On January 31^st, the IMPACT Institute took its 113 students from 13 high schools to compete in the SkillsUSA Indiana Regional Competition against over 400 students. 62 students of IMPACT’s 113 placed in the top five in their competitions. All 62 of those will advance to the SkillsUSA Indiana State Competition and Conference on April 10^th and 11^th in Indianapolis.

These 62 students include:

-Kaelyn Sprunger, competing in Welding

-Becca Alwine and Kristen Wolf in Nail Care

-Cooper Handshoe in Commercial Baking

-Cheyenne Stork and Erica Morr in Restaurant Service

-Zane Miller in Marine Service Technology

-Favian Cervantes in Architectural Drafting

-Lucas Graden in Digital Cinema Production

-Corey Halbert in 3D Visualization and Animation

-Kyle Bolen and Michael Sanchez in Carpentry

-Nathan Lash in Auto Refinishing