ECCC students take top honors in SkillsUSA Competition

These East Central Community College students took top honors during the 2021 State SkillsUSA Virtual Conference and those garnering first place awards will represent Mississippi at the virtual National SkillsUSA contest this summer.

Award winners included (front row, from left) Hannah Beech of Meridian; Maliah Black of Philadelphia; Gabby Bufkin of Forest; Sarah Horn of Newton; and Makayla Strickland of Union (second row, from left) Cheyenne Henderson of Philadelphia; MyeAngel Riley of Kosciusko; Lexi McDonald of Newton’ Ashley Savell of Philadelphia; Kameron Joiner of Philadelphia; Charley Mowdy of DeKalb; and Sunnie Quick of Carthage; and (back row, from left) Shabria Neely of Meridian; Kaylin Wilkerson of Morton; Laurel Shinn of Hickory; Kygeria Dawkins of McCool; Lynn Wyatt of Conehatta, who serves as president of ECCC’s SkillsUSA chapter and served as a model for the job skills demonstrations; Kailyn Davis of Hickory; Avery Hammons of Lawrence; and Hannah Sullivan of Decatur.