VATAT Awards

VATAT Awards

The Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association presents VATAT Awards to recognize members and supporters who have shown outstanding support to Texas agriculture science and FFA programs. Awards are presented during the awards ceremony at the VATAT Professional Development Conference.

Each area is responsible for selecting its VATAT Award recipients and giving the winning nomination forms to the VATAT area executive committee member at your area convention. The executive committee member is responsible for turning in the area award winning nomination forms to the VATAT office no later than June 1 unless otherwise noted in the application. Area winners received after the June 1 deadline will not be considered.

Executive Committee, please send all winning nomination forms to: VATAT Awards, 614 East 12th Street, Austin, Texas 78701. VATAT Awards Contact: Allison Bequette, Communications Coordinator, allison@vatat.org (512) 472-3128.

Awards are given in the following categories:

VATAT TENURE AWARDS
Awarded in five-year increments
Honorary Life Membership (awarded to retiring VATAT Members with 25 or more years VATAT Membership)

OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARDS
Outstanding School Administrator
Outstanding Cooperation Award
Outstanding Newspaper
Outstanding Radio Station
Outstanding Television Station
Outstanding Legislator

PUBLICITY AWARDS
Teachers Newspaper Award
Teachers Radio Award
Teachers Television Award

OTHER VATAT AWARDS
Texas Turn the Key
Ideas Unlimited

Teacher Mentor Award
30-Minute Club
VATAT Scholarship
Best of Texas (TCTC Awards)

2010 VATAT Award Winners

Ideas Unlimited (NAAE)

III Ryan Cummins, Cesar E. Chavez High School

Texas Turn the Key (NAAE)

III Ardy Tiner, Industrial High School

Teacher Mentor Award (NAAE)

IX Craig Bailey, Madisonville High School

Outstanding School Administrators

III Allen Kaminski, Sealy ISD Director CTE

VI Kathy Musick, Gilmer ISD Director of Secondary Curriculum

IV Terry Phillips, Clyde High School Principal

VIII Dick Roberts, Ennis High School Transportation Energy Vocational Supervisor

V Jay Roberts, S&S CSLD High School Principal

VII John Rouse, Jarrell ISD Superintendent

II Jeremy Ross, Colorado High School Principal

X Pete Van Maren, Calallen High School Asst. Principal

Outstanding Cooperation Awards

II Fuller Foods

X Horn Heaven Wildlife Ranch

IV Key City North Kiwanis Club

VI Simms Ag Boosters

Teacher’s Television Award

I David Schwertner, Barron Wetsel - Lubbock Coronado High School

Teacher’s Radio Award

I Roger Green, Doug Bawcom - Lubbock Monterey High School

Teacher’s Newspaper Award

VIII Brad Coffelt, Missy Coffelt - Whitney High School * Area & State Winner

Outstanding Radio Stations

III 98.3 KORA, Bryan

VI 95.5 KPYN, Atlanta

Outstanding Newspapers

VI Big Sandy Hawkins Journal

VIII Burleson Star Newspaper

IV Clyde Journal

II Colorado Record

III The Sealy News

V Wise County Messenger

VATAT Scholarship

The VATAT offers scholarships to active members' children upon high school graduation. Scholarship applications must arrive at the VATAT office with a postmark deadline of April 1st. Download scholarship rules and application at the bottom of this page.