Ogle County 4-H honors 98 youth with 2025 Experience Awards

Three youth holding certificates

OREGON, Ill.— Ninety-eight Ogle County 4-H’ers were honored for their achievements during the 2025 4-H year at club programs this fall.  The 4-H Experience Award allows 4-H’ers to be recognized for their work in project learning, participation, community service, and leadership. Three levels can be earned: Bronze 4-H Clover Award, Silver 4-H Clover Award, and Gold 4-H Clover Award. All awards will be distributed at the member’s 4-H Club awards banquet.OREGON, Ill.— Ninety-eight Ogle County 4-H’ers were honored for their achievements during the 2025 4-H year at club programs this fall.  The 4-H Experience Award allows 4-H’ers to be recognized for their work in project learning, participation, community service, and leadership. Three levels can be earned: Bronze 4-H Clover Award, Silver 4-H Clover Award, and Gold 4-H Clover Award. All awards will be distributed at the member’s 4-H Club awards banquet.

 

PHOTO: Members of the Pine Creek Valley 4-H Club (Polo) hold up the awards their club received: 4-H Honor Club, Illinois State 4-H Club Award, and 2nd Place Window Display Award. L to R: June Robertson, Aylivia Danekas, and Kerrigan Becker. 

BRONZE 4-H CLOVER AWARD WINNERS

These 4-H’ers completed at least one experience in each of the four dimensions. These include project learning, participation, community service, and leadership.

Hayden CapesHub Hickory Nuts
Landyn DayBlackhawk Crossing
Olivia GrobeMighty Clovers
Tylar GrothSummerhill Huskies
Brooke HammondGrand Detour Greens
Josie HammondGrand Detour Greens
Emily HarbaughHub Hickory Nuts
Misha JimenezBlackhawk Crossing
Kaylee KingMighty Clovers
Nicolette KoziolOgle County Clovers
Eli LotzBlackhawk Crossing
Haven MarksSummerhill Huskies
Caleb NewkirkMighty Clovers
Zack NewkirkMighty Clovers
Sophia PalmerMighty Clovers
Gianni RacanelliLeaf River Soaring Eagles
Luke RasmussenOgle Jolly
Noah RichardsonOgle County Clovers
James RuntePine Creek Valley
Akayla SnyderMighty Clovers

 

SILVER 4-H CLOVER AWARD WINNERS

These 4-H’ers completed at least two experiences in each of the four dimensions. These include project learning, participation, community service, and leadership. Additionally, at least two of those experiences took place at the county, regional, state, or national level.

Nolan AdamsOgle Jolly
Bethany AkinsBlackhawk Crossing
Kayden BarndtPine Creek Valley
Ella BeranGrand Detour Greens
Alex BookerBy-Y-Badgers
Isaiah BraffettOgle Jolly
Delaney ByersSummerhill Huskies
Harmony CoyBlackhawk Crossing
Declan FranksBy-Y-Badgers
Luke GehrkeBy-Y-Badgers
Jacob HickmanBy-Y-Badgers
Lauren HickmanBy-Y-Badgers
Regan JimenezBlackhawk Crossing
Mallory KingMighty Clovers
Annaliese KoziolOgle County Clovers
Edward KoziolOgle County Clovers
Leo KoziolOgle County Clovers
Hunter KremskeBlackhawk Crossing
Savannah MarksSummerhill Huskies
Kolton MotszkoLeaf River Soaring Eagles
Kinsley RyiaSummerhill Huskies
Owen SmardoOgle County Clovers
Hewyt WestfallBlackhawk Crossing
Adelaide ZimmermanBlackhawk Crossing
Orion ZimmermanBlackhawk Crossing
Raiden ZimmermanBlackhawk Crossing

 

GOLD 4-H CLOVER AWARD WINNERS

These 4-H’ers completed at least four experiences in each of the four dimensions. These include project learning, participation, community service, and leadership. Additionally, at least two of those experiences took place at the state or national level.

Kaitlyn AdamsOgle Jolly
Immanual ArellanoBlackhawk Crossing
Ali DanekasPine Creek Valley
Alayna DoaneMighty Clovers
Bruce GehrkeBy-Y-Badgers
Colton GehrkeBy-Y-Badgers
Shelby HarbaughCarefree
Jenna HellerGrand Detour Greens
Andrew HickmanBy-Y-Badgers
Kodi HubbardCarefree
Stellina LombardozziCarefree
Allissa MartinCarefree
Alyse RogersOgle Jolly
Madisyn RutheMighty Clovers
Lydia SherburneLeaf River Soaring Eagles
Joshua SnowBlackhawk Crossing
Kathryn SnowBlackhawk Crossing
David WehlerLeaf River Soaring Eagles
Heidi WestfallBlackhawk Crossing
Addison YordyLeaf River Busy Beavers

 

CLOVERBUDS are 4-H’ers between the ages of 5 and 7.  The following Cloverbud members were recognized by their clubs:

Camila BonneOgle Jolly
Hannah BraffettOgle Jolly
Jude BrunsCarefree
Bailey ClarkOgle Jolly
Jordi CollinsOgle Jolly
Brayden DeuthPine Creek Valley
Ellis DeuthPine Creek Valley
Rowen EckerstromOgle Jolly
Andrew FerrisCarefree
Enoch GroenhagenOgle Jolly
Laurel GuinnCarefree
Kaiser HauchOgle Jolly
Cora HosseiniOgle Jolly
Layla HosseiniOgle Jolly
Macklin HubbardCarefree
Emilia JanoskiOgle Jolly
Auden LoganCarefree
Aniella LombardozziCarefree
William MarksSummerhill Huskies
Charlotte MeiterPine Creek Valley
Benson MillerCarefree
Lillian MillerCarefree
Julia NewkirkMighty Clovers
Emma RasmussenOgle Jolly
Liam RittmeyerSummerhill Huskies
Logan RittmeyerSummerhill Huskies
June RobertsonPine Creek Valley
Harper RockwoodPine Creek Valley
Natalya RutheMighty Clovers
Isaac RyiaSummerhill Huskies
Finnegan SlatteryLeaf River Soaring Eagles
Allan SmithSummerhill Huskies
  
  

 

4-H is an informal youth education program conducted by University of Illinois Extension. University of Illinois Extension provides equal opportunities in its programs and employment.  If you need reasonable accommodations to participate in 4-H, contact the Ogle County Extension staff at 815-732-2191.  

About Extension

University of Illinois Extension develops educational programs, extends knowledge, and builds partnerships to support people, communities, and their environments as part of the state's land-grant institution. Extension serves as the leading public outreach effort for University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences in all 102 Illinois counties through a network of 27 multi-county units and over 700 staff statewide. Extension’s mission is responsive to eight strategic priorities — community, economy, environment, food and agriculture, health, partnerships, technology and discovery, and workforce excellence — that are served through six program areas — 4-H youth development, agriculture and agribusiness, community and economic development, family and consumer science, integrated health disparities, and natural resources, environment, and energy.