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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.

2026 Grand Prize Winners:

  • Dr. Beth Holloway - Atkinson


2026 CAMPAIGN RESULTS 

  • Number of Activated Passports: 1,300+ 
  • Number of Check-ins: 1,600+ 
  • Number of prize redemptions: over 150     
  • Participants Collecting 30+ check-ins: 13       

2026 inductees

Name / City / # of check-ins collected

BETTY LOU LANG - LINCOLN (65)  
WILLIAM LANG - LINCOLN (65)
Tabitha Cassidy - Omaha (65)
Taylor Cassidy - Omaha (65)
CANDACE HANES - LINCOLN (47)
DEB ECKLUND - ATKINSON (47)
JOHN ECKLUND - ATKINSON (39)

VICKIE PRINCE - PIERCE (32) 
YOLANDA MATSON - MCCOOK (31)
Sara Richards - Red Cloud (31)
Rickie Scholl - Lincoln (30
Ron Svacina - Kearney (30)
Diana Svacina - Kearney (30)



2025 INDUCTEES

NAME / CITY / # OF CHECK-INS COLLECTED

BETTYLOU LANG - LINCOLN (59)
WILLIAM LANG - LINCOLN (58)
Tabitha Cassidy - Omaha (58)
Taylor Cassidy - Omaha (58)
DEB ECKLUND - ATKINSON (40)
JOHN ECKLUND - ATKINSON (40)
LORI MCLANE - HASTINGS (32)
CANDACE HANES - LINCOLN (32)
Vickie Prince - Pierce (32)

SUSAN PHILBIN - OMAHA (33)
DAVE TESAREK - MURRAY (31)
NEIL RITZ - NORFOLK (31)
DAVE HAYES - OMAHA (31)
JOANN TESAREK - MURRAY (30)
ZACH TESAREK - MURRAY (30)
ALICIA MORRISON - NEBRASKA CITY (30) KEITH MORRISON - NEBRASKA CITY (30)

2024 INDUCTEES

NAME / CITY / # OF CHECK-INS COLLECTED

SARA RICHARDS - RED CLOUD (76)
Yolanda Hanes - MCook (58)
Gale Hanes - Culbertson (55)
CANDACE HANES - LINCOLN (52)
BETTYLOU 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, UK (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)