Recently, Mid-America Technology Center students competed at the annual Oklahoma SkillsUSA Skills Championships and Leadership Conference held in Tulsa. These students joined others from across Oklahoma to compete in more than 100 contests.

The MATC students who placed on the state level are as follows:

Blanchard:     Tristen Fleck, Gold – Engineering Technology Design (team event), Pre-Engineering          

Bridge Creek:       Carsyn Roe, Gold – Horticulture, Horticulture Technician

                              Joshua Kernop, Gold – Web Design & Development (team event), Cyber Security

Foster:      Dusti Grossnicklaus, Gold – Extemporaneous Speaking (postsecondary),

                  Horticulture Technician  

Goldsby:   Cadence Harris, Silver – Floral Design (postsecondary), Horticulture

                  Technician

Lexington:      Turner King, Gold – Horticulture (postsecondary), Horticulture

                        Technician

Lindsay:       McKenna Largent, Bronze – Horticulture, Horticulture Technician

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           

Noble:     Emma Birch, Gold – Customer Service, Horticulture Technician

                 Rykelle Harris, Bronze – Cabinet Making (postsecondary), Residential

                 Carpentry  

Pauls Valley:   Maisy Lewis, Gold – Barbering, Cosmetologist

                          Eric Thompson, Silver – Sheet Metal, Residential HVAC Technician   

Purcell:     Kylee Field, Gold – Esthetics, Cosmetologist

                  Avery Miller, Gold – Horticulture, Horticulture Technician

                  Gabriella Kolsky, Silver – Floral Design, Horticulture Technician

Washington:         Aly Hobbs, Gold – Floral Design, Horticulture Technician

Wayne:     Braden McClendon, Silver – Zero Turning Radius Mower, Building &

                  Property Maintenance

Wynnewood:      Lydia Moore, Gold – Engineering Technology Design (team event),

                           Pre-Engineering      

            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 19^th through June 23^rd in Atlanta, Georgia.

            MATC 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.

If you are currently looking for exciting classes for high school and adult students, quality business and industry training, or a new career, Mid-America Technology Center invites you to call us for more information at 405.449.3391 or visit us online at www.matech.edu.