The 51 Dallas College students and 10 faculty members who attended the 2023 SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference took home an impressive array of medals.
Dallas College students earned a total of 44 medals — 76% more than they won last year. Our competitors took home 21 gold medals, 15 silver and 8 bronze. Several students also ranked among the top 5 and 10 in the state of Texas in 15 competition categories.
The award winners will go on to compete at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta in June 2023.
Brookhaven CampusAdvisors: Noeli Biggs
- Gold Medal – Community Service – Saulo Marins, Tabi Tudor, and Giovanni Turri
- Gold Medal – Customer Service – Giovanni Turri
- Gold Medal – Job Interview – Supriya Sapkota
- Silver Medal – Prepared Speech – Tabitha Tudor
Cedar Valley Campus
Advisors: Latesia “Boo” Moreno, Rodney Taylor, Kevin Speaks, and Wendell Cooks
- Gold Medal – Motorcycle Service Technology – Trevor Heitz
- Gold Medal – Power Equipment Technology – Omar Vazquez
- Silver Medal – Motorcycle Service Technology – Bobby Amaro
- Bronze Medal – Motorcycle Service Technology – Fred Coventry
- Bronze Medal – Customer Service – Jason Rodriguez
- Bronze Medal – Job Interview – Jason Rodriguez
El Centro Campus
Advisors: Nina Hunter, Sheila Hyde, and Patrick Stark
- Gold Medal – Baking and Pastry Arts – India Rocha
- Gold Medal – Culinary Arts – Frida Hutchinson
- Gold Medal – Promotional Bulletin Board – Dianarah Guillory, Ainsley Roberts, Sigourney Weaver
- Gold Medal – Restaurant Service – Cesar Quintanilla
- Silver Medal – Extemporaneous Speech – Tairan Lockett
- Silver Medal – Baking and Pastry Arts – Sigourney Weaver
- Silver Medal – Culinary Arts – Aminata Traore
- Silver Medal – Customer Service – Antonio Bailey
- Silver Medal – Extemporaneous Speech – Tairan Lockett
- Silver Medal – Job Interview – Ainsley Robert
- Silver Medal – Quiz Bowl – Lance Gerard, Sigourney Weaver, Caesar Quintanilla, Tairan Lockett, Antonio Bailey, Daniel Alvarenga, Jennifer Tecklenburg - Competing National
- Bronze Medal – Baking and Pastry Arts – Ainsley Roberts
- Bronze Medal – Chapter of Excellence
- Bronze Medal – Culinary Arts – Jennifer Tecklenburg
- Bronze Medal – Restaurant Service – Antonio Bailey
North Lake Campus
Advisor: Lawrence Johnson
- Gold Medal – Masonry – Brycen McLaurin
- Silver Medal – Masonry – Eulices Casiano
- Silver Medal – Carpentry – Dylan Johnson
- Bronze Medal – Masonry – Antonio Carranza
Richland Campus
Advisors: Christopher Curra and Yasmin Cuevas
- Gold Medal – Interactive Application and Game Development – Shaina Albert, Kalyn Duke, Nathan Hawkins Jr., Daniela Maldonado, Angel Ruiz and Jesse Serrano