Outstanding Young Teachers

Shay Williams-Hopper
2009 Outstanding Young Teacher

Shay Williams-Hopper of Ivanhoe , Calif. is one of only six individuals nationwide who received the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) Outstanding Young Member Award on November 18, 2009 at the NAAE annual convention in Nashville , Tenn.

YEAR

REGION

TEACHER

CITY/SCHOOL

1973	CEN	Jack Rudd	Ceres - Ceres HS
1974	SJ	Harry Maddux	Chowchilla - Chowchilla HS
1975	SC	Stan Uchiyama	Salinas - North Salinas HS
1976	CEN	Anthony Silva	Turlock - Turlock HS
1977	CEN	Steve Gomes	Merced - Merced HS
1978	SUP	Ann Vassar	Grass Valley - Nevada Union HS
1979	CEN	Pat Arias	Manteca - East Union HS
1980	SC	Robert Heuvel	Gonzales - Gonzales HS
1981	SJ	David DeSilva	Hanford - Hanford HS
1982	SOU	David Carroll	Escondido - Orange Glen HS
1983	SC	Bob Flores	Hollister - San Benito Jr. UHS
1984	SC	Jack Havens	Gonzales - Gonzales HS
1985	SJ	Charles Parker	Kingsburg - Kingsburg HS
1986	NC	P.J. Kutlik	Santa Rosa - Santa Rosa JC
1987	CEN	Tom Dormody	Lodi - Lodi HS
1988	SJ	Scott Vernon	Chowchilla - Chowchilla HS
1989	SOU	Cary Trexler	Fullerton - Fullerton HS
1990	SUP	Trena Kimler	Red Bluff - Red Bluff HS

1991	SUP	Kim Dieter	Herlong - Herlong HS
1992	SOU	Greg Beard	Fullerton - Fullerton HS
1993	SUP	Jeanette Sturzen	Hamilton City - Hamilton UHS
1994	SJ	Kimberly Donaher	Chowchilla - Chowchilla HS
1995	SOU	Sheila Barrett McCabe	Fullerton - Fullerton HS
1996	SUP	Laura Goss	Nicolaus - East Nicolaus HS
1997	SJ	Gina Gravatt	Firebaugh - Firebaugh HS
1998	SC	Kelly Bianchi	Morgan Hill - Live Oak HS
1999	SC	Rosemary Vernon	San Luis Obispo - SLO HS
2000	SOU	Melissa Flory	Mira Loma - Jurupa Valley HS
2001	SJ	Brett Camacho	Kerman - Kerman HS
2002	SUP	Rick Neugebauer	McArthur - Fall River Mills HS
2003	SOU	Sara Bogner	Vista - Vista HS
2004	CEN	Stacie Hewitt	Elk Grove - Elk Grove HS
2005	SJ	Jill Sperling	Kingsburg - Kingsburg HS
2006	SJ	Michael Mederos	Kingsburg - Kingsburg HS
2007	SC	Anna Bates	San Luis Obispo - SLO HS
2008	SJ	Kristopher Elliott	Hanford - Hanford HS
2009	SJ	Shay Williams-Hopper	Tulare - Tulare High School Farm