OTC students have brought home the gold again. The SkillsUSA National Championships were held in Atlanta during the 58th Annual SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference on June 20-24, 2022. Students, teachers, education leaders and representatives from 650 national corporations, trade associations, businesses and labor unions were participants. OTC is proud of and congratulates all our students who took part in the competition.
Three OTC students took top national championship medals in their categories:
| Eric Fausto | Silver | Technical Drafting |
| Parker Lawson | Gold | Advertising Design |
| Nylah Tay Rogers | Gold | Computer Programming |
Five other Eagles also placed at the national competition:
| Ronnie Edwards | 12th | Automotive Services |
| Gabriel Hamlet | 5th | Internetworking |
| Troy Lindsey | 9th | Welding Technology |
| Philip Nelsen | 8th | Diesel Technology |
| Nick Olivia | 9th | HVAC |
More than 60 OTC students brought home medals earlier this year in the annual Southwest Missouri SkillsUSA District Competition. OTC students medaled again at the state SkillsUSA competition held in April, and then went on to compete this month at the SkillsUSA Championships competition.
SkillsUSA is a career and technical student organization serving almost 400,000 student and professional members in trade, technical and skilled service occupations. For more information about SkillsUSA at OTC, please contact Andrea Twyford.