Students representing the various technical programs of Ozarks Technical Community College brought home a total of 10 medals from the National SkillsUSA competition, held recently in Kansas City, Mo. OTC’s students brought home seven first-place medals, one second-place medal, and two third-place medals; an additional 15 students placed in the competition.
This year’s event included more than 5,600 students competing in 94 different trade, technical and leadership fields. The results for Ozarks Technical Community College’s students are as follows:
1st – Lee Futter – Computer Programming
1st – Michael Dube, Michael Leeper – Video Product Development
1st – Gage Rudick, Brad Voelker, Makenzie Hickam, Trent Johnson – Broadcast News Production
2nd – Mark Dandurand – Culinary Arts
3rd – Kyle Hammett, Michael Young – Audio-Radio Production
4th – Chris Greene, Jillian Mackey – Television (Video) Production
6th – Richard Matti, Jr. – Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
6th – Lacey Montgomery – Basic Health Care
7th – Nathan Frazo – Commercial Baking
7th – Josh Williams, Karey Stewart – 3-D Visualization and Animation
9th – Cody Martin – Collision Repair Technology
10th – Glen Noel – Technical Computer Applications
17th – Jessica DeMalia – Collision Repair Technology
18th – Jim Bowlin, Tyler Dudley, Jesse Hunziger – Welding Fabrication
19th – Victor Mitchell – Industrial Motor Control
19th – Ben King – Industrial Motor Control
SkillsUSA is a national organization serving trade, industrial, technical and health occupation students in public high schools, career and technical centers and two-year colleges. SkillsUSA has more than 300,000 student and professional members annually, organized into more than 13,000 chapters.
Contributors
Mark Miller
College Director of Communication
Phone: 417.447.2655
Email: millerm@otc.edu
Laura French
Coordinator of Public Information
Phone: 417.447.2659
Email: frenchl@otc.edu
