[View ALL News Press Releases] Nineteen students from Elizabethtown Community and Technical College will compete in the Kentucky State SkillsUSA competition for students in technical programs. The competition is April 8 - 10 at the Exposition Center in Louisville. Winners at the state level will compete at national competition at Kansas City, Missouri in June.

"We are very proud to be represented by nineteen students at the state level," said Jane Masse, ECTC Division Chair, Technical Programs. "These students work hard to master their respective skills in order to compete at this level and, we hope, continue on to nationals. There are students from nine different counties representing ECTC at state this year, and they will compete against the finest skilled technical students from throughout Kentucky."

Students competing include:

NAME CONTEST HOMETOWN/COUNTY Tracy Gros - Welding Sculpture Vine Grove, Hardin Daniel Wheeler - Industrial Motor Control Sonora, Larue Jonathon Vittitow - Drafting Eastview, Hardin Andrew Trowbridge - Plumbing Lexington, Fayette Charmaya Stewart - Culinary Arts Elizabethtown, Hardin Matt Ryan- Plumbing Vine Grove, Hardin Johnathan Rusher- Culinary Arts Elizabethtown, Hardin Joseph Newton - Industrial Motor Control Leitchfield, Grayson Matt Morris - Electronics Tech Boston, Nelson Joseph Law - Auto Service Tech Radcliff, Hardin Chad Frazier - Diesel Equipment Tech Webster, Breckenridge William Felker - Welding Mt. Sherman, Larue Joshua Camp - Precision Machining Radcliff, Hardin Matt Bush - Precision Machining Elizabethtown, Hardin Danny Burton - Welding Columbia, Adair Charles Burnett - Diesel Equipment Battletown, Meade Paul Brahm - Auto Service Tech Loretto, Marion Shaunte Arredondo-Bates - Food and Beverage Elizabethtown, Hardin Lon Anderson - Tech Board Drafting Glendale, Hardin