CBC SkillsUSA students dominate state

NEWS RELEASE
April 28, 2010                                                             Contact: Frank Murray, 542-4835

Columbia Basin College career and workforce students won 14 of 30 medals at the SkillsUSA Washington Post Secondary State Conference April 23 and 24 in the Tri-Cities.

Nine of CBC’s students qualified for the national competition in Kansas City in June. CBC medalists included:

Extemporaneous Speaking
1st Bethany Rawls – Automotive Technology
2nd Mason Ortiz – Automotive Technology

Customer Service
1st Justine De Leon – Machine Technology
2nd Carmen Quinn – Automotive Technology

Job Interview
1st Bethany Rawls – Automotive Technology
2nd Thomas Verret – Automotive Technology

Prepared Speech
2nd Mason Ortiz – Automotive Technology
3rd Eduardo Enriguez – Automotive Technology

Job Demonstration
1st Bethany Rawls – Automotive Technology

Automated Manufacturing Technology (team contest)
1st Justine De Leon, Nicole De Leon, Andrew Willis – Machine Technology

CNC Turning Technology
1st Jacob Sachs – Machine Technology

Diesel Equipment Technology
Justin Lund – AG & Industrial Equipment Technology

Automotive Service Technology
2nd Joshua Hopstad – Automotive Technology