Maggie Rector is a 2023 graduate from Ingram Tom Moore High School. Her agricultural journey began 12 years ago when she joined the 4-H program. Through 4-H, Rector participated in shooting sports, outdoor challenge, and raised market goat projects. She also served in leadership positions on the local and county level, including the roles of secretary, third vice president, reporter, and club delegate. Her involvement in 4-H soon inspired her to join her school’s FFA program, where she has been an active member for the past five years.
Through FFA, Rector has competed in various contests including wildlife, agronomy, quiz, skills, ag advocacy, creed speaking, and agriscience fair. Her agricultural mechanics team recently earned a blue ribbon at the San Angelo Stock Show for the gun safe that they built. Rector also helped to build a trailer hitch game hoist, which was named the division champion at the district ag mechanics show. In addition to LDE and CDE events, Rector currently serves as the chapter president, and has helped facilitate leadership trainings for other FFA members.
In 2023, the Ingram Tom Moore FFA wildlife team won both the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo wildlife judging competition. Rector herself earned the title of High Point Individual at both events. The team went on to State Wildlife where they won first, and again, Maggie earned the title of High Point Individual, an experience she says has been one of her favorite during her agricultural journey.
Her success in the range and wildlife competitions through FFA inspired Rector to pursue a degree in range and wildlife management from Texas A&M University Kingsville beginning in the fall. She hopes to use this degree to become a wildlife biologist.
Maggie has been blessed to hunt many areas of Texas with her dad and harvest a multitude of species through the Texas Parks & Wildlife Youth Hunting Program. Through her chosen career field she hopes to be able to give back to the land and wildlife inhabiting it, and help to conserve Texas natural resources.
