Skills USA
2025 Nebraska Skills USA Leadership and Skills Championships
Thirty-one of our JCC high school students competed in the 2025 Nebraska Skills USA Leadership and Skills Championships at Fonner Park in Grand Island, April 10-12 along with approximately 1,800 other high school students from all over the state of Nebraska.
All first place winners in national-qualifying contests qualify to attend the Skills USA National Leadership and Skills Conference, June 23-27. Some contests are state-only competitions. The champions of those competitions do not advance to nationals, however those contests are just as competitive , or in some cases, more competitive than the other events. National Skills USA has just not included those contests in their conference yet.
Architectural Blueprint Reading (state-only contest)
1st Place - Wes Schmid
Off-Road Diesel Ag/Construction (state-only contest)
2nd Place - Wes Schmid
Action Skills
1st Place - Zeke Burki (National Qualifier)
2nd Place - Aurora Stephens
3rd Place - Ekho Golda
Job Application Process
1st Place - Kaitlin Young (National Qualifier)
Career Pathways - Arts and Communications
1st Place - Amia Anderson, Nayelli Prado, and Connor Haufle (National Qualifier)
Career Pathways - Business
1st Place - Abigail Burki, Stefani Peters, Trever Bohling (National Qualifier)
Career Pathways - Health
2nd Place - Conner Gerking, Dalton Henderson, Aaryn Kaster
Career Pathways - Human Services
2nd Place - Millie Gentert, Jocelyn Duarte, Nancy Duarte
