The SkillsUSA State Leadership & Skills Conference was held Mar. 30 at State Technical College in Linn, Missouri. The conference allows students to put their technical abilities to the test in skilled and written competitions — and once again, OTC students shined. The college had 54 students place in different contest areas, resulting in 34 gold, 20 silver, and 12 bronze — for a grand total of 66 medals.
24 talented OTC students will advance from this competition to the National SkillsUSA Leadership & Skills Conference happening June 19-23 in Atlanta, Georgia: Josh Clingman, Luke Conner, Alyssa Pritchard, Jacob Kuschel, Solomon Counsil, Adam Phillips, J.D. Putnam, Emmaleigh Stone, Brennan McNabb, Memphis Carter, Sawyer Guerin, Franklin Lee, Shawn (Tommy) West, Michael (Gavin) Browning, Corey Scott Davis, Aveline McEntire, Salena Dorland, Apollo Rook, Will Van Hook, Krystal Higdon, Wayne Lyons, Madison Reece, Kirsten Wilson and Mason Price.
SkillsUSA is a career and technical student organization serving more than 393,000 student and professional members in trade, technical and skilled service occupations. For more information about SkillsUSA at OTC, please contact Andrea Twyford.
| Skilled Contest | Name | Place |
| Advertising Design | Josh Clingman | 1st |
| Advertising Design | Isaiah Leak | 2nd |
| Architectural Drafting | Luke Conner | 1st |
| Architectural Drafting | David Walden | 2nd |
| Architectural Drafting | Alyssa Pritchard | 1st |
| Automated Manufacturing Technology (team of 3) | Jacob Kuschel | 1st |
| Automated Manufacturing Technology (team of 3) | Solomon Counsil | 1st |
| Automated Manufacturing Technology (team of 3) | Adam Phillips | 1st |
| Auto Service | J.D. Putnam | 1st |
| Auto Service | Steven Smetana | 3rd |
| Automotive Refinishing | Treyton Townsend | 1st |
| Automotive Refinishing | Dreken Nicholson | 3rd |
| Collision Repair | Nhia Yang | 1st |
| Collision Repair | Max Skobelev | 2nd |
| Computer Programming | Zachery James Smith | 1st |
| Computer Programming | Emmaleigh Stone | 2nd |
| Customer Service | Rachel George | 1st |
| Diesel Equipment | Brennan McNabb | 1st |
| Diesel Equipment | Memphis Carter | 1st |
| Diesel Equipment | Darby Rehm | 3rd |
| Digital Cinema Production Team C | Joey Heintz | 2nd |
| Digital Cinema Production Team C | Mark Heintz | 2nd |
| Engineering Technology Design Team A | Sawyer Guerin | 1st |
| Engineering Technology Design Team A | Franklin Lee | 1st |
| Engineering Technology Design Team A | Shawn (Tommy) West | 1st |
| Heating, Venting, Air Conditioning & Ref. | Michael (Gavin) Browning | 1st |
| Heating, Venting, Air Conditioning & Ref. | Michael Stogsdill | 2nd |
| Heating, Venting, Air Conditioning & Ref. | Ian Northway | 3rd |
| Interactive Video Game Team 2 | Corey Scott Davis | 1st |
| Interactive Video Game Team 2 | Aveline McEntire | 1st |
| I.T. Services | Keagan Halloran | 2nd |
| I.T. Services | Christopher Parnell | 3rd |
| Technical Drafting | Leah Spilman | 2nd |
| Technical Drafting | Jamie Crump | 3rd |
| Telecommunications Cabling | Salena Dorland | 1st |
| Telecommunications Cabling | Alexander Stewart | 2nd |
| Telecommunications Cabling | Brice Sutherland | 2nd |
| TV Production Team A | Apollo Rook | 1st |
| TV Production Team A | Will Van Hook | 1st |
| Video News Production Team A | Krystal Higdon | 1st |
| Video News Production Team A | Wayne Lyons | 1st |
| Video News Production Team A | Madison Reece | 1st |
| Video News Production Team A | Kirsten Wilson | 1st |
| Web Design & Development Team G | Chloe Gertner | 2nd |
| Web Design & Development Team G | Marcus Henry | 2nd |
| Web Design & Development Team A | Chris de Leon | 2nd |
| Web Design & Development Team A | Benjamin Filipenko | 2nd |
| Web Design & Development Team B | Landon Brewer | 3rd |
| Web Design & Development Team B | Lucas Stephens | 3rd |
| Welding Technology | Mason Price | 1st |
| Tech Info Contest | Name | Place |
| Architectural Drafting | Karli Hedge | 2nd |
| Architectural Drafting | Connor Trokey | 3rd |
| Architectural Drafting | Luke Conner | 2nd |
| Architectural Drafting | Rachel George | 3rd |
| Auto Service | Jesse Howard | 1st |
| Computer Networking | Alexander Stewart | 1st |
| Computer Networking | Christopher Parnell | 2nd |
| Diesel Equipment | Darby Rehm | 1st |
| Diesel Equipment | Brennan McNabb | 1st |
| Intro to Drafting | David Walden | 1st |
| Intro to Drafting | Jamie Crump | 1st |
| Intro to Drafting | Leah Spilman | 2nd |
| Television Video Production | Madison Reece | 1st |
| Television Video Production | Joey Heintz | 2nd |
| Television Video Production | Kirsten Wilson | 3rd |
| Welding | Emelia Schmidt | 3rd |