NEWS RELEASE
February 5, 2010 Contact: Frank Murray, 542-4835
Columbia Basin College students in automotive, welding, nursing, and agricultural science collected awards at two state contests recently.
At Lake Washington Technical College in Kirkland, CBC students took home 15 of the 24 medals awarded at the SkillsUSA Club Winter Conference. The following are the CBC winners:
| Mason Ortiz | 3rd Job Demonstration | Automotive |
| Jeremy Zohn | 3rd Job Demonstration | Welding |
| Angela Combs | 2nd Job Demonstration | Nursing |
| Carmen Quinn | 3rd Extemporaneous Speaking | Automotive |
| Taryn Sanders | 2nd Extemporaneous Speaking | Automotive |
| Mason Ortiz | 1st Extemporaneous Speaking | Automotive |
| Bethany Rawls | 1st Extemporaneous Speaking | Automotive |
| Thomas Verret | 3rd Prepared Speech | Automotive |
| Robert Garcia | 2nd Prepared Speech | Automotive |
| Mason Ortiz | 1st Prepare Speech | Automotive |
| Eduardo Enriquez | 2nd Job Interview | Automotive |
| Bethany Rawls | 2nd Job Interview | Automotive |
| Carmen Quinn | 3rd Job Interview | Automotive |
| A.J. Spaniel | 1st Job Interview | Welding |
| Taryn Sanders | 2nd Job Interview | Automotive |
At Walla Walla Community College, three CBC students qualified for the National Post-Secondary Agricultural Students (PAS) contest. Kinbri Sipes and Emily Tobin qualified in Ornamental Horticulture and Katie Westfall in Equine Science Specialist.