Press Release: Maryland Career & Technology Student Organization Wins 22 Medals At National Leadership And Skills Conference
More Than Half of Maryland Competitors Finish in National Top Ten
For Immediate Release Contact: William Reinhard, 410-767-0486
Baltimore, MD (June 30, 2015)
Maryland’s SkillsUSA delegation brought home 22 medals from the 50th Annual National Leadership and Skills Conference, held in Louisville, KY, last week.
A team of the state’s most talented Career and Technology Education (CTE) high school students showcased their skills in 89 career and technical competitions. Demonstrating exemplary CTE training, Maryland students challenged 6,000 other student champions from all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
Maryland students competing in Electrical Construction Wiring, Graphic Communications, Industrial Motor Control, and T-Shirt Design are officially among the best in the nation, returning with gold medals. Silver medals were awarded to students in Basic Health Care Skills, Dental Assisting, Early Childhood Education, First Aid/CPR, Interactive Application and Game Development, Major Appliance and Refrigeration Technology, Principles of Engineering and Technology and Promotional Bulletin Board. Bronze medals were awarded in Commercial Baking, Digital Cinema Production, Humanoid Robotics and Job Skill Demonstration.
SkillsUSA Maryland has a statewide membership of 5,100 high school students. Members have consistently demonstrated their expertise and professionalism while participating throughout the year in a variety of leadership and competitive conferences.
The Maryland State Department of Education, in cooperation with business, industry, and education partners, coordinates two annual statewide conferences to prepare students for this rigorous national competition.
Maryland CTE students representing 23 counties and Baltimore City competed at the 2014 SkillsUSA State Championships held at Anne Arundel Community Television, Anne Arundel County Fire Training Academy, Center of Applied Technology North, CCBC Catonsville, Conference Center at the Maritime Institute of Technology, Earlbeck Gases and Technologies, Lincoln Culinary Institute, North County High School, Printing Specialist Corporation and Stevenson University.
The following students finished the national challenge with outstanding accomplishments:
Gold Medal – Electrical Construction Wiring
Nicholas Wiegand, North Point High School for Science, Technology and Industry - Charles County
Gold Medal – Graphic Communications
Chandler Kerr, Center of Applied Technology North – Anne Arundel County
Gold Medal – Industrial Motor Control
Ryan Tauber, Center of Applied Technology North – Anne Arundel County
Gold Medal – T-Shirt Design
Olivia Hurley, Carroll County Career and Technology Center – Carroll County
Silver Medal – Basic Health Care Skills
Jessica Bryant, Frederick County Career and Technology Center – Frederick County
Silver Medal – Dental Assisting
Gabrielle Brianna Cory, Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center – St. Mary’s County
Silver Medal – Early Childhood Education
Alyssa Gonnella, North Point High School for Science, Technology and Industry – Charles County
Silver Medal – First Aid / CPR
Sydney Currie, Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center – St. Mary’s County
Silver Medal – Interactive Application and Game Development
Phillip Edwards, Issiah Manns, Kells McDonald III, Western School of Technology and Environmental Science – Baltimore County
Silver Medal – Major Appliance and Refrigeration Technology
Kyle Fields, Worcester Technical High School – Worcester County
Silver Medal – Principles of Engineering and Technology
Lindsay Kremer, Worcester Technical High School – Worcester County
Silver Medal – Promotional Bulletin Board
Sarah Alexander, Rachel Engle, Clare Mare, Carroll County Career and Technology Center – Carroll County
Bronze Medal – Commercial Baking
Josephine Wolfe, Center of Applied Technology North – Anne Arundel County
Bronze Medal – Digital Cinema Production
Casey Fair, Timothy Petrie, Carroll County Career and Technology Center – Carroll County
Bronze Medal – Humanoid Robotics
Mark Goff, Allan Hitchcock, Frederick County Career and Technology Center – Frederick County
Bronze Medal – Job Skill Demonstration A
William Oller, Center of Applied Technology North – Anne Arundel County
4th Place – Automotive Service Technology
Jordan Bergeson-Keller, Center of Applied Technology South – Anne Arundel County
