The State FFA Convention wrapped up Thursday in Springfield, and a DeLand-Weldon student was named to the State officer team.

Kaydence Wooton has seen a couple of her classmates from her time in the Blue Ridge chapter stand out at the State level of FFA and felt inspired to be like them. 

Wooton says she and incoming State FFA President Natalie Pratt from Amboy are very close and share a similar vision for the year ahead for the State FFA Officer team.

According to Wooton, she did not have a direct connection to agriculture, but as she has gotten more involved in FFA and learned about agriculture, she has developed a passion for it.

Wooton helped lead the DeLand-Weldon FFA Chapter in its first year this past year after spending three years at the Blue Ridge program in the district's co-op. 

The State FFA Convention was in Springfield at the Bank of Springfield Center this week.