Left to Right: Harvey Richardson, Lawrence Smith, Bert Bezdicek, James Fransen, Glen Bratcher (Coach), Donald Wakeman, Jake White, Thomas E. Wilson, Ernest Griffeth

Contest Results:

• 1st – NWSS (Carload)
• 7th – NWSS (livestock)
• 2nd - Fort Worth
• 1st - American Royal
• 4th - Chicago International

Front Row: J.L. Youngher, M.L. Snider, Magnes Greenthaler, Harold Cheatham. Back Row: Wayne Jarboe, Dave Williams, Bob Felton, Henry Ross, Glenn Bratcher (Coach).

Contest Results:

• 3rd - Denver
• 2nd - Fort Worth
• 1st - Oklahoma City
• 4th – American Royal
• 13th - Chicago International

In 1952, Minnie Lou Ottinger (Bradley) from Oklahoma State became the first woman to be the high individual in the National Collegiate Livestock Judging Contest. Her accomplishment was reported on the front page of the December 1, 1951 Chicago Tribune: An attractive brown eyed brunette co-ed from Oklahoma A&M College, Stillwater triumphed over more than 180 men yesterday to capture top honors in collegiate judging at the International Livestock exposition at the stock yards. She is Minnie Lou Ottinger, 21, of Hydro, Oklahoma, the first woman to win this award in the 53-year history of the International. She scored 901 points out of a possible 1,000. Only one point behind her was Walcott Stewart of Pifford, N.Y., a student at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. “…I thought I had a chance to make a high score, but I never dreamed I could win” said Miss Ottinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ottinger. At the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City last month she was high individual scorer on cattle and seventh in judging all types of animals. As a high school student, she showed the reserve champion steer at the 1949 American Royal. She had the champion pen of three Berkshire hogs at the Southwestern Exposition, Fort Worth, Tex., in both 1948 and 1949. Now in her senior year in animal husbandry, Miss Ottinger said that when she graduates, she wants either to write for a livestock publication or to operate a ranch."

She was the first woman to graduate from the Animal Husbandry program at Oklahoma State. In 1955, Minnie Lou Ottinger Bradley and her husband purchased 3,300 acres in the Texas panhandle and began the Bradley 3 Ranch. Today the ranch encompasses over 10,000 acres. For her work in land improvement and stewardship, water management and rotation grazing, her ranch has been recognized as a model of stewardship. Angus bulls from her ranch are highly sought after for their superior genetics with proven carcass traits. A member of the American Angus Association Board of Directors from 1997-2003, she was the association’s first woman president in 2005.

Front Row: Minnie Lou Ottinger (High Individual Chicago), Carl Gardner, Harlon Luttrell, Albert Hanlan. Back Row: Willis Nickleson, Bob Wisdom, Curtis Jeffreys, Jack McCroskey, Glen Bratcher (Coach)

Contest Results: 

• 1st -  Oklahoma City 
• 2nd  - Chicago International

Left to Right: Robert Totusek (Coach), Gene Kuykendall, Leon Freeze, Melvin Greeley, John McKnight, Arthur Knox, Grady Ford, Buddy Bonfy, R.J. Cooper, Ronald Blackwell

Contest Results: 

• 1st - Fort Worth 
• 2nd - NWSS Carload Contest
• 11th - NWSS
• 5th – American Royal
• 7th - Chicago International

Top Row: Ross Hackler, Bill Carmichael (2nd High Individual Chicago), Bobby Zwingle, Don Gooch, Andrew Willcox. Bottom Row: Charles Day, Wallace Roark, Eddie Kimbrell, Dr. Robert Totusek (Coach)

Contest Results:

• 5th - Denver
• 2nd - Fort Worth
• 5th - Oklahoma City
• 4th – American Royal
• 1st - Chicago International

Front Row: Harold Spies, Glenn Cantrell, Eddie Fisher (2nd High Individual Chicago), Dwane Zimmerman, Via Carey. Back Row: Bob Totusek (Coach), Jim Timmis, Joe Christian, Ned Purtle, Bill Hancock, Glen Bratcher (Department Head).

Contest Results:

• 7th - Denver
• 1st - Fort Worth
• 1st  - Oklahoma City
• 1st– American Royal
• 2nd - Chicago International

Front Row: Charles Wall, James Fuller. Middle Row: Bob Totusek (Coach), Tom Tate, Gerald Cooper, Glen Bratcher (Department Head). Back Row: James Cambell, Tom Reese (2nd High Individual Chicago), Audie Rackley, Jack Richy

Contest Results: 

• 2nd - Fort Worth 
• 1st - Oklahoma City 
• 1st – American Royal
• 3rd  – Chicago International

Front Row: Charles W. Armbruster, Paul Cook, Elmo Castle. Middle Row: Bob Totusek (Coach), Merl E. Miller (2nd High Individual Chicago), Gary Longacre, Bob Trickey, Max Overton. Back Row: William L. Brock, George A. Hall, Dick Bonfy (5th High Individual Chicago), Don Hargrove, Gary Mount

Contest Results: 

• 1st – NWSS
• 1st - Oklahoma City 
• 4th – American Royal
• 1st  – Chicago International

Front Row: Elvin D. White, Bill Vincent, Billy Ashe. Middle Row: Kenneth Freeze, Fred Little, Wayne Haygood. Back Row: Bill J. Troub, Merle Nickelson, Roy L. Butler

Contest Results: 

• 2nd - Fort Worth (Bill Troub - 2nd High Individual)
• 1st - Oklahoma City 
• 1st  – American Royal
• 3rd – Chicago International

Front Row: Howard Vincent, Theo Fite, Donald Hix, Larry Windish. Back Row: Bob Totusek (Coach), Harold Woods (High Individual Chicago), Jim Jensen, Nathan Reese

Contest Results: 

• 4th - American Royal
• 2nd – Chicago International