Waterford teen embraces all things FFA, still finds time to help fellow students
Photo Provided Allison Huck holds her second place plaque at the Washington County Soil Judging Contest in October 2022. Allison was a member of the Urban Soil Judging Team, who placed first in the county
Photo Provided Allison Huck poses with her hog at the Waterford Fair in summer 2023.
Photo Provided Allison Huck welds materials together.
Photo Provided Allison Huck hangs out at the Waterford Fair in summer 2023.
Photo Provided Allison Huck, representing Running Wild 4-H Club, displays her Outstanding of the Day - Welding Award and prize at the Ohio State Fair in August 2023.
Photo Provided Allison Huck holds her second place plaque at the Washington County Soil Judging Contest in October 2022. Allison was a member of the Urban Soil Judging Team, who placed first in the county
Photo Provided Allison Huck poses with her hog at the Waterford Fair in summer 2023.
Photo Provided Allison Huck welds materials together.
Photo Provided Allison Huck hangs out at the Waterford Fair in summer 2023.
Photo Provided Allison Huck, representing Running Wild 4-H Club, displays her Outstanding of the Day - Welding Award and prize at the Ohio State Fair in August 2023.
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WATERFORD -- In all of her endeavors, Waterford High School junior Allison Huck is helping lead the way.
Huck is vice president of Waterford's FFA club. One activity, soil judging, has taken her across the country.
Two different teams from Waterford, rural and urban soil, qualified to attend the National Soils contest in Oklahoma City, Okla., in May 2023. In order to qualify for Nationals, the teams had to advance through three different levels: county, district, and state. These competitions took place throughout fall 2022.
Huck was a member of the Urban team. It was the first time Waterford FFA had qualified a Urban Soils team to Nationals.
"It was a great experience," she said. "Three of our four went there back to back. It's cool to get out of state when I might not have otherwise."
In soil judging, students look at earth materials and determine its characteristics for growing crops or building on that land.
Huck previously qualified for Nationals as a member of the Rural team in 2021.
Huck has also competed on the state level for her 4-H Club, Running Wild. This past summer, she won the Outstanding of the Day project for Welding at the Ohio State Fair.
"It was scary because I'd never done anything mechanical like that, but it was fun to learn," she said.
Huck said she enjoys using both utility and art to weld.
"I love learning how to make something that is beautiful and useful," she said.
Back home in Washington County, Huck participates in different student activities such as Spanish Club, Spanish Honor Society and Pep Club.
"Pep club plans Fun Fridays. It's an activity that takes 15 minutes out of our classes and de-stress," she said.
Huck said she enjoys helping ease her fellow students' stress.
"I know a lot of us have a long week. It's one thing after another," she said.
Huck's favorite school subject also looks for solutions to problems.
"With math, there's so many different ways to get there," she said. "I feel satisfied when I finish a problem and get the right answer."
Allison enrolled in College Credit Plus classes through Washington State Community College last semester. The subjects were trigonometry and calculus.
When she's not in activities or school, she enjoys music. Her uncles Gene and Al Huck are musicians and she said they have influenced her.
"I love when a piece of music comes together to create something beautiful," she said.
Long term, Huck said environmental science, engineering and natural resources interest her as a possible career path.
"I love being outside and being able to problem solve," she said.
Kristen Hainkel can be reached at khainkel@newsandsentinel.com