Mid-America Technology Center students competed at the annual Oklahoma SkillsUSA Skills Championships and Leadership Conference recently held in Tulsa.
These students joined others from across Oklahoma to compete in more than 100 contests.
The Newcastle-area MATC students who placed on the state level are as follows:
Bridge Creek
Carsyn Roe, Gold – Horticulture, Horticulture Technician Joshua Kernop, Gold – Web Design & Development (team event), Cyber Security
Newcastle
Nicole Aderhold, Gold – Floral Design (postsecondary), Horticulture Technician Ashlyn Ward, Gold – Engineering Technology Design (team event), Pre-Engineering Trinity Hulsey, Gold – Web Design & Development (team event), Cyber Security Noah Dawson, Bronze – Sheet Metal, Residential HVAC Technician MATC students Emma Birch, Kylee Field, Tristen Fleck, Dusti Grossnicklaus, Maisy Lewis, Lydia Moore, and Ashlyn Ward will be competing in their respective contests at the National SkillsUSA Leadership Conference and Championships, June 19th through June 23 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mid-America Technology Center also has two SkillsUSA Oklahoma State Officers who will be attending this conference. Dusti Grossnicklaus will be running for the position of SkillsUSA College/ Post-secondary National Officer, and Tyler Romash, Historian, will be an Oklahoma delegate.
SkillsUSA is a national student organization that encourages students to develop career and leadership skills. The organization is affiliated with Oklahoma CareerTech System trade and industry education programs offered in high schools and technology centers across the state.
