The Washington International Horse Show named Jenna Zimmerman, 16, of Great Falls, a rising senior at Langley High School, as the 2017 Youth Ambassador, and to welcome 26 local teens attending schools in Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. to serve on the 2017 WIHS Junior Committee presented by Signature Academics.

At Langley, Zimmerman is involved in extracurricular activities including National Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society and Best Buddies. She has been a member of the Junior Committee for three years and qualified to show at the Washington International Horse Show for the past four years competing in the Children's and Junior Hunters with her horses Valente and Buttoned Up. The 59th Annual Washington International Horse Show will be held Oct. 24-29, 2017, at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit wihs.org.