Plumbing Championship Winners Announced for SkillsUSA Competition

The Plumbing-Heating–Cooling Contractors—National Association Educational Foundation has announced the six plumbing students who received top honors in the plumbing championship held in during the annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference.

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 conduct 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.

Every year, more than 6,000 students participate in the SkillsUSA championships, a hands-on workforce development event. This massive set of trades competitions, which spans 1.79 million square feet, features over 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.