Sussex students honored at Skills USA national conference
Highly skilled students and advisors from across Delaware brought home honors from the 54th annual National SkillsUSA Leadership Conference held in June in Louisville, Ky.
Sussex Tech students were among those earning national placements. Earning a medal for placing third in broadcast news production were Chase Albright, Ryan Bradley, Sydney Gross and Hannah Wolk.
Jacob Hoffpauir and Josh Hoffpauir placed fourth in audio radio production. Haley Norwood placed sixth in advertising design; Abigail Drummond and Julia Hardy placed eighth in video television production.
A delegation of 83 students and advisors from six schools represented Delaware in the national competition. Delaware students represented the state in competitive events such as architectural drafting, automotive service technology, aviation maintenance technology, carpentry, computer programming, cosmetology, criminal justice, diesel equipment technology, electronics technology, extemporaneous speaking, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration, industrial motor controls, information technology, masonry, plumbing, prepared speech, technical math, welding and more.
