Hillarie Hebert, daughter of James and Charlsie Hebert, has been named the Beef Scholarship winner for the 2010 Louisiana Cattle Festival.

Hillarie is 17 years old and a senior at Kaplan High School. She has a sister, Alysse, and a brother, Ty. Hillarie is an active 4-H member and has been involved in the beef project for nine years, raising and showing Brahman Cattle. Hillarie is following in the footsteps of her family and is a 5th generation cattle producer. Today she owns a small herd of Brahman cattle where she utilizes artificial insemination and embryo transfers to improve the genetics of her herd.

Hillarie’s accomplishments during her 4-H career have been outstanding in the Beef project. She has exhibited her animals on the parish, district, state, and national level where she has won numerous awards. In the show ring, she has won belt buckles and other prizes for outstanding showmanship skills on all levels of competition. Hillarie was awarded the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) trip to Louisville, Kentucky, where she was able to show her Brahman Heifer and won first in her class.

In addition to showing, Hillarie won an all expense paid trip to the National Club Congress in Atlanta, Georgia for placing State Winner in the Beef Records Contest. She also participated in 4-H University on the LSU campus for the past four years. She competed in the Co-op Speech and Meat Identification Contests where she has been a Blue Ribbon winner each year.

Hillarie is a member of the Louisiana Junior Brahman Association (LJBA) and All American Brahman Association. Hillarie is Vice-President of the LJBA and Director for AJBA. She served as LJBA Queen during 2009-2010. She has won Champion Brahman Heifer at LSU, Champion Showman and Premier Exhibitor Contest. Hillarie is also a member of the Louisiana Junior Cattleman’s Association. She was honored as the 2008 Junior Cattleman and 2006 Junior Parade Marshal for the Louisiana Cattle Festival Association.

Hillarie is a hard worker and extremely dependable. Her future plans include raising her Brahman cattle to promote the beef industry. Hillarie wants to pursue a degree in Speech Pathology at McNeese University in Lake Charles. Hillarie is most deserving of the honor to be named Beef Scholarship Winner for the 2010 Louisiana Cattle Festival.

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