By Lizzie Clonts
Photos by Lori Dugan and Kris McBride
THATCHER, Ariz.— Hundreds of high school students came to Eastern Arizona College earlier this month to demonstrate their talents and skills for the 43rd Annual EAC Skills Day competition.
Over 400 high school students from 20 area high schools spent the day on EAC’s campus competing in a variety of skills-oriented categories. Over 30 events were held in the areas of graphic design, art exhibition, still-life drawing, automotive, accounting, economics, business, promotional marketing, CADD/drafting, chemistry, multimedia presentation, French, Spanish, welding, and woodworking.
Winners from Academia Juarez include Alejandro Armendariz Wong, first place in Art Exhibition-Painting, and Honorable Mention for Art Drawing/Still Life; Frida Valeria Galaz, first place in Art at Our Feet; Regina Gonzalez, first place in Advanced Spanish Poetry/Prose Recitation, first place in Advanced Spanish Skit, and second place in Advanced Spanish Written Exam; and Kim Kaleb Meza Talavera, first place in Computers-Microsoft Excel; and Jazlyn Payan, first place in Advanced Spanish Written Exam, and first place in Advanced Spanish Skit.
Winners from Animas High School include Joshlyn Eddy, third place in Chemistry Level I-Elementary Measurement; Rachel Estrada, third place in Art Exhibition-Drawing; Lindsey Massey, second place in Chemistry Level I-Elementary Measurement; Aspen Potter, first place in Chemistry Level I-Elementary Measurement; Ryan Shultis, third place in Art Exhibition-Photography; Cash Stanford, Honorable Mention-MIG Gas Metal ARC Welding; and Rybecca Webster, second place in Business-Economics.
Winners from Benson High School include Tristan Barker, second place Chemistry Level II; Julia Little, third place in Chemistry Level II; and Nicolas Rentschler, Honorable Mention Chemistry Level II.
Winners from Blue Ridge High School include Shelbie Coker, first place in Graphic Design-Logo; Josie Frye, first place in Art Exhibition-Photography, and third place in Business-What NOT To Do in a Job Interview; Zyra Jordan, first place in Art Exhibition-Photography, third place in Art Exhibition-Photography, and Honorable Mention in Art Exhibition-Photography; Megan Lawler, first place in Graphic Design: Poster Project; Alvaro Lopez, third place in Business-Entrepreneurial Elevator Pitch; Brenna McGrew, first place in Art Exhibition-Photography, and second place in Business Calculations; Aurelie Mocci, second place in Art Exhibition-Photography, and third place in Art Exhibition-Photography; Marcos Perez, first place in Large Woodworking; Riley Phillips, third place in Business-What NOT To Do in a Job Interview, third place in Art Color Matching, and Honorable Mention in Art Exhibition-Photography; Kevin Trujillo, Honorable Mention in Large Woodworking; and Donald Wiglesworth, second place in Small Woodworking.