4th Place – Nurse Assisting
Elizabeth Cordeiro, Frederick County Career and Technology Center – Frederick County
4th Place – Prepared Speech
Laila Mirza, Worcester Technical High School – Worcester County
5th Place – Internetworking
Marc Alvin Al-OS, Center of Applied Technology South – Anne Arundel County
5th Place – TeamWorks
Ryan Compton, Austin Craig, Madison Craumer, Ben Demetrakis, Carroll County Career and Technology Center – Carroll County
5th Place – Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Jerel Davis, Parkside High School/CTE– Wicomico County
5th Place – Photography
Lili Flowers, Washington County Technical High School - Washington County
5th Place – Medical Assisting
Justin Knotts, Frederick County Career and Technology Center - Frederick County
5th Place – Web Design
Nicolas Koski, Jason Herlth, Caroline County Career and Technology Center – Caroline County
5th Place – Community Service
Leah Pennington, Alyssa Raqueno, Jenna Williams, North Point High School for Science,Technology and Industry – Charles County
5th Place – Community Action Project
Lily Ricks, Adam Taylor, Worcester Technical High School – Worcester County
6th Place – 3-D Visualization and Animation
Connor Calder, Hunter Dopkin, Applications and Research Laboratory – Howard County
6th Place – Welding Fabrication
Sean Duvall, Dustin Hahn, Garrett Murphy, Frederick County Career and Technology Center – Frederick County
6th Place – Outstanding Chapter
Erin Green, Sarah Jones, Maya Kidane, North Point High School for Science, Technology and Industry – Charles County
6th Place – Firefighting
Jason Harris, Calvert Career and Technology Academy – Calvert County
6th Place – Pin Design
Marc Lazaga - Carroll County Career and Technology Center – Carroll County
6th Place – Aviation Maintenance Technology
Stephen Scott Topolski III, Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center – St. Mary’s County
7th Place – Quiz Bowl
James Atkins, Skye Corbin, Luke Gibson, Loel Rogers, Dennis Whitley IV, North Point High School for Science, Technology and Industry – Charles County
7th Place – Crime Scene Investigation
Bethany Bowman, Dylan McCabe, Stephanie McCarter, North Point High School for Science, Technology and Industry – Charles County
7th Place – Medical Terminology
Cody Bistline, Carroll County Career and Technology Center – Carroll County
7th Place – Health Occupations Professional Portfolio
Alivia Fogle, Frederick County Career and Technology Center – Frederick County
7th Place – Welding Sculpture
Daphine Henderson, North Point High School for Science, Technology and Industry – Charles County
7th Place – Nail Care
Lynn Le, Thomas Edison High School of Technology – Montgomery County
7th Place – Medical Math
Daniel Moyer, Worcester Technical High School – Worcester County
7th Place – Sheet Metal
Timothy Tenney, Center of Applied Technology South – Anne Arundel County
8th Place – Graphic Imaging-Sublimation
Kiri Hanekamp, Center for Career and Technical Education – Allegany County
8th Place – Action Skills
Austin Nicholson, Center of Applied Technology North – Anne Arundel County
8th Place – Nail Care
Mercedes Smith, Center of Applied Technology South – Anne Arundel County
9th Place – Career Pathways – Health Services
Suha Ansari, North Point High School for Science, Technology and Industry – Charles County
9th Place – Entrepreneurship
Alyssa Barefield, Mariah Goeres, Valerie Roberts, Dominique Wiscovitch, Carroll County
Career and Technology Center – Carroll County
9th Place – Career Pathways – Industrial and Engineering Technology
Meya Chilengi, Monica McInerney, Barrett Moncure, Worcester Technical High School – Worcester County
9th Place – Esthetics
Zoey De La Cruz, Laurel High School – Prince Georges’s County
9th Place – Culinary Arts
Khori Eubanks, Center of Applied Technology North – Anne Arundel County
10th Place – Related Technical Math
Ian Waggoner, Worcester Technical High School - Worcester County
10th Place – Automotive Refinishing Technology
Adam Weber, Dorchester Career and Technology Center – Dorchester County
For more information about Career Technology Education and SkillsUSA, please contact Charles Wallace, State Director, Maryland State Department of Education at 410-767-8872. You can also visit the Maryland State Department of Education’s website at http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/careertech/career_technology or visit the official SkillsUSA Maryland website at www.mdskillsusa.org.
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