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2024

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Dairy Products Judging Team placed fourth in All Products at the 2024 100th Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation Contest, held on April 17 at the Baird Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dairy products judging involves students evaluating the appearance, texture and flavor of six dairy products (milk, butter, cheddar cheese, ice cream, yogurt and cottage cheese). A total of 44 undergraduate and graduate contestants from nine universities in the U.S. participated in the contest.

SDSU team members were Brody Lien (undergraduate), Jessemy Sharp (undergraduate), Justin Van Middendorp (undergraduate), Wyatt Zehr (undergraduate) and Ifra Tun Nur (graduate). The team is coached by Maneesha Mohan, SDSU associate professor in dairy manufacturing and Alfred Chair in Dairy Education. Hope Lewandowski and Cailtin Swanson served as assistant coaches.

Sharp placed first in butter and sixth overall for all products. Zehr placed second in milk, Van Middendorp placed third in cheddar cheese, and Lien placed seventh in yogurt. In the graduate student contest, Nur placed fourth overall with first place in butter and yogurt and third place in cheddar cheese. Sharp was named the recipient for the Joe Larson Merit Scholarship. The contest was hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.

2023

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University’s Dairy Products Judging Team placed fourth in All Products at the 2023 99th Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluation Contest, held April 4 at the Cheese Industry Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. Dairy products judging involves students evaluating the appearance, texture and flavor of six dairy products (milk, butter, cheddar cheese, ice cream, yogurt and cottage cheese). A total of 35 undergraduate and graduate contestants from eight universities in the U.S. participated in the contest.

SDSU team members were Caitlin Swanson, Huron; Seth Hinsch, Goodhue, Minnesota; Joey Otta, Sioux Falls; Becca Hermann, Manchester, Iowa; Aditya Lnu, Kamal, India; and Ting Mao, Chengdu, China. The team is coached by Maneesha Mohan, SDSU associate professor in dairy manufacturing and Alfred Chair in Dairy Education. Emily Cole and Hope Lewandowski served as assistant coaches.

Swanson placed second in cheddar cheese, fourth in ice cream and fifth overall for all products. Hinsch placed fifth in butter and yogurt, Otta placed sixth in butter and ice cream, and Hermann placed ninth in ice cream. In the graduate student contest, Mao placed second overall with first place in butter and second place in cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, ice cream and yogurt. Lnu placed third overall with first place in cheddar cheese and third place in milk, cottage cheese and ice cream. The contest was hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.

2022

The SDSU Dairy Products judging team was one of seven teams competing this year. Overall, the team placed third and was tied for second place. The team won first place in milk and cheddar cheese and third place in ice cream. Individually, Hope Lewandowski won first place in cheddar cheese, while Madison Dahna placed second in cheddar and cottage cheeses. Emily Cole was fifth in milk and sixth in cheddar cheese, while Emily Tisler placed fourth in cheddar cheese. Khalid Alsaleem placed first in cheddar cheese and milk and second in butter and ice cream in the graduate student division. Madison Dahna placed fifth overall, and Khalid placed first overall as a graduate student. The team was coached by Ahmed Hammam, and Mohamed Elfaruk served as assistant coach.