In September, Emily Annexstad, ’20, will end her reign as the 64th Princess Kay of the Milky Way. Annexstad, who grew up on a dairy farm in St. Peter, Minnesota, is a 4-H veteran who showed her first calf at the Nicollet County Fair at age 6. Today, she’s studying animal science and agricultural communications at the U. 

Public appearances as Princess Kay: 80

Counties visited: 27

Dairy farm families represented: 3,000

Pounds of butter used to carve likeness: 90

Favorite dairy product: chocolate milk

U of M scholarships: 9