheddar. In the graduate
student
contest,
Nirupama Nigam placed second overall, first in butter, second in yogurt and
Cottage cheese, and fifth in milk. The team rankings were first in Cottage
cheese and Cheddar
cheese, second in butter and ice cream, fourth in yogurt, and sixth in milk.
Dr. Bob Baer also received the Aurelia and George Weigold Coach of the Year
Award.
For placing first overall as a team, the SDSU team also won the Shirley Seas
Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is in memory of Shirley Seas, who coached
the SDSU team for 21 years. As the top judge in the nation, Richard DeRouchey
received the Robert Rosenbaum Award and lifetime membership in the National
Dairy Shrine. In addition, he has been invited to participate in the Quality
Chek’d Dairies, Inc. annual Conference in St. Louis and the World Cheese
Contest of the Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association in Madison, WI in 2006. Earlier
in the fall, the SDSU team also placed first overall at the Midwest Regional
Contest in Chicago.
Left Photo: Front row left to right – Don Halajian, Nirupama Nigam, Coach Bob Baer, Jason Nissen, and Richard DeRouchey. Right Photo: Richard DeRouchey judging Cheddar cheese at the National Contest.
Midwest Regional Contest
The South Dakota State
University Dairy Products Judging Team coached by Dr. Bob Baer won the Midwest
Regional Dairy Products Evaluation
Contest. The team took first place in the “All
Products” category to win the contest, which was held in Glenview, IL
at Kraft Foods on 8th October. Team members were Richard DeRouchey, Mitchell;
Don Halajian, Milbank; Jason Nissen, Bushnell; and Nirupama Nigam, Gujarat,
India. Nissen placed first in the contest, second in yogurt and butter, and
third in Cheddar cheese and cottage cheese. DeRouchey placed sixth in the contest,
third in ice cream, and fourth in cottage cheese. Halajian placed seventh in
the contest and was second in milk. Nirupama Nigam placed first in the graduate
student contest, first in milk and Cheddar cheese, second in butter, ice cream,
and cottage cheese, and third in yogurt. Gurmeet Singh placed third in cottage
cheese. Eight teams and 31 contestants participated in the contest. The team
placed 1st in cottage cheese and ice cream and 2nd in Cheddar cheese and butter,
and 3rd in milk and yogurt. Alternate team members were Travis Holscher of
Twin Brooks and Jenna Mueller of Big Stone City.
Photo:
Front row left to right – Nirupama Nigam, Richard DeRouchey,
Gurmeet Singh, and Don Halajian. Back row left to right – Jason Nissen,
Jenna Mueller, Travis Holscher, and Coach Bob Baer.
The Dairy Products Judging Team coached by Dr. Bob Baer and including Amber
Sperlich, Jean Hughes, Brandon Sahr, and Mandeep Patel (graduate student) placed
sixth in the Midwest Regional Contest in Glenview, IL on October 25, 2004.
The team placed 2nd in Cottage cheese and 4th in butter. Jean Hughes placed
1st in cottage cheese and 2nd in butter. Brandon Sahr was 4th in yogurt. In
the graduate contest, Mandeep Patel was 1st in ice cream and cottage cheese
and 3rd in All Products.
National Contest
At the National Contest in Lakeland, FL on November 5 the team placed 4th out of 18 teams. The team was 2nd in Cheddar cheese and 3rd in milk. Amber placed 4th, Jean was 10th, and Brandon was 19th in All Products. Brandon placed 2nd overall in milk. In the graduate contest Mandeep Patel was 3rd in yogurt, butter, Cottage cheese, and All Products.
Left: left to right: Jean Hughes, Amber Sperlich, Brandon Sahr, Coach Bob Baer, and Mandeep Patel
The
South Dakota State University Dairy Products Judging Team took first place
in All Products to
win the Midwest Regional Dairy Products Evaluation Contest
in Glenview, IL. The team placed first in butter, cottage cheese, and ice cream
and second
in Cheddar cheese and yogurt. Team
members were Jacob Hammerly, Ames, Iowa; Annie Milbrandt, Elmore, Minn.; Dallas
Vaughn, Dallas; and Ananya Biswas, Calcutta, India.
Annie Milbrandt placed third in the contest, second in butter, and third in
cottage cheese. Dallas Vaughn placed sixth in the contest, first in butter,
second in cottage cheese, and third in ice cream. Jake Hammerly was seventh
in the contest and second in ice cream. Ananya Biswas placed second in the
graduate student contest. Nine teams and 35 contestants participated in the
contest.
Alternate team members were Jean Hughes, Alcester and Amber Sperlich, Parkston.
Bob Baer coaches the team.
Left to right: Coach Bob Baer, Dallas Vaughn, Jake Hammerly, Amber Sperlich, Jean Hughes, Annie Milbrandt, Ananya Biswas.
The
SDSU Dairy Products Judging 
Team
took third place in All Products at the 82nd Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation
Contest in Chicago, IL. Team members were Jacob Hammerly of Ames, IA, Annie
Milbrandt of Elmore, MN, Dallas Vaughn of Dallas, and Ananya Biswas of Calcutta,
India. Seventeen teams and sixty four contestants competed in the contest. Milbrandt
placed fourth in the contest, first in butter and yogurt, third in ice cream,
and fourth in cottage cheese. She won the Bert Aldrich butter award and the
Joe Larson Merit Award for the student that displayed the most professional
appearance and attitude during the contest. Vaughn placed sixth in the contest,
first in Cheddar cheese, and fourth in yogurt. Hammerly placed eighth in the
contest, third in butter, and fifth in yogurt. Biswas placed first in the graduate
student contest, first in ice cream and yogurt, second in Cheddar cheese, cottage
cheese, and milk, and third in butter. He received the Genevieve Christen All
Products graduate student award.
South Dakota
State University / Dairy Science Department
Dairy Microbiology Rm 109 / Phone: 605-688-4116
College
of Agricultural and Biological Sciences