Winners named in 2024 PHCC SkillsUSA Competition
Winners announced in plumbing portion of national annual SkillsUSA competition
Six plumbing students received top honors in the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—National Association (PHCC) Educational Foundation plumbing championship at the annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in June.
More than 6,000 students participate in the SkillsUSA Championships each year, making it the nation’s largest hands-on workforce development event. This massive set of trades competitions, which cover the equivalent of 31 football fields, features more than 110 contests for middle school, high school, and college/post-secondary students enrolled in career and technical education programs. Among these contests are the plumbing and HVACR competitions, both of which receive support from the PHCC Educational Foundation.
The plumbing championship winners are:
1st Place Secondary – Wyatt Zeleny, High School Academy – Metropolitan Community College – Omaha, Nebraska.
1st Place Post-Secondary – James Banks, Tennessee College of Applied Tech – Jackson, Tennessee.
2nd Place Secondary – Charles Goede, E T Grasso Technical High School – Groton, Connecticut.
2nd Place Post-Secondary – Migel Reyes, Texas State Technical College – Waco, Texas
3rd Place Secondary – Evan Agresto, Eureka Springs High School – Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
3rd Place Post-Secondary – Diego Gutieirez, Mountainland Technical College – Lehi, Utah
The PHCC Educational Foundation and PHCC Academy partner with SkillsUSA to sponsor and hold the annual plumbing contest and provide support for the HVACR contest. Members from the Foundation’s Plumbing Apprentice and Journeyman Training Committee serve on the SkillsUSA Plumbing Technical Committee. Committee members were on hand to set up and run the event and to assist with contest judging.
Prizes, materials, and on-site support was provided by: AB&I Foundry; Tyler Pipe & Coupling; Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute (CISPI); Charlotte Pipe & Foundry; Copper Development Association (CDA); International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO); Kohler Company; Milwaukee Tool Company; Oatey; PHCC Educational Foundation; PHCC Academy; Sioux Chief Manufacturing; and United Association Local 72 in Atlanta.
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