Washington’s 2026 SkillsUSA Finalists in CS/IT
The Washington SkillsUSA State Leadership & Skills Conference was held April 16–18, 2026, at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood. Gold medalists in qualifying events advanced to represent Washington at the SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, held June 1–5, 2026.
At the national level, the following Washington students were recognized in CS/IT Categories:
|
Event |
Place |
Team |
School/Location |
|---|---|---|---|
|
3D Visualization and Animation |
🥈 Silver |
Team L (consisting of Bryden Hull, Devon Papa) |
South Kitsap High School, Port Orchard, WA |
|
Cyber Security |
🥇 Gold |
Team N (consisting of Caleb Carver, Grayson Tinker) |
Cascadia Technical Academy, Vancouver, WA |
|
Information Technology Services |
🥉 Bronze |
Coleson Schmidt |
Cascadia Technical Academy, Vancouver, WA |
|
Interactive Application and Video Game Development |
🥉 Bronze |
Team K (consisting of Tyler Sika, Sarah Aldrich) |
Oak Harbor High School, Oak Harbor, WA |
|
Internet of Things (IOT) Smart Home |
🥈 Silver |
Hannah Hailoufi |
Pierce County Skills Center, Puyallup, WA |
|
Robotics and Automation Technology |
🥇 Gold |
Team L (consisting of Arlyan Rosas Meliton, Logan Wirkkala-Scheller) |
Naselle High School, Naselle, WA |
The medalists in CS/IT events at the Washington competition were as follows:
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2D Animation STATE ONLY | Team E (consisting of Jasmine Cha, Elise Cha) Camas High Camas, WA | Team C (consisting of Elina Herman, Jonah Mellor) Discovery High camas, WA | Team A (consisting of Lily Collett, Willow Nusbaum) Discovery High camas, WA |
| 3D Visualization and Animation | Team G (consisting of Bryden Hull, Devon Papa) South Kitsap High Port Orchard, WA | Team I (consisting of Aidan Mills, Joseph Paquet) South Kitsap High Port Orchard, WA | Team D (consisting of Ian Thompson, ava jackson) Central Kitsap High Silverdale, WA |
| Computer Maintenance Technology | April Mendez Pierce County Skills Center Puyallup, WA | Fabius Tuluc Cascadia Technical Academy Vancouver, WA | Brennan Loving-Marler Pierce County Skills Center Puyallup, WA |
| Computer Programming | Ashwath Polali Bonney Lake High Bonney Lake, WA | Liliya Gnatenko Central Valley High Verdale, WA | Kedar Soma Bonney Lake High Bonney Lake, WA |
| Cyber Security | Team C (consisting of Caleb Carver, Grayson Tinker) Cascadia Technical Academy Vancouver, WA | Team F (consisting of Abhinavlal Dharavath, Nathan Edwards) Central Valley High Verdale, WA | Team G (consisting of James Tran, Urijah De La Rosa) Central Valley High Verdale, WA |
| Information Technology Services | Coleson Schmidt Cascadia Technical Academy Vancouver, WA | William Spencer Cascadia Technical Academy Vancouver, WA | Clark McLucas Cascadia Technical Academy Vancouver, WA |
| Interactive Application and Video Game Development | Team E (consisting of Tyler Sika, Sarah Aldrich) Oak Harbor High Oak Harbor, WA | Team D (consisting of Savannah Hutchinson, Michi Rosas) Oak Harbor High Oak Harbor, WA | Team A (consisting of Ayden Newton, Day Balcorta) New Market Skills Center Tumwater, WA |
| Internet Of Things (IOT) Smart Home | Hannah Hailoufi Pierce County Skills Center Puyallup, WA | Dominick Iglesias Pierce County Skills Center Puyallup, WA | Kyle Russell Pierce County Skills Center Puyallup, WA |
| Internetworking | Jack Ticknor Cascadia Technical Academy Vancouver, WA | Yevhenii Shvets Cascadia Technical Academy Vancouver, WA | Manuel Frayle-Acosta Yakima Valley Skill Center Yakima, WA |
| Robotics and Automation Technology | Team C Logan Wirkkala-Scheller, Arlyan Rosas Meliton Naselle High School Naselle, WA | Team A Ethan Amestoy, Bjorn Otterstrom Ferris High School Spokane, WA | Team B Romain Garcia, Jamie Moreno Naselle High School Naselle, WA |
| Robotics-Urban Search and Rescue | Team B Haakan Kenney, Samuel Gornushenko Rochester High School Rochester, WA | Team C Bruce Phillips, Enrique Rodriguez Rochester High School Rochester, WA | Team F Victor Sandoval, Alex Guillermo Royal High School Royal City, WA |
| Telecommunications Cabling | Landon Boudreau Pierce County Skills Center Puyallup, WA | Alexander Rojas Pierce County Skills Center Puyallup, WA | Jayden Shepard Pierce County Skills Center Puyallup, WA |
These results were extracted from https://www.skillsusa-register.org/rpts/EventMedalists.aspx on Aug 4, 2026.
