4-H members from Gray County 4-H participated at Texas 4-H Roundup in Bryan-College Station, Texas, June 2-5, 2025. Texas 4-H Roundup welcomed around 2,000 senior level, or high-school-aged, youth to compete in approximately 50 diverse competitions, educational workshops, career learning opportunities, networking and more throughout the week. The contests included both qualifying events, where 4-H members qualified at their county and district contests to compete at the state level, and invitational events. Additionally, the Texas 4-H Youth Development Foundation awarded around $2.7 million in scholarships to 228 youth.
4-H is America’s largest youth development organization, empowering nearly six million young people with the skills to lead for a lifetime. 4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills. The mission of Texas 4-H is to provide meaningful opportunities for all youth to have fun, learn, explore, and discover. While participating in 4-H, young people make new friends, develop new skills, become leaders, and form positive attitudes helping them to be capable, responsible, and compassionate members of society. Texas 4-H, as part of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, also stands to, through the application of science-based knowledge, create high-quality, relevant continuing education that encourages lasting and effective change.
The Gray County 4-H program is proud of the following youth for their participation and success at Texas 4-H Roundup:
Nicky Price was awarded a 4-H Development Foundation scholarship sponsored by the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in the amount of $20,000.
Nicky Price, Judson Wilhite, and Gavin Greer participated in the Qualifying Meat Judging contest.
Gavin Greer participated in the Educational Presentations – Swine contest.
