It took Nancy Bohl seven minutes out of a 10-minute Ag Woman of the Year interview to review all her College of Agriculture activites, said Heath McPherson, a National Ag Day committee member.

The student committee chose Bohl, senior in agriculture education, as Woman of the Year and Randy Dreher, senior in agriculture business, as the Ag Man of the Year.

“[Dreher] stood out because he is vocal and outspoken and [Bohl] stood out because she is a quiet leader,” McPherson said.

Bohl and Dreher applied for the honor and were judged by a panel of their peers based on their community service, resumes, college activities, essays and interviews.

Bohl is currently student- teaching agriculture at Algona High School.

She has also served in the Ag Ambassador club since it began three years ago.

“It was hard to build a new organization,” Bohl said of her duties with the group.

She has also been a member of the Agriculture Student Council, Sigma Alpha professional sorority, Soil and Water Conservation Club and the Agriculture Education Club.

Bohl said as a student teacher she is looking forward to bringing her students to Iowa State in two weeks for the state FFA convention.

“It will be nice to show the students around ISU,” she said.

Dreher said he was excited to be named Ag Man of the Year because the award comes from peers.

“Those are the people I interact with daily and will work with in the [agriculture] industry,” Dreher said.

Like Bohl, Dreher promoted the College of Agriculture through the Ag Ambassadors but focused his promotional ideas on the diversity of the college.

“We’re seeing a lot more non-traditional students in the College of Agriculture. You see a lot more people in the food sciences and biosystems areas that maybe didn’t considerate it as agriculture,” Dreher said.

“I consider myself a traditional student. I grew up on a 1,000-acre farm with hogs, cattle, soybeans and alfalfa, but I am maybe pursing a nontraditional agriculture education,” he said.

Originally an agriculture engineering major, Dreher was involved in the American Society of Agriculture Engineers.

He changed his major to agriculture business because he enjoyed working with people, he said.

Dreher has also been involved in the Collegiate 4-H Club, Agriculture Business Club and the Collegiate FFA Club.

Beth Foreman, adviser for the Ag Ambassadors group and cooperative extension field program student services specialist, worked with both students as members of the group.

“I couldn’t think of anyone more deserving of the award than those two,” she said.

“It’s really important to recognize a male and female student who have made an impact and who will represent the College of Agriculture as they enter the field.”