{"id":635,"date":"2019-05-10T15:29:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T15:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/?p=635"},"modified":"2019-05-10T15:29:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T15:29:39","slug":"jones-colleges-skillsusa-students-head-to-national-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/news\/jones-colleges-skillsusa-students-head-to-national-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Â鶹ֱ²¥\u2019s SkillsUSA students head to national competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELLISVILLE- Seventeen Â鶹ֱ²¥ students came home with top honors at the SkillsUSA state competition Jackson in April.\u00a0 However, only the 11, first-place winners will leave for Louisville, Kentucky for the National SkillsUSA competition in June.<\/p>\n

\u201cJC SkillsUSA team is extremely excited to travel to Louisville, Kentucky this year with our first place state winners. The competitors are focused and believe they have the skills to represent Mississippi and Â鶹ֱ²¥ in their respective competitions. They demonstrate a level of professionalism that we\u2019ve tried to cultivate over the years. We are excited to afford them the opportunity to showcase their talents,\u201d said Â鶹ֱ²¥ SkillsUSA advisor, Ryan Hearn.<\/p>\n

Â鶹ֱ²¥ students, C.J. Hoodless of Ellisville, Preston Hammonds of Leakesville and Lakelin Smith of Lucedale managed to keep a winning streak alive by capturing first place in the Engineering Design and Technology category. The category was introduced last year at SkillsUSA with Jones students winning with the invention of a manual trash-compactor for the garbage can. As avid musicians, this year\u2019s team was inspired to create a guitar strap and stand and they proved once again, Jones students are the team to beat in this newly introduced competition category.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very proud our invention performed well,\u201d said mechanical engineering major, Hammonds. He credits his Greene County High School teacher, Deborah Neel for helping him find his career path.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe spent a lot of time preparing for this competition and coming up with something anyone could relate to and appreciate,\u201d said Hoodless, a CAD Engineering Technology major.<\/p>\n

Smith, who is also majoring in CAD Engineering Technology, praised his instructor, Karen Kirk for preparing him for this type of competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cJones helped us learn skills on an advanced level to compete confidently. Our invention had to pass inspection with industry leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This team has been preparing for their competition since early January. While Hearn is very pleased with the win, he was impressed by the team\u2019s score.<\/p>\n

\u201cBesides winning first place at state, the team also must garner 70 percent or above of the judges\u2019 scores to attend nationals. This year’s team performed very well, receiving almost 80 percent,\u201d said Hearn.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The guitar strap and stand is made of three-inch wide by four-inch squares, printed on a 3D printer and linked together to a piece of nylon and leather strap bindings to attach to the guitar. To switch from a strap to a stand, an aluminum rod is inserted through the squares and is attached to the base stand, which was also made from the 3D printer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are improving on our invention and will further develop the idea with the hopes of producing a better quality strap and stand for mass production. We\u2019ve already secured a \u2018poor man\u2019s patent,\u2019\u201d said Hammonds. \u201cAlso, the squares can be customized with logos and colors. We also designed the strap to make it easy to add or remove the links.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freshman, Savannah Holifield of Soso said she is looking forward to returning to the National SkillsUSA competition. She took first place honors in the Promotional Bulletin Board state competition as a sophomore and junior at West Jones High School.\u00a0 Returning to national competition as a college student is even more exciting to Holifield.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be my third year at the National SkillsUSA competition. Even though I have experience competing on the national level, I\u2019m a little nervous because this is the first time I\u2019m competing in a drafting and design skill group,\u201d said the first place state winner in the Architectural Drafting category.<\/p>\n

She further explained, judging takes place throughout the entire week of competition, regardless of whether you are actively competing, or at a workshop.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way you present yourself, even when you\u2019re not competing, reflects on the college. Judges take all of that into consideration.\u00a0 Your character and how you present yourself could influence your score. Your first and the last impression can have a big influence on earning scholarships too,\u201d said Holifield.<\/p>\n

Also headed to the national competition are civil engineering technology majors and first place winners in the Quiz Bowl competition, Steve Lambert of Miller, Missouri, Colton McLeod of Richton, Levi McLain of Waynesboro, Dylan Butler of Ellisville and Mayson Norton of Mobile, Alabama. Freshman, Daniel Patterson of Sumrall, and Joseph Blake Pryor of Laurel, also earned first place honors in Automotive and Extemporaneous Speaking, respectively.<\/p>\n

Â鶹ֱ²¥ students earning second place in the State SkillsUSA competition were Cameron Sullivan of Laurel in the Job Skill Demonstration Open competition; Tanner Bryant of Ellisville in the CNC Technician category; Jose Garcia of Hattiesburg in the CNC Milling competition; Logan Pippen of Ellisville in the CNC Turning\/Lathe category and Adam Backstrom of Richton in the Sheet Metal competition. Jacob Ledet of Laurel came home with third place honors at the SkillsUSA State competition in the Technical Drafting competition.<\/p>\n

The SkillsUSA National Competition will be held June 24 through 28, where Hearn said hundreds of student competitors are getting real-world experience and recognition for their skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ELLISVILLE- Seventeen Â鶹ֱ²¥ students came home with top honors at the SkillsUSA state competition Jackson in April.\u00a0 However, only the 11, first-place winners will leave for Louisville, Kentucky for the National SkillsUSA competition in June. \u201cJC SkillsUSA team is extremely excited to travel to Louisville, Kentucky this year with our first place state winners. … <\/p>\n

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