Adult Advisors: Aubrey South, Carley Asher, Michaela Willsey
Piper Campbell
2025 Grand Showman of Showman Winner
show schedule
Thursday, August 6, 6 pm
Begins in the Rabbit Show Barn
General Rules
- The contest is still open to the Showman of Showmen winner in the following departments: beef, swine, dairy cattle, equine, meat goat, dairy/exotic goat, rabbit, sheep, poultry, and dog.
- To have the species shown in the overall Showman of Showmen contest, a minimum of 12 animals of that species must be entered and checked in and on the fairgrounds from Friday before the fair through Thursday of the fair week until 11 p.m.
- If there is not a minimum number of animals of that species, then ONLY the showman of showmen from that species will be in the show. The species itself will not show in the contest. For example, if we have at least 12 market hogs entered in the fair entry system, and they come to the fair, the market hog species will be represented in the Overall Showman of Showmen contest, and other contestants will show that species. Only the overall market hog Showman of Showmen exhibitor will participate if 12 market hogs are not entered and brought to the fair. If that is the case, the overall market hog showman will randomly draw which species he or she will not show during the contest. This rule will apply to all the species in the contest.
- Exhibitors will not show their species they were awarded Showman of Showmen.
- The Dog Showman of Showmen will randomly draw which species he or she will not show during the contest.
- Each judge will rate participants on a scale of one to nine with one being the highest, best score. Participants will receive a score of 0 for their Showman of Showmen species.
- Tie breakers for the Grand Showman of Showmen contest will be decided by the number of placings a participant has. For example, the person with the greatest number of first placings, then second placings, third placings, etc. until a winner is found.
- Contestants should be dressed in the same type of attire as they were wearing when they won their species Showman of Showmen.
- In the event a person wins more than one department’s Showman of Showmen contest in the same year, he or she will be asked to choose one department to represent. The other department’s Reserve Showman of Showmen will then be allowed to compete in the contest.
- Prior handling of the animal is allowed only for horses because of the nature of the animal. 5 minutes will be allowed.
- Any species eligible for Showman of Showmen in their department is eligible to be used in the Showman of Showmen competition.
- Animals of all showmanship age division’s first and second-place winners in each species will be used.
- The order of the show will be: Rabbits and Chickens (in Rabbit Show Arena), Horse, Dairy, Goat, Sheep, Beef and Hog (all in Horse Arena)
thank you to our sponsors
2025 Sponsors
- Alley Cat Tattoo
- Brown Transport
- Country Mile Realtors
- G & J Kartway
- JA Kovach Law Co.
- MedShip
- Preble County Pork Festival
- Preble County Power Equipment
- Skyline Chili
- Riegel Feed and Grain, Inc
- Rob & Candi Turpin
- US Bank
- United Producers
- Team Ward
Previous showman of showmen winners
Please contact the fair office if you can help us complete this listing.
- 2025 Piper Campbell: Ultimate Livestock, Beef
- 2024 Addison Campbell: Ultimate Livestock, Goat
- 2023 Ashley Lake: Tailwaggers, Dog
- 2022 Skyler Ward: Monroe Better Livestock, Beef
- 2021 Claire Sorrell: Ultimate Livestock, Dairy
- 2020 Skyler Ward: Monroe Better Livestock, Beef
- 2019 Alisha Rader: Twin Creek Livestock, Sheep
- 2018 Caroline Vonderhaar: All-Star Livestock, Beef
- 2017 Micheal Bridgeford: Somers Super Beef, Poultry
- 2016 Trent Broermann: All-Star Livestock, Beef
- 2015 Tristen Withrow: Tailwaggers, Dog
- 2014 Stephen Garrett: Preble County Dairy, Goat Goat
- 2013 Taylor (Broermann) Fletcher: Dixon Israel, Beef
- 2012 Kyle Burton: All-Star Livestock, Sheep
- 2011 Taylor (Broermann) Fletcher: All-Star Livestock, Beef
- 2010 Lindsay Voge: Top of the Line, Beef
- 2009 Eli Davidson: Preble Lambs Unlimited, Sheep
- 2008 Sean Burton: All-Star Livestock, Sheep
- 2007 Dustin Barnes: Ultimate Livestock, Swine
- 2006 Dustin Barnes: Ultimate Livestock, Beef
- 2005 Candice Estep: Lewisburg Blue Ribbon, Goats
- 2004 Dustin Barnes: Ultimate Livestock, Swine
- 2003 Crystal (Peck) Lawson: Dairy
- 2002 Dustin Barnes: Ultimate Livestock, Swine
- 2001 Abby (Sauer) Lee: Bouncing Bunnies, Rabbit
- 2000 Jacquline Bendel: Preble County Sidewinders, Horse
- 1999 Brad Ashworth: Somers Super Beef, Beef
- 1998 Megan Wright: Buckeroo Riders, Goat
- 1997 Leslie (Dennis) Cude: Happy Hoofers, Horse
- 1996 Aaron Sorrell: Eaton FFA, Beef
- 1995 Ann (Shafer) Stammen: Mighty Milkers & Dixon Twp Swine, Beef
- 1994 Andy Campbell: Beef
- 1993 Ann (Shafer) Stammen: Mighty Milkers & Dixon Twp Swine, Dairy
- 1992 Alyssa Smith: Goats
- 1991 Alyssa Smith: Goat
- 1990 Rodney Mann: Beef
- 1989 Larry Rowe: CCQL, Beef
- 1988 Nancy Yeazel: Jackson Young Farmers, Dairy
- 1987 Bart Anspaugh
- 1986 Janet Baily
- 1985 Brooks Duffy: Mighty Milkers, Dairy
- 1984 Nancy Yeazel: Jackson Young Farmers, Dairy
- 1983 unknown
- 1982 Tom White: Dixon-Israel Beef Club, Beef
- 1981 Kathie Flach: Jefferson Township Livestock Club, Sheep
- 1980 unknown
- 1979 unknown
- 1978 unknown
- 1977 Jim Derringer: Lewisburg Blue Ribbon, Sheep
- 1976 Rita (Swithart) Slifer: Monroe Better Livestock, Sheep
- 1975 unknown
- 1974 unknown
- 1973 unknown
- 1972 unknown
- 1971 unknown
- 1970 unknown
- 1969 unknown
- 1968 unknown
- 1967 unknown
- 1966 unknown
- 1965 unknown
- 1964 unknown
- 1963 unknown
- 1962 unknown
- 1961 unknown
- 1960 unknown