Multiple Ozarks Technical Community College students placed and earned medals at the annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference, held virtually June 7-17. During the event, more than 6,500 career and technical education students competed in 107 different trade, technical, and leadership fields. OTC had thirteen national competitors this year, and all of them finished in the top 20. 

The following OTC students won championship medals: 

 

Gold 

Cooper Boyce  Advertising Design 
Teofil Iacob  Collision Repair Technology 
Gabriel Hamlet  Telecommunications Cabling 
Hieu Dang and Nylah Rogers Web Design 

 

Silver 

Lance Garrison                                  Internetworking 
Eric Fausto                                 Technical Drafting 

 

Bronze 

Tanner Wells                                                          Automotive Service Technology 

 

Additional OTC students who competed and placed in the competition: 

Shannon Buffington, 8th Place            Architectural Drafting 
Kameron Kivett, 6th Place            Automotive Refinishing Technology 
John Yudin, 4th Place            Automotive Refinishing Technology (HS) 
Jacob Angel, 18th Place            Computer Programming (HS) 
Aaron Young, 4th Place            Computer Programming 

 

This fall, OTC will have its first-ever National SkillsUSA officer on campus. Christopher Anderson, a drafting and design student installed as an officer during the ceremony, will be transferring to OTC in the coming semester. 

SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization working to ensure America has a skilled workforce. Serving middle school, high school, college students and adult professionals since 1965, SkillsUSA has more than 400,000 student and professional members. For more information, visit SkillsUSA.org.Â