Buena High School winners include Jocelyn Abril, first place in Beginner French Written Exam, and second place in Beginner French Poetry/Prose Recitation; Analise Antone, third place in Beginner Spanish Poetry/Prose Recitation; William Auchincloss, first place in Beginner Spanish Skit, first place in Beginner Spanish Poetry/Prose Recitation, and first place in Beginner Spanish Written Exam; Tiana Brody, second place in Beginner Spanish Written Exam, and Honorable Mention in Beginner Spanish Poetry/Prose Recitation; Michael Conroy, third place in Beginner Spanish Poetry/Prose Recitation; Jeffrey DeBusk, second place in Beginner Spanish Poetry/Prose Recitation; Brandon DeLeon, third place in Beginner Spanish Poetry/Prose Recitation, and third place in Beginner Spanish Written Exam; Hailey Delos Santos, first place in Beginner Spanish Poetry/Prose Recitation, and first place in Beginner Spanish Written Exam; Kayleigh Dimattio, third place in Beginner French Poetry/Prose Recitation, and Honorable Mention in Beginner French Written Exam; Rachel Formy-Dvual, third place in Beginner French Written Exam, and Honorable Mention in Beginner French Poetry/Prose Recitation; Melena Galligan, second place in Beginner Spanish Poetry/Prose Recitation; Clarissa Harris, second place in Beginner Spanish Poetry/Prose Recitation; Faith Henry, first place in Beginner Spanish Skit, first place in Beginner Spanish Written Exam, and Honorable Mention in Beginner Spanish Poetry/Prose Recitation; Emmalee Jones, first place in Beginner Spanish Poetry/Prose Recitation, and Honorable Mention in Beginner Spanish Written Exam; Shayan Khan, first place in Beginner French Poetry/Prose Recitation, and second place in Beginner French Written Exam; Madison Monbleau, second place in Beginner French Poetry/Prose Recitation, and Honorable Mention in Beginner French Written Exam; and Bianca Tummino, first place in Beginner Spanish Written Exam, and Honorable Mention in Beginner Spanish Poetry/Prose Recitation.
Duncan High School winners include Lucas Basteen, first place in Business Calculations; Wesley Conyer, first place in Business Calculations; Victoria Michelle Elmer, first place in Art at Our Feet; David Garcia, first place in Computers-PC Networking; Ivan Garcia, first place in Computers-PC Networking; Jared Garcia, first place in Computers-PC Networking; Kenton Garcia, first place in ARC Welding; Jarrett Garner, Honorable Mention in Small Woodworking; Jay Garner, first place in Computers-PC Networking; Wilber Guevara, first place in Computers-PC Networking; Hanna Hilton, Honorable Mention in Art-Drawing/Still Life; Brooklyn Kempton, second place in Business-Accounting; Nathan Kempton, first place in Business Calculations; Kaitlyn Lunt, first place in Business-Accounting, first place in Business-Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch, and third place in Business Ethics; Lynnie Neilson, first place in Business-Entrepreneurial Elevator Pitch, third place in Business Ethics, and Honorable Mention in Business-Accounting; Alexis Peck, second place in Art at Our Feet; Kinsley Rapier, first place in Business Ethics; Trey Robinette, Honorable Mention in Art Exhibition-Photography; Megan VanSickle third place in Business Ethics; Tyler Wayman, first place in Computers-PC Networking; and Vincent Wright, first place in Computers-PC Networking.
Winners of Fort Thomas High School include Dana Abram, third place in Business-Entrepreneurial Elevator Pitch; Trinette Begay, Honorable Mention in Business Calculations; Birdie Black, second place in Business-What NOT To Do in a Job Interview; Desmond Cheney, Honorable Mention in Automotive Group; Kiyiin Fasthorse, Honorable Mention-Automotive Group; Tagipo Fiame, third place in Automotive Group, and Honorable Mention in So You Want to be an Athletic Trainer Relay; Trejaan Goseyun, third place in Automotive Group; Hanna Hinton-Moses, second place in Business-What NOT To Do in a Job Interview; Todd Stringfellow, third place in Automotive Group, and Honorable Mention in So You Want to be an Athletic Trainer Relay; Zach Walker, Honorable Mention in Automotive Group; and Kiara Wright, second place in Business-What NOT To Do in a Job Interview.
Winners form GIFT include Ethan Davis, Ryan Webster, and Chandler Wright first place in Automotive Group.
Globe High School winners include Jasmine Hernandez, second place Art Exhibition-Photography; Lindsey Hudgings, third place in Graphic Design: Poster Project; Ryan Madrid, second place Art Exhibition-Photography, and third place Art Exhibition-Photography; Ariceli Starr, first place in Art Exhibition-Photography; and Karla Velarde, Honorable Mention in Art Exhibition-Photography.
Homeschool winner was Gabriel Lews, third place in Oxy-Acetylene Welding.
