Outstanding Young Professional Award

Award Requirements

The Outstanding Young Professional Award honors College of Agriculture and Life Sciences early- or mid-career alumni who have distinguished themselves through significant advancement and achievement in their discipline, field or area of expertise. Selection is made by the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

This award was established in 2010 and is presented annually during Iowa State University’s Homecoming Weekend. Contact Paige Zhorne (pezhorne@iastate.edu) with questions.

Past Recipients

2025 - Jimmy Kent - '14 agricultural business
2024 - Brad Kinsinger - '05 agricultural and life sciences education
2023 - Bradley (BJ) Brugman - '12 agricultural business
2022 - Amanda (Taylor) De Jong - '02 agricultural business
2021 - Kevin Ross - '03 agricultural studies, '21 MBA
2020 - Colin Hurd - '13 agricultural studies
2019 - Mike Taylor - '03 agricultural studies
2018 - Jen Sorenson - '01 animal science, journalism and mass communication
2017 - Dawn Refsell - '01 agronomy, '03 MS crop production and physiology
2016 - Nancy Bohl Bormann - '04 agricultural and life sciences education, environmental science
2015 - Lisa Wasko DeVetter - '07 biology, horticulture; '10 MS horticulture, agronomy, soil science
2014 - Laurie Hueneke Martens - '01 animal science, international agriculture
2013 - Sarah Low - '02 public service and administration in agriculture
2012 - Gretchen Cline - '97 forestry
2011 - Charles Stewart - '00 agricultural biochemistry
2010 - Andrea Falk Sellers - '94 agricultural biochemistry