Two Kingfisher High School seniors are among those being considered as 2021-22 state officers for Oklahoma FFA.

Braden Burns is a candidate for secretary and Cora Beth Taylor for northwest area vice president, it was announced last weekend.

The two advanced through a nominating committee process over the weekend to be named among the candidates for office.

Those seeking office took part in a 100-point written test and also had to produce a hand-written letter that was in response to information they’d just been given.

The process also included five-minute one-on-one interviews with each of the 10 nominating committee members.

That was followedby a five-minute interview with the entire committee. That interview included two minutes during which the candidate delivered a prepared statement on “Why I desire to serve as a state FFA officer.”

The remaining three minutes saw candidates answer questions from committee members.

Candidates for each office will deliver a campaign speech at the state FFA convention, which is scheduled April 27-28 in Oklahoma City.

Each chapter in the state will have two delegates who vote for each state office.

Winners will be announced at the end of the convention.

Burns is currently the Kingfisher FFA chapter president.

He’s accomplished in all aspects of FFA, whether at the local, state or national level.

That includes being a part of the 2017 national championship team in conduct of chapter meetings leadership development event.

He was also a part of the national semifinalist parliamentary procedure team in 2019.

Burns has a number of state finalist and state championship honors in LDE and career development events (CDE).

He was also a national semifinalist in 2018 in the “FFA creed” portion of public speaking.

On top of a number of other exhibiting and leadership awards and honors, Burns carries a 4.0 GPA and is a member of the National Honor Society, among others.

Taylor is the Kingfisher FFA chapter sentinel.

She also has a national championship among her accomplishments.

Taylor was a part of the national winning ag issues forum team in 2018.

She was also a part of the state champion conduct of chapter meetings team in 2019.

Taylor was a talent finalist at the state FFA convention in both 2019 and 2020 and is a Washington Leadership Conference Scholarship recipient.

Like Burns, Taylor carries a perfect GPA and is a member of the NHS among a number of other activiteis and honors.

She is currently the NITS secretary and president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Also being considered for secretary are Justin Stark of Kiefer and Blaken Strawn of Haworth.

Northwest area vice president candidates also include Braden Heisler of Waukomis and Clayton White of Mooreland.