Joseph City High School winners include Celina Huber, first place in Chemistry Level II; Abby Hunt, second place in Art Exhibition-Drawing, and third place Art Exhibition-Drawing; Bailey Hunt, third place in Business Ethics, third place in Business Calculations, and Honorable Mention in Chemistry Level I-Elementary Measurement; and Lora Keams, third place Art Exhibition-Drawing.
Winners from Morenci High School include Luke Berube, second place in ARC Welding; and Izbel Uranzorig, first place in Art-Drawing/Still Life.
Nogales High School winners include Kyle Garlant, Sebastian Mendoza, Roshan Patel, and Erick Salazar, second place in Computers-PC Networking.
Winners from Pima High School include Jasmine Adair, second place in Art at Our Feet; Andrew Anderson, second place in Graphic Design-Logo, Hayden Ashby, first place in Business-A Day in the Life of an Accountant, and first place in Business-Economics; Alani Blair, first place in Business-A Day in the Life of an Accountant, first place in Business-Economics, and second place in Graphic Design: Poster Project; Tito Boswell, first place in Business-What NOT To Do in a Job Interview, second place in Business Ethics, and third place in Business-A Day in the life of an Accountant; Jacob Brimhall, third place in Architectural Drafting; Brook Chlarson, third place in Large Woodworking; Hanna Curtis, Honorable Mention in Large Woodworking; Briann Graham, second place in Graphic Design: Poster Project; Tayden Hatch, first place in TIG Gas Tungsten Welding; Alec Judd, third place in Small Woodworking; Kase Lunt, Honorable Mention in Oxy-Acetylene Welding; Sara Lunt, first place in Business-A Day in the Life of an Accountant, second place in Business-Economics, and second place in Computers-Microsoft Excel; Jacob Manley, second place in Graphic Design: Poster Project; Justice Nelson, second place in Small Woodworking; Olivia Norton, first place in Art Exhibition-Watercolor & 3-D, second place in Art Exhibition-Watercolor & 3-D, Honorable Mention in Art Color Matching, and Honorable Mention in Graphic Design: Poster Project; Rylee Pritchard, Honorable Mention in Large Woodworking; Dean Richards, third place in Mechanical Drafting; Sadie Richards, first place in Art at Our Feet; Carlee Saline, second place in Business Economics; Alex Serna, second place in Oxy-Acetylene Welding; Richard Serna, second place in Oxy-Acetylene Welding; Porter Sherwood, third place in Business-A Day in the Life of an Accountant; Kayden Stahl, third place in ARC Welding; Billy Summers, first place in Art at Our Feet; Lauren Talley, first place in Business-What NOT To Do in a Job Interview, and second place in Business Ethics; and Zach Wright, second place in Large Woodworking.
Pima JTED at Flowing Wells High School winners are Phoebe Gallegos, third place in Graphic Design: Poster Project; Breanna Martinez Solis, second place in Art Exhibition-Painting, third place in Art-Still Life Drawing, and Honorable Mention in Graphic Design: Poster Project; and Melanie Serrano, first place in Graphic Design: Poster Project, and third place in Graphic Design-Logo.
Round Valley High School winners include Dustin Finch, first place in MIG Gas Metal ARC Welding, and third place in TIG Gas Tungsten Welding; Adam Haws, Honorable Mention in Small Woodworking, David Medina, Honorable Mention in Small Woodworking; Ada Mortensen, first place in Art Exhibition-Painting, and first place in Art Exhibition-Watercolor & 3-D; Kaylee Sassi, second place in Art Exhibition-Photography; Dalynn Shellenberger, second place in Art Exhibition-Drawing, second place in Art Exhibition-Painting, and Honorable Mention in Art Exhibition-Drawing; Lauren Storms, third place in Art Exhibition-Watercolor & 3-D; and Sy Westbrook, second place in TIG Gas Tungsten Welding, second place in MIG Gas Metal ARC Welding, and Honorable Mention in ARC Welding.
