Excellent Results at SkillsUSA State Competitions

Williamson has maintained its reputation as a school that produces outstanding tradesmen as it took three gold and two silver medals at the SkillsUSA State competitions in Hershey it was just announced.

Gold medal winners were:

• Carpentry – Bill Davis, construction technology-carpentry senior
• CNC Technician – Joe Goodwin, machine tool technology senior
• Masonry – Cody Palmer, construction technology-masonry junior

Silver medal winners were:

• Automated Manufacturing – Dave Bender, Mitchel Carl, and Dan Deaver, all machine tool technology seniors
• Industrial Motor Control – Kevin Costigan, power plant technology junior

All gold medal winners will represent Williamson at the national competitions June 22-26 in Louisville, Ky.

The following instructors were with the students at Hershey: Dan Hiltebeitel, director of construction technology-masonry and SkillsUSA advisor; Ken Nelson, director of construction technology-masonry; and Jim Schell, power plant technology instructor.