Z.L. Carpenter Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Meat Science

The Zerle L. Carpenter Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Meat Science recognizes graduate students who demonstrate outstanding leadership skills and who have contributed significantly to the section’s teaching, research, and extension activities. The award is voted on by faculty, staff, and students in the section and is presented annually.

This award is named in honor of Dr. Zerle L. Carpenter, who began his career at Texas A&M University as an assistant professor of animal science in 1962. Dr. Carpenter rose to become full professor of animal science in 1971, head of the Department of Animal Science in 1978, and director of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service in 1982. In 1988, he was named associate vice chancellor for agriculture for The Texas A&M University System. Dr. Carpenter retired in 1997 after providing leadership to the Extension Service for 15 years.

Recipient	Year
Kyla Goodson	1998
Robert J. Maddock	1999
Michael De La Zerda	2000
Dave McKenna	2001
Patrick Mies	2002
Andy King	2003
Kyle Pfeiffer	2004
Kristin Voges Nicholson	2005
Jason Bagley	2006
Eric Metteauer	2007
Betsy Booren	2008
Ashley Haneklaus Arnold	2009
Kyle Segner	2010
Leslie Frenzel	2011
Amanda Smith	2012
Lindsey Mehall	2013
Clay Eastwood	2014
Crystal Waters	2015
Michael Yeater	2015
Courtney Boykin	2016
Aeriel Belk	2016
McKensie Harris	2017
Hannah Laird	2017
Katy Jo Nickelson	2017
Hillary Martinez	2018