05/12/2026
𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘣𝘣 4-𝘏'𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 Cobb County Government 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩! 🍀
______________________________________
4-𝙃 𝘾𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙤𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙅𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
2024-2025 Georgia 4-H State Cotton Boll and Consumer Judging Champions and 2026 4-H Family and Consumer Science National Championship Team. They won Champion Team Overall, Champion Team for Placings, Champion Team for Group Think, and Reserve Champion Team for Reasons.
• Shubham Badve (Wheeler High School)
• Aarsheya Gunjal (Sprayberry High School)
• Naitik Maheshwari (Wheeler High School)
• Prayushi Padhi (Campbell High School)
2025-2026 Cobb 4-H Consumer Judging 2nd Place Team at the Georgia 4-H State Cotton Boll and Consumer Judging Competition.
• Phebe Burroughs-Thebault (Homeschool)
• Summer Burroughs-Thebault (Homeschool)
• Akua Owusu-Afriyie (Osborne High School)
• Kartikeya Shukla (Wheeler High School)
Sponsored by the Georgia Cotton Commission, Cotton Boll and Consumer Judging teaches 4-H'ers how to be smart consumers. State winners are invited to compete at the national competition in San Antonio, Texas.
______________________________________
𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥
2025-2026 Georgia 4-H 1st Place Junior Varsity Team and National LifeSmarts Championship Junior Varsity 1st Place Team.
• Navin Natarajan, Team Captain (Simpson Middle School)
• Tara Manickaraj (Campbell Middle School)
• Ky’Lan Mullins (East Cobb Middle School)
• Joy Patadia (Durham Middle School)
2024-2025 Georgia 4-H Wild Card Varsity Team and National LifeSmarts Championship 4th Place Team; 2025-2026 Georgia 4-H 2nd Place Varsity Team and National LifeSmarts Championship 5th Place Team.
• Ajay Manickaraj, 2026 Captain (Campbell High School)
• Harith Jayavel, 2025 Captain (Campbell High School)
• Shubham Badve (Wheeler High School)
• Phebe Burroughs-Thebault (Home School)
• Summer Burroughs-Thebault (Homeschool)
2024-2025 Georgia 4-H LifeSmarts Championship Junior Varsity 1st Place Team and National LifeSmarts Championship 1st Place Team.
• Camille Days, Team Captain (Cooper Middle School)
• Rakshath Jayavel (Campbell High School)
• Navin Natarajan (Simpson Middle School)
• Joy Patadia (Durham Middle School)
• Malhar Rajole (JJ Daniel Middle School)
LifeSmarts teaches youth about personal finance, health & safety, the environment, technology & workforce preparation, and consumer rights & responsibilities. LifeSmarts is a program of the National Consumers League (NCL).
Georgia 4-H Northwest District Georgia LifeSmarts Cobb County Schools Georgia 4-H Georgia 4-H Foundation Cobb County Schools
