The Intercollegiate Meat Judging Meritorious Service Award
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The AMSA Intercollegiate Meat Judging Meritorious Service Award was established in 1993 to recognize outstanding contributions or service to the Intercollegiate Meat Judging Program.
Joe Harris, Ph.D.
Intercollegiate Meat Judging Meritorious Service
2025
Southwest Meat Association
“Meat judging completely changed my career path. It has been very rewarding to interact with so many young people through the years. Whatever I have given to meat judging has come back to me many times over.”
- Joe Harris, Ph.D.
| Year | Name | Organization |
| 2025 | Harris, Joe | Southwest Meat Association |
| 2024 | Corliss, Tate | Texas Tech University & Clarendon College |
| 2023 | Behrends, Eddie | Feeding the Future NM |
| 2022 | Cannon, Jerry | Hormel Foods |
| 2021 | Savell, Jeff | Texas A&M University |
| 2020 | Dowd, Darrell | USDA AMS |
| 2019 | Pitcock,Jodie | USDA, AMS Livestock and Poultry Program |
| 2018 | Griffin,Davey | Texas A&M University |
| 2017 | Mikel, Benjy | John R. White Company |
| 2016 | Miller, Mark F. | Texas Tech University |
| 2015 | Strong, Jason H. | Australian Agricultural Company |
| 2014 | Dikeman, MichaelE. | Kansas State University |
| 2013 | Harp, Randy M. | Tarleton State University |
| 2012 | Henning, William R. | The Pennsylvania State University |
| 2011 | Morgan, J. Brad | Pfizer Animal Health |
| 2010 | Unruh, John A. | Kansas State University |
| 2009 | Dolezal, H. Glen | Cargill Meat Solutions |
| 2008 | Hines, Randy C. | Tarleton State University |
| 2007 | Berg, Paul T. | North Dakota State University |
| 2006 | Carr, Tom R. | University of Illinois |
| 2005 | Jones, William R. | Auburn University |
| 2004 | Fleming, Kenneth | Cargill Meat Solutions |
| 2003 | Bellinger, John W. | Agri-West International, Inc. |
| 2002 | Parrish, Jr., Fredrick C. | Iowa State University |
| 2001 | Allen, Dell M. | Excel Corporation |
| 2000 | Johnson, V. K. | North Dakota State University |
| 1999 | Davis, Gordon W. | CEV Multimedia |
| 1998 | Wise, Jimmy W. | USDA, AMS, LS |
| 1997 | Smith, Gary C. | Colorado State University |
| 1996 | Standardization Branch, | USDA Agricultural Marketing Service |
| 1995 | Kropf, Donald H. | Kansas State University |
| 1994 | Kelly, Robert F. | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University |
| 1993 | Walters, Lowell E. | Oklahoma State University |