SkillsUSA is a student-led organization whose purpose is to serve students preparing for technical, skilled, and service careers. SkillsUSA prepares students entering the workforce through the development of framework skills that includes personal, workplace, and technical skills grounded in academics. Members compete in a series of career driven events that equip and prepare them for life in the workforce.
The State SkillsUSA Competition was held this past weekend in Corpus Christi, where dozens of Frenship High School and Memorial High School students competed in contests across Automotive Technology, Construction, Audio/Video Media Production, Law Enforcement, and Photography. Frenship’s SkillsUSA students proudly represented the district, with several earning medals.
The FHS Forensic Science team was crowned State Champions, making this the second consecutive year the Frenship Law Enforcement Club has earned this honor. However, since Forensic Science is a Texas-only contest, they will not compete at Nationals.
Below are the students that earned medals at the Texas State SkillsUSA Competition.
Automotive
Frenship High School
- Christopher Vinson – Power Equipment Technology – 3rd Place
Memorial High School
- Andrew Bernal – Automotive Electrical Technical Test – Silver
- Solomon Wylie – Automotive Electrical Technical Test – Silver
- Andrew Thomas – Automotive Steering & Suspension Technical Test – Silver
Law Enforcement
Frenship High School
- Olivia Acuna, Parker Bowen, and Sarah McQuillen – Forensic Science – 1st Place (Gold Medal, State Champions)
- Ty McClanahan, Eric Velasquez-Hernandez, Madix Gonzalez, Brian Ndi – Tactical Response Team – 3rd Place (Bronze Medal)
- Janelle Tello – Criminal Justice – 2nd Place (Silver Medal)
- Haven Brown – Criminal Justice Job Exhibit – Superior Rating (Perfect Score)
- Shelbie Holton – Criminal Justice Job Exhibit Crime Scene Model – Superior Rating
- Ketcher Smith (Gold), Haven Brown (Gold), Jalee Montez (Silver), Shelbie Holton (Silver) - Crime Scene Investigation Technical Test
Media
Frenship High School
- Keegan Durrett – General Photo – Superior Ribbon
- Ivan Rodriguez – General Photo – Superior Ribbon
- Rebecca Salas – General Photo – Superior Ribbon
- Kaleb Beardsley – General Photo – Superior Ribbon
- Zane Richards – General Photo – Superior Ribbon
- Daniela Galvan – Criminal Justice Display – Superior Ribbon
- Jeremiah Harris, Owen Demaray – uSAS Commercial Drone – 3rd Place
- Rebecca Salas, Gionne Gage, Coby Schaunaman, Kyson Carpenter, Jakob Gast, Jorge Zapata – Audio/Video Quiz Bowl – 4th Place
Memorial High School
- Peyton Thompson, Bella Tolley, Aden Valderaz – Commercial Photography – Superior State Blue Ribbon
- Abygail Barton, Maylee Riley – Portrait Photography – Superior State Blue Ribbon
- Annazaya Daniels – Photo General – Superior State Blue Ribbon
- Tres Hernandez, Abigail Tijerina, Austin Bratton, Kry’stal Gamboa – Photo General – Excellence at State (Red Ribbon)
- Austin Bratton (Silver), Avery Bedell (Gold), Christian Acevedo (Gold), Bella Tolley (Bronze), Annazaya Daniels (Silver), Maylee Riley (Bronze), Tres Hernandez (Bronze), Aden Valderaz (Silver) – TV Video News Production Technical Test
Photography
Frenship High School
- Seth Roseborough – Portrait Photography – Superior Ribbon
- Annaleigh Ray – General Photography – Superior Ribbon
- Elleowyn Memmott – Commercial Photography – Superior Ribbon
- Alex Trotter – Commercial Photography – Superior Ribbon
- Madelynn Van Hoose – Digital Illustration – Superior Ribbon
- Callum Drexler – Photography – Silver Medal
- Bryan Ndi, Danny Nguyen, Mikayla Roberts, Charisma Hile – Entrepreneurship – 4th Place
Congratulations, students!