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Nebraska Beef Passport hall of fame

congratulations Beef passport champions!

There are people who enjoy beef and then there are Beef Passport Champions! The Nebraska Beef Passport Hall of Fame is a salute to those who have travelled the state to sink their teeth into the juiciest,  tastiest, most mouthwatering burgers & steaks Nebraska has to offer.

Nebraska Beef Passport
Hall of Fame

Beef Passport Hall of Fame members have earned 30 check-ins or more during the course of a Nebraska Beef Passport season.

2024 Grand Prize Winners:

  • Sherron Chard - Columbus, NE
  • BettyLou Lang - Lincoln, NE


2024 CAMPAIGN RESULTS 

  • Number of Activated Passports: 1,260 
  • Number of Check-ins: 1,970 
  • Number of prize redemptions: 100+     
  • Participants Collecting 30+ check-ins: 18    
  • Number of Communities Represented: 138     

2024 inductees

Name / City / # of check-ins collected

SARA RICHARDS - RED CLOUD (76) 
YOLANDA HANES - MCCOOK (58)
Gale Hanes - Culbertson (55)
CANDACE HANES - LINCOLN (52)
BETTY LOU LANG - LINCOLN (50) 
WILLIAM LANG - LINCOLN (50)
LORI MCLANE - HASTINGS (45)
JEFF FITZKE - JUNIATA (44)
DEB ECKLUND - ATKINSON (42)

JOHN ECKLUND - ATKINSON (42)
Christina Ecklund - Manchester, United Kingdom (42)
HEIDI COLVIN - RIVERTON (38)
James Richards - Red Cloud (35)
EDDIE COLVIN - RIVERTON (34)
Susan Philbin - Omaha (33)
Ron Svacina - Kearney (33)
Diana Svacina - Kearney (33)
Vaughn Sievers - LEXINGTON (32) 

2023 INDUCTEES

NAME / CITY / # OF CHECK-INS COLLECTED

SARA RICHARDS - RED CLOUD (102)
HEIDI COLVIN - RIVERTON (63)
CANDACE HANES - LINCOLN (54)
DEB ECKLUND - ATKINSON (46)
JOHN ECKLUND - ATKINSON (45)
BETTYLOU LANG - LINCOLN (43)
WILLIAM LANG - LINCOLN (43) 
LORI MCLANE - HASTINGS (37)

JEFF FITZKE - JUNIATA (36)
DONNIE ASHLEY - LEXINGTON (31)
Diana Svacina - Kearney (31)
Ron Svacina - Kearney (31)
ANGELA ASHLEY - LEXINGTON (30)   
JAMES RICHARDS - RED CLOUD (30)
Eddie Colvin - Riverton (30)
Yolanda Hanes - McCook (30)

2022 INDUCTEES

NAME / CITY / # OF CHECK-INS COLLECTED

DEB ECKLUND - ATKINSON (44)
JOHN ECKLUND - ATKINSON (44)
SARA RICHARDS - RED CLOUD (40) 
NICK LUCAS - HOLBROOK (37) 
TRAVIS LANE - STROMSBURG (34)
JIM BUNCH - LINCOLN (33)
JEFF FITZKE - JUNIATA (32) 
LORI MCLANE - HASTINGS (32)
BETTYLOU LANG - LINCOLN (31)
WILLIAM LANG - LINCOLN (31)

ALLEN FALES - BROKEN BOW (31)
VEDAH FALES - BROKEN BOW (31)
ZACHARY ZYSSET - LINCOLN (30)
KIM SCOVILLE - ELWOOD (30)
STEVE SCOVILLE - ELWOOD (30)
CANDACE HANES - LINCOLN (30)
JASON SCHNEIDER - AURORA (30)
CURT ERICSON - OSCEOLA (30)
SUZIE ERICSON - OSCEOLA (30)
DANE CHRISTENSEN - CENTRAL CITY (30)