Manatee TSA chapters earn national honors

EAST COUNTY — Manatee County technology students showed off their skills and again secured national honors as they competed June 28 through July 2, at the National Technology Student Association Conference in Orlando.

Two East County schools — Braden River High and Nolan Middle — secured national championship titles, both earning the highest number of points within their respective age divisions for the second consecutive year.

Overall, Manatee’s 171 student competitors earned 194 top 10 finishes; 66 students earned trophies for taking first, second or third place in 71 competitive events.

“For the seventh year in a row, Manatee County Technology Student Association competitors ranked first in the nation at the National TSA Conference,” said Doug Wagner, Manatee Schools’ director of adult, career and technical education. “Manatee students brought home five first-place, seven second-place and 11 third-place national event titles.”

TSA teams from Lakewood Ranch, Bayshore, Manatee and Southeast high schools also competed.

Lakewood’s Nathan Miller earned one of two high school level first-place finishes, in the category of “dragster design.”

In the middle school division, students from Haile, Braden River, Johnson and Sugg also were represented.

Haile’s team earned four top 10 rankings. Braden River also earned one third-place finish.

Contact Pam Eubanks at [email protected]

Manatee County Schools’ Awards
*Manatee County Schools’ wins by category, placing and student/school

MIDDLE SCHOOL
AGRICULTURE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY DESIGN
5 Nolan Middle School

CHALLENGING TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
5 Nolan Middle School

Chapter Team MS
2 Nolan Middle School

Chapter Team, Written MS
4 Madelyn Kumar, Nolan Middle School

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
9 Destin Dusold, Haile Middle School

Dragster
2 Alexander Kumar, Nolan Middle School
7 Conner Mccabe, Nolan Middle School
8 James Pritchard, Haile Middle School

Environmental Focus
4 Nolan Middle School

ESSAYS ON TECHNOLOGY
5 Cassandra Atzrodt, Nolan Middle School

Flight
5 Logan Miller ,Nolan Middle School

Go Green Manufacturing
6 Nolan Middle School

Inventions & Innovations
4 Nolan Middle School

Leadership Strategies
1 Nolan Middle School

Prepared Speech
4 Madelyn Kumar Nolan Middle School

Promotional Design
3 Yoshua Torralva Nolan Middle School
9 Kevin Mendel Haile Middle School

Structural Engineering
3 Braden River Middle School
5 Nolan Middle School

SYSTEM CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
3 Braden River Middle School

Transportation Systems
4 Jonah Sinclair, Nolan Middle School
6 Yoshua Torralva, Nolan Middle School

Video Game Design (MS)
2 Nolan Middle School

HIGH SCHOOL
Animatronics
3 Braden River High School

Architectural Renovation
6 Braden River High School

DEBATING TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES
8 Braden River High School

DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION
3 Braden River High School

Dragster Design
1 Nathan Miller, Lakewood Ranch High School
10 Ryan Hintze, Braden River High School

ESSAYS ON TECHNOLOGY
8 Molly Sun, Braden River High School

Fashion Design
1 Braden River High School
*Manatee and Southeast placed third and fourth, respectively.

Future Technology Teacher
4 Paul Wagner, Braden River High School

MUSIC PRODUCTION
3 Braden River High School

Photographic Technology
5 Hannah Figueras, Braden River High School

PREPARED PRESENTATION
2 Valeriya Mikhaylova,  Braden River High School
5 Sofia Atzrodt, Southeast High School

Promotional Graphics
7 Ronnie Perrault, Braden River High School

Technical Sketching and Application
9 Molly Sun, Braden River High School

Transportation Modeling
5 Ryan Hintze, Braden River High School
7 Joseph Komor, Southeast High School

Webmaster
7 Braden River High School