A Taylorville student is bringing home top honors from this year’s Lake Land College Agriculture Banquet.
Jay Bliler was recognized during the college’s annual Ag Banquet for the 2025–2026 school year. Bliler received the High GPA Award for the Ag Transfer Program and was also named the Ag Overall Outstanding Student — the highest honor presented among all Lake Land College agriculture programs.
The Overall Outstanding Student Award is given each year to the top-performing agriculture student across every division, recognizing academic excellence and achievement within the college’s Ag programs.
The banquet also honored students across several other agriculture disciplines. In the Ag Business program, Eva Meinhart earned the High GPA Award, while Jonika Nickles was named Outstanding Student. Beau Doedtman took both top awards in Ag Power, and Brent Runyan swept the honors in Ag Production. Melissa Brummer earned both top awards in Horticulture.
In the John Deere Tech program, Joseph Faulkner received the High GPA Award and Hayden Hoerchler was named Outstanding Student. Aubrey Killey was recognized as Outstanding Student in the Ag Transfer Program.
The college also honored Mark Niemerg of Mattoon as an honored alumnus of the Lake Land College Ag Division.
But the night’s highest student honor belonged to Taylorville’s Jay Bliler, recognized as the top agriculture student at Lake Land College for the year.
