SkillsUSA gold medal

Students representing the technical programs of Ozarks Technical Community College brought home 65 medals from the SkillsUSA state competition, held April 4-5 on the campus of State Technical College of Missouri in Linn. Nearly 100 OTC students participated the event, where thousands of technical education students from across the state competed in a variety of categories including graphic communications, culinary arts, television production, computer programming and welding fabrication.

SkillsUSA is a national organization that serves teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations, including health occupations.

The secondary and post-secondary winners from the statewide competition are listed below. The first-place winners are eligible to advance to the SkillsUSA national competition, which will be held in June in Louisville, Kentucky. Those students are also eligible to receive a $1,000 scholarship provided by the college, which is renewable for up to four semesters.

Name Division Contest Place
Haylee Ball Post-Secondary Television Production Tech. Info. 1st
Dylan Buehler Post-Secondary Computer Programming 1st
Anne Carroll Post-Secondary Architectural Drafting 1st
Sarah Cornell Post-Secondary Audio/Radio Production 1st
Noah Davidson Post-Secondary Broadcast News Production 1st
Jason Dollarhite Post-Secondary Carpentry Tech. Info. 1st
Chase Elliott Post-Secondary Digital Cinema Production 1st
Adam Fields Post-Secondary Automotive Service Technology 1st
Thomas France Post-Secondary Broadcast News Production 1st
Cody Friend Post-Secondary Audio/Radio Production 1st
Devin Gieselman Post-Secondary Automotive Refinishing Technology 1st
Carissa Hurt Post-Secondary Web Design 1st
Kylea James Post-Secondary Broadcast News Production 1st
Mehala Keller Post-Secondary Prepared Speech 1st
Ryan Mackey Post-Secondary Web Design 1st
Abby Mitchell Post-Secondary Advertising Design 1st
Mikayla Preston Post-Secondary Architecture: Drafting Tech Info 1st
Travis Richardson Post-Secondary Technical Drafting 1st
Hank Ryan Post-Secondary Welding 1st
Robert “Bo” Shore Post-Secondary Digital Cinema Production 1st
Sevanna Trujillo Post-Secondary Commercial Baking 1st
Dana Van Wolput Post-Secondary Restaurant Service 1st
Clint Weems Post-Secondary Intro to Drafting Tech. Info. 1st
Deacon Williams Post-Secondary Broadcast News Production 1st
Todd Neal Secondary Welding Technical Information 1st
Ethan Russell Secondary Television Production Tech. Info. 1st
Mikayla Storr Secondary Architecture: Drafting Tech Info 1st
Haylee Ball Post-Secondary Television (Video) Production 2nd
Luke Bradshaw Post-Secondary Television (Video) Production 2nd
Jason Dollarhite Post-Secondary Carpentry 2nd
James Horton Post-Secondary Computer Programming 2nd
Kylea James Post-Secondary Television Production Tech. Info. 2nd
William Rhodes Post-Secondary Architectural Drafting 2nd
William Rhodes Post-Secondary Architecture: Drafting Tech Info 2nd
Hank Ryan Post-Secondary Welding Technical Information 2nd
Wesley Smith Post-Secondary Advertising Design 2nd
Gretchen Wright Post-Secondary Commercial Baking 2nd
Joseph Brosam Secondary Web Design 2nd
Jeremy Crow Secondary HVACR 2nd
Isaac Hoffman Secondary Web Design 2nd
Blake Kyle Secondary Automotive Service Technology 2nd
Jeremy Long Secondary Broadcast News Production 2nd
Victoria Lopez-Juarez Secondary Broadcast News Production 2nd
Todd Neal Secondary Welding 2nd
Ethan Scott Secondary Broadcast News Production 2nd
Hannah White Secondary Broadcast News Production 2nd
Abel Cojocaru Post-Secondary Collision Repair Technology 3rd
Adam Fields Post-Secondary Auto Service Tech. Info. 3rd
Kyler Gray Post-Secondary Automotive Service Technology 3rd
Ronald Groves Post-Secondary Welding Technical Information 3rd
Hayden Major Post-Secondary Automated Manufacturing Technology 3rd
Joseph Murphy Post-Secondary Information Technology Services 3rd
Joseph Murphy Post-Secondary Computer Networking Tech. Info. 3rd
Jesse Nash Post-Secondary Automated Manufacturing Technology 3rd
Charles Oney Post-Secondary Intro to Drafting Tech. Info. 3rd
Michael Pettit Post-Secondary Automotive Refinishing Technology 3rd
Travis Richardson Post-Secondary Architecture: Drafting Tech Info 3rd
Connor Riland Post-Secondary Automated Manufacturing Technology 3rd
Joe Sutton Post-Secondary HVACR 3rd
Jane Tallman Post-Secondary Welding Technical Information 3rd
Lillian Cunningham Secondary Customer Service 3rd
Kaleb Harris Secondary Collision Repair Technology 3rd
Destiny Martin Secondary Television (Video) Production 3rd
Aaron Neal Secondary CNC Technician 3rd
Ethan Russell Secondary Television (Video) Production 3rd