Wallace State Community College brought home 26 medals from the 2024 Alabama State Leadership and SkillsUSA Championships held this week in Mobile, with two-thirds of those being gold medals in 12 of the 18 categories.

Eighteen students earned gold medals during the competition, earning a the opportunity to compete at the SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference June 24-28 in Atlanta, Ga. Five students earned silver and three earned bronze.

Gold medal winners include

• Carpentry – Bradley Burden or Hartselle
• CNC Programmer – Logan Caldwell of Cullman
• Commercial Drone – Hannah Watts of Jasper and Landon Holmes of Cullman
• Crime Scene Investigation – Braden Tuttle of Oneonta, Sophia Wright of Warrior and Jonathan Zepedatrejo of Cullman
• Criminal Justice – Kaiden Vandegriff of Remlap
• Diesel Equipment Technology – Zachary Rooker of Hanceville
• Esthetics – Kyndall Winters of Nauvoo
• Mobile Robotic Technology – Justin Ruth and Zach Hudson, both of Hanceville
• Related Technical Math – Jared Smith of Falkville
• Robotics and Automation Technology – Avielle Shadrick of Cullman and Andrew Cooper of Odenville
• Robotics: Urban Search and Rescue – Isaac Daniel of Holly Pond and Graham Gilbreath of Cullman
• Technical Computer Applications – Jennifer Jester of Cullman

Silver medal winners include

• CNC 2-Axis Turning — Samuel Wheeler of Cullman
• Cyber Security – Zachary Teal of Oneonta and Clayton Kubler of Cullman
• Esthetics – Leslie Rushing of Crane Hill
• Job Skill Demonstration A – Ally Banks of Cullman
• Bronze medal winners include:
• CNC 3-Axis Milling Programmer – Mason Parker of Cullman
• Customer Service – Davie Thomas of Cullman
• HVAC – Daniel Hostetler of Joppa