Brian Thrasher of Wareham, a junior at Upper Cape Tech, won a gold medal in the Diesel Engines competition at the Massachusetts SkillsUSA state competition held in Marlborough, Massachusetts on April 30, 2011. The gold medal qualifies Thrasher to represent Massachusetts at the SkillsUSA national competition in June in Kansas City, Missouri.  Upper Cape Tech won 14 other medals at the state competition.

The other Upper Cape Tech medalists include:

Silver Medals

Student Competition Town

Adam Edgell Marine Services - Wareham

Danea Cosgrove Medical Terminology-Sandwich

Kent Murtaugh Plumbing -Bourne

Corinne Barkas Occupational Health & Safety -East Wareham

Lucy Deehan Occupational Health & Safety-Sandwich

Drew Forest Sustainability -Forestdale

Nicole Pimental Sustainability-Falmouth

Alena Abernathy Practical Nursing -Hyannis

Bronze Medals

Student Competition Town

Alex Costeira Diesel Engines- Wareham

Joseph Yochum Collision Repair - Bourne

Alyssa Atkinson Community Service - Marion

Lynn Francis Community Service - Falmouth

Caitlin O’Neill Community Service - Sagamore Beach

Anna McEntee Extemporaneous Speech- Forestdale

SkillsUSA is a national organization serving more than 250,000 high school and college students.  SkillsUSA has the active support of more than 1,000 corporations, trade associations, businesses and labor unions at the national level.  Student membership in SkillsUSA offers leadership, citizenship and character development programs with activities to compliment skills training.  These programs help students prepare to go to work and emphasize respect for dignity of work and scholarship.