Skills USA honors 23 local students
From left, Isaac Rodriguez, Fred Perez and Alec Purvis took second place, first place and third place respectively in plumbing categories at Skills USA awards ceremony.
Skills USA is a national nonprofit organization that serves teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations, including health occupations. It was formerly known as Vocational Industrial Clubs of America.
After presentations
April 15-16, local Skills USA winners were named in an awards ceremony last week.
The following are the 23 Skills USA winners from the Academy of Career Education high school, 10 of whom are gold winners and will continue on to compete in the 44th annual National SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Conference, June 23-27 in Kansas City, Mo.
Carpentry
- Bronze, Gerardo Cardona
Diesel Equipment Technology
- Gold: Dan Click
- Silver: Josh Snyder
- Bronze: Jose Medina
Power Equipment Technology
- Gold: Tayler Dahlberg
TeamWorks — Carpentry, Masonry, Plumbing and Electrician
- Gold: Derek Delgado, Christina Fielder, Will McMaster and Nicacio Serrano
- Silver: Greg Fleischer, Amanda Howard, Hannah Kilgore and Andrew Stewart
Residential Wiring
- Gold: Mike Fauth
Masonry
- Silver: Jesus Garcia
Architectural Drafting
- Gold: Steven Hansen
- Bronze: Bryce Northwood
Technical Drafting
- Gold: Jesse Lister
- Silver: Mitch Hustadeft
- Bronze: Dean Verling
Plumbing
- Gold: Fred Perez
- Bronze: Alec Purvis
Place Plumbing
- Silver: Isaac Rodriguez
This article appeared originally in Reno Gazette-Journal.
