Katie Gilson, an agricultural educator at the Kershaw County School District’s Applied Technology Education Campus (ATEC), is one of only six individuals nationwide who received the NAAE Outstanding Young Member Award, given at the National Association of Agricultural Educators annual convention in New Orleans on Nov. 18. Gilson has been the agricultural educator at ATEC since 2011 when the program was created. Gilson offers courses in animal science and natural resources.