Mount Olive, NC – The Cleveland High School FFA Chapter earned 1st place in the North Carolina FFA Association Agricultural Sales Senior Division Career Development Event on March 11th, 2026, on the campus of the University of Mount Olive. Team members include Gavin Bledsoe, Ayden Capps, Sunni Johnson, and Holland Tyler. Their FFA Advisor is Brett Capps.
The FFA members competing in this event learn valuable interpersonal skills. The members participating conducted a five-minute sales presentation to a panel of judges, took a sales knowledge test and as a group created a pre-call plan and presented that to a judge. During the sales presentation they were graded according to their knowledge of their product, how they interacted with the customer and acted on the customer’s needs, and how they handled objections made by the customer.
By placing 1st in the state, the Cleveland FFA has earned the opportunity to represent North Carolina at the National FFA Agricultural Sales Career Development Event during the National FFA Convention in October. The top three teams and high-scoring individual will be recognized during the North Carolina FFA State Convention in Raleigh on June 23-25, 2026.
This event is one of 43 different career development events offered to North Carolina FFA members on the state level.
North Carolina FFA is a youth organization of 48,879 student members preparing for leadership and careers in the science, business, and technology of agriculture with 371 local chapters across the state. FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education. Visit ww.ncffa.org for more information.
(Pictured from left to right; Ayden Capps, Sunni Johnson, Holland Tyler, Gavin Bledsoe)