Von Reyn nabs a calf in scramble

Posted 2/13/20

Avery von Reyn of Quitman, a member of Quitman FFA, caught a calf during the 2020 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Calf Scramble on Jan. 21. She earned a $500 purchase certificate for a show heifer and the chance for up to $16,000 in scholarship awards

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Von Reyn nabs a calf in scramble

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Avery von Reyn of Quitman, a member of Quitman FFA, caught a calf during the 2020 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Calf Scramble on Jan. 21. She earned a $500 purchase certificate for a show heifer and the chance for up to $16,000 in scholarship awards. Her award was sponsored by American Auto Salvage.

The Calf Scramble gives 20 students an opportunity to catch 10 calves during one of 22 performances of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo held Jan. 17-Feb. 8. Those not catching calves receive a pair of Justin Boots. 

Since the Fort Worth Calf Scramble began in 1987, more than 7,600 4-H and FFA members were able to catch a calf in the rodeo arena for a combined $3.8 million in Heifer Purchase Certificates. 

Reyn will use the purchase certificate toward the cost of a heifer that she will raise and exhibit at next year’s Stock Show. Exhibitors that submit monthly reports and a final essay may be eligible for scholarship awards that can range between $500 and $16,000. Thanks to the efforts of the Calf Scramble Sponsors and Committee members, 1,478 of those winners received a combined total of $2.94 million in scholarships.