Crowder students quality for Skills USA national conference

(From Crowder College)

Crowder College students in high school (secondary) and college (post) programs competed in the state Skills USA competition with several scoring gold and qualifying for the national conference to be held June 24-28, in Atlanta.

The students earning gold who are competing include:

Mechatronics Secondary:

Calvin Zuniga - Crowder
Hasler Lopez – McDonald County HS

Mechatronics - Post:

Christopher Alexander - Joplin
Coy Harper - Exeter

Medical Terminology - Secondary:

Allyson Fry – McDonald County HS

Welding Fabrication Team - Post:

Austin Popovits - Branson
Tyler Kinsley - Carl Junction
Blake Irwin – Sarcoxie

The following students participated in the state competition. Some contests do not have a national competition, but students earned gold scores at the state level. Those students include:

Criminal Justice Quiz Bowl: Secondary

Abigail Alvarez-Perez (Neosho HS) Gold
Sarai Alvarez-Perez (Neosho HS) Gold
Alex Henry (Neosho HS) Gold
Kohlman Wilson (Seneca HS) Gold
Wyatt Crum (Seneca HS) Gold

Diesel Equipment Tech Information - Post

Levi Leavitt (Pierce City) Gold
Nicholas Stephens (Seneca) Gold
Bryant Arias (Carthage) Silver

Mechatronics - Post

Jonathon Bopp - (Neosho) Silver
Jairo Lara (Duenweg) Silver

Mobile Electronics Installation - Post

Chris Ibarra (Monett) Silver

Diesel Equipment Tech Information - Secondary

Alex Jones (McDonald County HS) - Silver

Power Equipment Technology - Post

Ethan Moore (Purdy) - Silver

Welding Technical Information - Post

Austin Popovits (Branson) - silver

Computer Networking Tech Information - Secondary

Kaleb Shore (Neosho HS) - Silver

Criminal Justice - Secondary

Kohlman Wilson (Seneca HS) – Silver

Career & Technical Education Center (CTEC): Crowder College serves the five area school districts and homeschool students in Diamond, East Newton, McDonald County, Neosho, and Seneca by providing technical education courses while they are in high school. The students are able to continue their education or enter the workforce with credentials in a variety of fields. For more information go to: https://www.crowder.edu/academics/ctec/

SkillsUSA information: SkillsUSA is the #1 workforce development organization for students. We empower students to become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members.

Representing nearly 400,000 career and technical education students and teachers.