RALEIGH, N.C. (April 30, 2024) – Wake Tech Career and Technical Education students excelled at the 2024 SkillsUSA North Carolina Leadership & Skills Conference in Greensboro, taking home four top awards. Won 25 amazing awards including;
Two students, Schwar Butts (advertising design) and Hasten Goins (architectural drafting), have qualified to compete in the national SkillsUSA competition to be held June 24-28 in Atlanta, Georgia. This is the third consecutive year that Wake Tech students have qualified for the national competition.
A total of 73 Wake Tech students from Architectural Engineering and Skilled Technology, Business and Professional Services Technology, Information Technology, Transportation Technology, and Workforce Continuing Education competed in a variety of categories. Several new competitions were held, including Advertising Design, Adobe Visual Design, Weld Fabrication, Weld Sculpture, Electrical Wiring, and HVAC.
Wake Tech also received the #1 award in the category of Largest Individual Membership Growth at the Post-Secondary (College Level).
Seventy-five high school students from the Vernon Malone College and Career Academy (VMCCA), a collaborative and innovative high school partnership between Wake Polytechnic Institute and the Wake County Public School System, also participated and won 34 awards, more than double the number from last year. . Conference of the year. Eight students who participated in four competitions (Entrepreneurship, Creating Interactive Applications and Video Games, Nursing Assistance, and Welding) qualified for the national competition.
Waketech results:
advertising design
Cheval Butz, 1st place
Rocio Quirino-Alvarez, 2nd place
Adobe Visual Design (state only contest)
Camryn Jamison, 1st place
architectural drafting
Hasten Goins, 1st place
Alfonso Mercado, 2nd place
Jimmy Chavez Perez, 3rd place
Glenn McCormick, 4th place
Andrew Tram, 5th place
Automotive Tool ID (state only competition)
Cael Facelia, 4th place
Noah Howard, 5th place
CNC 3-axis milling specialist
Ethan Fulstead, 3rd place
Gavin Royce, 4th place
Collision damage assessment
Travis Williams, 2nd place
Crystal Pena, 4th place
collision repair technology
Dujon Franz, 5th place
cosmetology
Bianca Martinez Torres, 3rd place
Heidi Uche Bolero, 5th place
electronics technology
Garrett Scurll, 3rd place
Aesthetic
Kaya Bunting 5th place
job skills demonstration
Gregory Chica, 2nd place
mechatronics
Alexander Burrill and Taylor Schoentrupp, 2nd place
Skills Project Showcase: Cosmetology (State Only Competition)
Yasmin Muñoz Solis and Maria Suarez, 2nd place
Ezra Mariel Nunagu, 3rd place
Zaria James, 5th place
VMCCA results:
collision repair technology
Desmond Sanders, 2nd place
Anastasia Kravets, 4th place
Beauty beginner skills
Jennifer Marin, 2nd place
Daniela Morales, 4th place
Beauty Fantasy Hair & Makeup
Natalie Mauricio, 1st place
beauty hair color
Samiyah Cohen, 3rd place
Cosmetology Natural Hair Designs and Braids
Nicole Jackson, 3rd place
Vale Roxas Ayala, 5th place
cosmetology
Christel Espinosa, 2nd place
Samantha Medina Mead, 3rd place
Beauty skills project showcase
Kimberly Patricio and Morgan Scott, 1st place
Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration
Tyler Alston, 5th place
Electrical work wiring I
June Strickland, 3rd place
entrepreneurship
Kameron Coleman, Jayden Lamb, Samuel Ndianefo, Kayla Stringfield, 1st place
First aid – cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Gabriel Eligio, 4th place
Creating interactive applications and video games
Janelle Anokhi and Sophia Craft, 1st place
Madison Stokes and Shania Taylor, 2nd place
medical terminology
Brianna Pippen, 2nd place
Makayla Jones, 5th place
nurse assistance
Keony Sagrero, 1st place
Terry Smith, 2nd place
Vaibhavi Shanker, 3rd place
Madeline Portillo, 5th place
welding
Kayden Quinn, 1st place
welding fabrication
Keenan Batchelor, Abraham Glenn, Chase Hampton, 5th place
welding skills project showcase
Damion Spooner, 3rd place
