“KCCC Students Compete in SkillsUSA Regional & Super Regional Competitions”

Mount Vernon, OH- Knox County Career Center (KCCC) students competed in
SkillsUSA Regional and Super Regional competitions recently.

SkillsUSA is one of KCCC’s Career Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) in which
our students compete and participate in. KCCC had 19 students compete in the SkillsUSA
Regional and Super Regional competitions, in which 9 of them qualified for the SkillsUSA State
competition on March 18th.

KCCC will have 17 students competing at the SkillsUSA State competition–9 from the
regional and super regional competitions and 8 more students who are competing in
“straight-to-state” SkillsUSA competitions (did not have to qualify in a regional or super regional
competition).

Joe LaFevre, KCCC’s SkillsUSA Co-Advisor, said, “We are proud of all of our students
who competed in the competition and are honored to go represent the Knox County Career
Center at the SkillsUSA State competition.”

Matt Russo, KCCC’s other SkillsUSA Co-Advisor, added, “This is an excellent
opportunity for students to represent our school and showcase the skills and abilities they have
developed during their time in their lab.”

The following students competed in SkillsUSA Regional and Super Regional
competitions but did not advance to the state competition: Payton Peters, Ella Bouton, Rylei
Schulties, Jonathan Cunningham, Landon Pfleiderer, Ethan Moore, Jay Stapleton, Wayde
Denuit, Adiel Bressi, and Dalton Curtis.

SkillsUSA Regional & Super Regional Results (State Qualifiers):
Gracelynn Parrish (Collision Repair Technology)
4th place
Collision Repair
Evan Williams (CNC-Axis Milling Programmer)
Silver
Precision Machining
Keith Rogers (CNC-Axis Milling Programmer)
4th place
Precision Machining
Ana Pore (Job Skill Demonstration OPEN)
4th place
Individualized Career Exploration (I.C.E.)
Alyssa Higgs (CNC Programmer)
Bronze
Precision Machining
Beau Keller (CNC Programmer)
4th place
Precision Machining
Estella Gandee (Medical Terminology)
4th place
Health Technologies
Lilly Foster (First Aid-CPR)
Bronze
Health Technologies
Albert Ross (CNC Turning)
Gold
Precision Machining