Sara Granger
2003 Scholarship Winner
Sara Granger is the Louisiana Cattle Festival Scholarship Winner for 2003. She is the 17 year old daughter of Fran and Andrew Granger and has one sister, Emma. She is a senior at Kaplan High School. Sara lives just south of Abbeville in the "country" as her friends like to say, where she helps care for a small herd of Braford cows.
She enjoys working on the family farm where she is responsible for picking up hay, worming, vaccinating and castrating calves and helping to round up and sort cattle. She also spends countless hours feeding and training her show calves. She has exhibited Braford and Brangus cattle for nine years.
The awards she has garnered through showing cattle are numerous. She has had several champions at local, district and state levels including Reserve Champion Brangus Heifer in 200 at the State Show at LSU, Supreme Champion Female Over-All Breeds at the Acadiana District Show in 1999. She has placed numerous times in the parish Beef Premier Exhibitor including Reserve Premier Exhibitor in 1999. Her placings in beef showmanship have demonstrated her efforts in working with her calves as she is often bound near the top of the showmanship classes and was named Champion Junior Braford Showman at the LSU State Show in 1997.
Sara has served the beef industry by promoting beef and sharing her knowledge with other beef project members. She has given talks to 4-H’ers at beef clinics and livestock tours. Sara says, "I try to help them succeed in something they like to do, and I like to see them smile when they do succeed." She has given illustrated talks for the Beef Ambassador Program for the past three years and cooks for beef cookery contests. She is currently living a dream of hers by serving as the Queen of the Vermilion Cattlemen’s Association. She has represented the industry and the parish association in parades, TV appearances, at meetings, livestock shows and conventions. She was 2nd runner-up at the State Cattlemen’s Queens Contest in January.