Area high school students display skills at Skills USA Region 5 competition
Photos of the event can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1271930474493614&type=3
Bowling Green, KY (February 28, 2025) - Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKYCTC) hosted this year’s Region 5, Skills USA competition on Friday, February 28, 2025. Region 5 schools include: Allen County Technical Center, Barren County Area Technology Center (ATC), Butler County ATC, Franklin-Simpson Career and Technical Center, Hart Co. ATC, Logan County ATC (Russellville & Logan Co.) Monroe County ATC (Metcalfe & Monroe Co.), and the Warren County ATC (BG City, Edmonson County, and Warren County).
The events involved competitive activities in a variety of occupational skills and leadership areas. Occupational skills include building trades, automotive technology, electrical/electronics, advanced manufacturing, and welding fabrication. Other competitions are outstanding Skills USA chapter, community service, and talent.
Skills USA Kentucky is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry representatives working together to ensure Kentucky has a skilled workforce. The organization helps each student excel. Skills USA Kentucky is a member of the Skills USA national organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled, and service occupations.
Skills USA Kentucky programs include local, regional, state and national competitions in which students demonstrate occupational and leadership skills. At the annual state Skills USA Kentucky Leadership and Skills Championships, approximately 1,000 students compete in 99 occupational and leadership skill areas.
Skills USA programs also help to establish industry standards for job training in the lab and classroom and promote community service. Skills USA is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and is cited as a “successful model of employer-driven youth development training program” by the U.S. Department of Labor and is an OSHA Alliance partner.
Winners at the local events will move on to state and national levels. First, second and third place winners in the contest will receive a gold, silver, or bronze Skills USA medallion.
The contests are organized by and run through a partnership of industry, labor and education. More than 5,500 students from all states advance and compete in the national event.
Skills USA is the official U.S. representative to the World Skills Competition. For more information about Skills USA, go to: https://www.skillsusa.org.
Medalists at this year’s competition were:
Contest Name PLACE Name
School
Action Skills 1 Isaac South Barren
Additive Manufacturing 1 Preston Avery Hart
Architectural Drafting (CAD) 1 Taylor Strange Barren
Automated Manufacturing Tech 1 Logan Gorbett Barren
Automated Manufacturing Tech 1 Conner Smith Barren
Automated Manufacturing Te 1 Adam Carver Barren
Automated Manufacturing Te 2 Joey Myers Barren
Automated Manufacturing Tech 2 Dylan Poynter Barren
Automated Manufacturing Tech 2 Jacob Spence Barren
Automotive Maint. (MLR) 1 Hunter Hewett Allen
Automotive Maint. (MLR) 2 Stanton Doyle Barren
Automotive Maint. (MLR) 3 Caden Rogers Allen
Automotive Service Tech 1 Alex Stamps Allen
Automotive Service Tech 2 Braxton Chaffin Warren
Baking & Pastry Arts 1 Gabrielle Milton Barren
Carpentry 1 Grant Jones Butler
Carpentry 2 Gavin Vice Simpson
Carpentry 3 Dalton Hale Butler
Carpentry One 1 Logan Harlow Monroe
Carpentry One 2 Eliazar Perez Butler
Carpentry One 3 Zander Stokes Butler
Construction Tool ID 1 Christa Simpson Logan
Construction Tool ID 2 Kody Kearney Barren
Creed 1 Keith Crowe Barren
Culinary Arts 1 Elijah Clark Barren
Customer Service 1 Gunner Morgan Barren
Diesel Equipment Tech 1 Ty Tucker Hart
Diesel Equipment Tech 2 Wyatt Avery Hart
Electrical Construction Wiring 1 Kellan Kidd Barren
Electrical Construction Wiring 2 Gavin Sears Logan
Electrical Construction Wiring 3 Elijah Head Logan
Electrical I 1 Trapper Vincent Barren
Electrical I 2 Stephen Barr Barren
Electrical I 3 Kaysen Deckard Monroe
Employment Application Process 1 Addison Garrett Barren
Employment Application Process 2 Stephen Nay Barren
Heavy Equipment Operation Demo 1 Kade Elms Warren
Heavy Equipment Operation Demo 2 Colten Taylor Warren
HVACR 1 AJ Reid Barren
HVACR 2 Cade Payne Barren
Industrial Motor Control 1 Willie Johns Barren
Industrial Motor Control 2 Travis Wood Monroe
Industrial Motor Control 3 Zander Clark Barren
Interactive App & Video Game Dev. 1 Samuel Dunlap Simpson
Interactive App & Video Game Dev. 1 Kristopher Evanoff Simpson
Job Interview 1 Maci McDaniel Barren
Job Interview 2 Gage Hale Allen
Job Skill Demo Open 1 Devon Eguires Warren
Job Skills Demo A 1 Isaiah Adwell Barren
Mechatronics 1 Blake Walker Allen
Mechatronics 1 Braxton Rice Allen
Outstanding Chapter 1 Trapper Vincent Barren
Outstanding Chapter 1 Mollie Hawkins Barren
Outstanding Chapter 1 Autumn Milton Barren
Patriotic Salute to America 1 Kate Ford Simpson
Photo Art Display 1 Selena Morales Simpson
Pin Design 1 Piper Wells Logan
Pin Design 2 Gracie Hawks Barren
Plumbing 1 Brady Geary Barren
Plumbing 2 Paul Mares Barren
Poster 1 Shelby Ford Simpson
Precision Machining Technology 1 Devlin Clark Barren
Precision Machining Technology 2 Jake Shaw Barren
Prepared Speech 1 Saylor Williams Barren
Quiz Bowl 1 Jack Smith Barren
Quiz Bowl 1 Adam Carver Barren
Quiz Bowl 1 Isaac Hutchinson Barren
Quiz Bowl 1 Antonio Reyna Barren
Quiz Bowl 1 Clayton Jones Barren
Quiz Bowl 1 Karden Kinslow Barren
Quiz Bowl 1 Jacob Spence Barren
Sheet Metal 1 Lorenzo Cantero Barren
Sheet Metal 2 Alex Poynter Barren
Team Works 1 Garrett Phelps Butler
Team Works 1 Reed Noble Butler
Team Works 1 Alexander Morton Butler
Team Works 1 Nathan England Butler
Team Works 2 Leland Olson Logan
Team Works 2 Landon Burchett Logan
Team Works 2 Philip Thompson Logan
Team Works 2 Lilly Craig Logan
Technical Drafting (CAD) 1 Owen Adkins Logan
Technical Drafting (CAD) 2 Piper Wells Logan
Transportation Tool ID 1 Jack Smith Barren
Transportation Tool ID 2 Tristian Miller Warren
Transportation Tool ID 3 Trey Duff Warren
T-Shirt Design 1 Madeline Biven Barren
Welding 1 Tucker Biggerstaff Monroe
Welding 2 Isaiah Marshall Christian
Welding 3 Preston Allen Barren
Welding 1 1 Harrison Shaff Warren
Welding 1 2 Austin Martin Hart
Welding 1 3 Gavin Goodman Hart
Welding Fabrication 1 Danny Morris Allen
Welding Fabrication 1 Keagan Petty Allen
Welding Fabrication 1 Andrew Woods Allen
Welding Fabrication 2 Matthew Green Warren
Welding Fabrication 2 Bladamir Rivas Warren
Welding Fabrication 3 Daniel Boles Simpson
Welding Fabrication 3 James Gregory Simpson
Welding Fabrication 3 Alex Figueroa Simpson
Welding Sculpture 1 Alexander Stamps Allen
Welding Sculpture 2 Tate Pace Barren
Welding Sculpture 3 Callie Stamps Simpson
