Chad Upchurch, was recently awarded with a Distinguished Service Award at the 2017 MVATA Awards Luncheon.  

Upchurch represented the Southeast District Association of the organization.  

This awards luncheon was held as a function of the Missouri Vocational Agricultural Teachers Association annual conference held during the Missouri Association of Career and Technical Education Conference in Springfield.

MVATA is a professional agriculture education teacher association that has 510 members serving 339 schools.