LUBBOCK, Texas — When it comes to campus businesses, Texas Tech’s Raider Red Meats is a cut above the rest, and the woman in charge is getting a well-deserved honor.

Kiersten Atkinson, the sales manager at Raider Red Meats, has been selected as one of the first-ever "30 Under 30" award recipients by the Texas Tech Davis College of Agricultural Sciences. The new awards recognize thirty agricultural alumni under 30 years of age for their achievements and impact on the industry.

Atkinson is a 2017 graduate of the Texas Tech Meat Science program. Her passion for the industry began even before her time at the university. "I went to junior college first at Clarion College before I transferred on to Texas Tech," she said, "where I majored in meat science and was on the meat judging program and

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