Each year WSU Tech has representatives from many of our programs compete in SkillsUSA. We are proud to announce that at the 2016 Kansas state competition WSU Tech walked away with 12 gold medals, from 11 WSU Tech students, 8 silver medals and 3 bronze medals. From these results 11 WSU Tech students will be sent to the SkillsUSA National Competition in June, held in Louisville, Kentucky.
Help us congratulate the following students:
High School Competitions:
Aviation Maintenance
Parker Fredrickson – GOLD
John Cipra – SILVER
Travis Cooley – BRONZE
Criminal Justice
Jacob Hall – GOLD
Kaitlin Ayres – SILVER
Post-Secondary Competitions:
Architectural Design
Emily Daily – GOLD
Automated Manufacturing Technology
(Team) Tyler Koch, Joseph Shaffer, William Tate – GOLD
Auto Service Technology
Elias Nicholson – GOLD
Aviation Maintenance
Neil McDonald – GOLD
Josh Metz – SILVER
Bryan Cox – Bronze
Crime Scene Investigation
(Team) Kailyn Carter, Yamile Rocha – SILVER
Criminal Justice
Dakota Kidd – GOLD
HVACR
Nicholas Klaassen – BRONZE
Precision Machining
Technical Drafting
Brendan McBride – GOLD
Lance Woods – SILVER
Welding
Welding Sculpture
Zedaki Hadley – GOLD
Justin Miller – SILVER
Leadership Competition:
Job Interview
Tyler Koch – GOLD (Tyler is choosing to compete in Automated Manufacturing competition at Nationals)
WSU Tech also earned awards for having the largest Post-Secondary Skills USA chapter in the state of Kansas, and a bronze award for Increased Membership (24 new members over last year).
SkillsUSA serves students enrolled in career and technical education training programs at our Kansas public high schools and colleges. The organization today has 79 school chapters, and serves more than 3,600 members annually. More than 142 instructors and administrators are professional members of SkillsUSA. Members of SkillsUSA are known in their schools and communities as leaders and skilled professionals in training. (Skillsusakansas.org)
