Front: Tom Smith, Wendell D. Willer, Bert Eason, Richard Smith. Second row: Harlan Harper, Bob Bellman (alt.), Cole (alt), Bryan (alt), Coach Vern Kerchberger. Top row: Maurice Beaver (alt), Norbert Darrow, Joe Legg (alt), Richard Nelson (alt)
The 1948 team took third place at the collegiate livestock judging contest at the International Livestock Show in Chicago. Earlier in the year the team placed 10th at the Kansas City Royal.