Neosho, MO – 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.
