Over the summer student dairy herd managers Sarah Thomas and Sara Harrison led the UC Davis Dairy Show Team to one of its most successful years ever. The team, including members Elizabeth Abell, Lisa McDonnell, Kate Platt and Gina Wall, attended five fairs beginning in May. At the Dixon May Fair and the Sonoma-Marin County Fair in Petaluma the team provided educational information to the public about the dairy industry as  well as bringing several individuals of various dairy breeds for side-by-side comparison.  

Sarah Thomas and Sara Harrison express their delight 
over showing the Grand Champion Guernsey at Sonoma
County Fair

The team showed animals at the Sonoma County Fair in late July and were delighted to take home ribbons for the Grand Champion Guernsey and Reserve Grand Champion Jersey out of two very competitive groups. Both animals were also judged to have the best udders in their class. The team also received the second place herdsman award. At the Yolo County Fair in Woodland in mid-August the team's three-year-old Holstein won the Grand Champion ribbon, while the team earned the first-place herdsman award.

At the California State Fair in late August the Guernsey took third in her class and third-place udder while the Jersey took first in her class and first-place udder. The team also took the second-place ribbon for the herdsman award there.

The Sheep Show Team, with Gillian Ferguson, Darcy Machado and Elisa Noble, took second place for fall-born ewe lambs and first place for December ewe lambs at the Suffolk All American (500 head in show) held in Reno Livestock Center on Memorial Day weekend.

The 2002 Goat Show Team included Erika Scharfen, Jolene Berg, Maureen Hyman, Tracy Dolan, Lauren McDonald and Sophia Najera. The team attended the Solano County Fair, Sonoma County Fair, California State Fair, the Redwood Empire Dairy Goat Association Memorial Day Show and the International Boer Goat Association Regional Show in Red Bluff. The Boer goat herd won Grand Champion Junior Buck and Reserve Champion Yearling Percentage Doe at the Red Bluff show and Reserve Champion Yearling Percentage  Doe at the Solano County Fair. The dairy goats won 10 Champion and 12 Reserve Champion awards during the 2002 show season.