December 2019 Announcement – 4th Annual AWS Central Louisiana Section High School Welding Competition

December 2019 Section Notice

Greetings AWS Central Louisiana Section Members & Friends,

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On December 5, 2019 the AWS Central Louisiana Section held its 4th Annual High School Welding Competition at the new CLTCC River Side Campus The competition was outstanding with 47 high school students representing 13 High Schools from 5 Parishes.

Deston Garon representing AHS High School won the “Winner Take All Division” and was awarded $1000.00 for his High School Welding program. The award was made possible by a grant from the Rapides Foundation to CLTCC.

The winners were;
Beginner
1st Place Hayden Pullins
2nd Place Ralston Nugent
3rd Place Kendrick Tate

Advanced
1st Place Kyle Herbert
2nd Place Kaden McClellan
3rd Place Jerod Toups

Winner Take All
1st Place Deston Garon
2nd Place Mathew Gorem
3rd Place Keithan Soileau

We would like to thank all of our contestants and their teachers for making this year’s competition our biggest to date.

Thank you,

The AWS Central Louisiana Board