Winners for Safford High School include Evan Baker, third place in Automotive Group; Justine Bay, third place in Skills Day Film Festival; Drew Cochran, third place in Automotive Group; Llyn-Jun Crimmins, Honorable Mention in Architectural Drafting; Andrew Fiorino, third place in Skills Day Film Festival; John Graham, second place in Automotive Group; Chris Manning, third place in Skills Day Film Festival; Daniel Ollick, second place in Automotive Group; Emitt Post, third place in Automotive Group; Dillon Sipes, third place in Skills Day Film Festival; Graden Swan, second place in Architectural Drafting; Emilio Verdugo, first place in Oxy-Acetylene Welding; Duncan Walker, third place in Skills Day Film Festival; and Nathan William, second place in Automotive Group.
San Simon High School winner was Conner Keil, third place in MIG Gas Metal ARC Welding, and Honorable Mention for TIG Gas Tungsten Welding.
Show Low High School winner was Jace Owens Honorable Mention for Mechanical Drafting.
Winners for St. Johns High School include Taylor Kurzhals, first place in Art Exhibition-Photography, and Honorable Mention in Art Exhibition-Photography; Erika Mireles third place in Art Exhibition-Painting; and Jessenia Mireles second place in Art at Our Feet.
Thatcher High School winners include Presley Barnes, second place in Business-A Day in the Life of an Accountant; Hailey Blackman, second place in Art at Our Feet; Jaedan Carpenter, second place in Mechanical Drafting, and second place in So You Want to be an Athletic Trainer Relay; Amber Clement, third place in Computers-PC Networking; Connor Cluff, first place in Skills Day Film Festival; Chandler Curtis, third place in Computers-PC Networking; Taylor Ellett, first place in Art Exhibition-Drawing and third place in Art Exhibition-Drawing; Tyrell Eubanks, third place in Computers-PC Networking; Devan Farley, third place in Computers-PC Networking; Emma Harrison, first place in Art Exhibition-Drawing, first place in Art Exhibition-Watercolor & 3-D, and second place in Art-Drawing/Still Life; Kelsi Hunt, second place in Art Exhibition-Drawing; Cole Mullenaux, first place Skills Day Film Festival; Matthew Orr, first place in Mechanical Drafting, and first place in So You Want to be an Athletic Trainer Relay; Wesley Pena, first place in Architectural Drafting, first place in Art Exhibition-Drawing, second place in Art Exhibition-Watercolor & 3-D, third place in So You Want to be an Athletic Trainer Relay, and Honorable Mention in Art Exhibition-Painting; Shaina Porter, first place in Art Exhibition-Painting, and first place in Art at Our Feet; Sydney Robbins, first place in Art Exhibition-Watercolor & 3-D; Bradlee Sanders, third place in Computers-PC Networking; Chandler Spackman, third place in Computers-PC Networking; Hannah Spiller, first place in Art Exhibition-Drawing, second place in Art Color Matching, and Honorable Mention-Art Exhibition-Drawing; Keturah Standley, Honorable Mention in Business-Accounting; Alissa Terry, first place in Art Color Matching, and third place in Art Exhibition-Painting; Tuesday Thompson, second place in Business-A Day in the Life of an Accountant, and third place in Business-Accounting; Brigham Waite, first place in Skills Day Film Festival; Chandler Wright, Honorable Mention in So You Want to be an Athletic Trainer Relay; and Temperess Young, third place in Computers-Microsoft Excel.
Winner for Valley Union High School was Tyler Allen, with an Honorable Mention in So You Want to be an Athletic Trainer Relay.
Willcox High School winners include Morgan Owen, Honorable Mention in Skills Day Film Festival; and Makenzie Rios, second place in Skills Day Film Festival.
For more information about EAC Skills Day, contact the event coordinator, Gayrene Claridge, at (928) 428-8341, or at gayrene.claridge@eac.edu.
