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Wallace State students win 26 medals at Alabama SkillsUSA competition
By Special to the Cullman Tribune,
17 days ago
HANCEVILLE, Ala. – Wallace State Community College brought home 26 medals from the 2024 Alabama State Leadership and SkillsUSA Championships held this week in Mobile, with two-thirds of those being gold medals in 12 of 18 categories.
Eighteen students earned gold medals during the competition, earning the opportunity to compete at the SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference (NLSC) June 24-28 in Atlanta. Five students earned silver and three earned bronze.
“SkillsUSA is a great training ground for our students,” said Jerry Murks, dean of applied technologies at Wallace State. “They take what they’ve learned in the classroom and lab and put that to test in competitions where they use critical thinking skills to adjust and change as needed. These are skills that they will take with them into the workforce and use in their chosen careers.”
Some of the winners from Wallace State Community College at the 2024 Alabama State Leadership and SkillsUSA Championships include from left Mason Parker, bronze in CNC 3-Axis Milling Programmer; Bradley Burden, gold in Carpentry; Jared Smith, gold in Related Technical Math; Logan Caldwell, gold in CNC Programmer; Samuel Wheeler, silver in CNC 2-Axis Turning. (Wallace State)
Gold medal winners include:
Carpentry – Bradley Burden or Hartselle
CNC Programmer – Logan Caldwell of Cullman
Commercial Drone – Hannah Watts of Jasper and Landon Holmes of Cullman
Crime Scene Investigation – Braden Tuttle of Oneonta, Sophia Wright of Warrior and Jonathan Zepedatrejo of Cullman
Criminal Justice – Kaiden Vandegriff of Remlap
Diesel Equipment Technology – Zachary Rooker of Hanceville
Esthetics – Kyndall Winters of Nauvoo
Mobile Robotic Technology – Justin Ruth and Zach Hudson, both of Hanceville
Related Technical Math – Jared Smith of Falkville
Robotics and Automation Technology – Avielle Shadrick of Cullman and Andrew Cooper of Odenville
Robotics: Urban Search and Rescue – Isaac Daniel of Holly Pond and Graham Gilbreath of Cullman
Technical Computer Applications – Jennifer Jester of Cullman
Silver medal winners include:
CNC 2-Axis Turning – Samuel Wheeler of Cullman
Cyber Security – Zachary Teal of Oneonta and Clayton Kubler of Cullman
Esthetics – Leslie Rushing of Crane Hill
Job Skill Demonstration A – Ally Banks of Cullman
Bronze medal winners include:
CNC 3-Axis Milling Programmer – Mason Parker of Cullman
Customer Service – Davie Thomas of Cullman
HVAC – Daniel Hostetler of Joppa
Wallace State student Bradley Burden of Hartselle competes in the Carpentry competition at the 2024 Alabama State Leadership and SkillsUSA Championships, in which he won a gold medal. (Wallace State)
The Crime Scene Investigation team from Wallace State Community College earned a gold medal at the 2024 Alabama State Leadership and SkillsUSA Championships. Pictured from left are Jonathan Zepedatrejo, Braden Tuttle, instructor Thea Hall and Sophia Wright. (Wallace State)
Wallace State Criminal Justice student Kaiden Vandegriff, right, and instructor Brandi Parker celebrate the gold medal Vandegriff earned in Criminal Justice at the 2024 Alabama State Leadership and SkillsUSA Championships.
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