2023 MTI High School Welding Competition

Competition Highlights (Illinois & Missouri Regions)

• 83 total participants
• 41 high schools represented
• $58,500 total awarded in MTI scholarships

Illinois Regional Competition

Competition Highlights

• 70 total participants
• 34 high schools represented
• $43,500 total awarded in MTI scholarships

Top 3

1. First Place: Alex Papenhause of Tremont High School; awarded a $5,000 scholarship. Tremont High School will also receive a $1,000 donation from MTI.
2. Second Place: Landon Hooker of Illini Bluffs High School; awarded a $2,500 scholarship.
3. Third Place: Mason Wienzierl of Tremont High School; awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

Top 10

1. Alex Papenhause, Tremont High School
2. Landon Hooker, Illini Bluffs High School
3. Mason Wienzierl, Tremont High School
4. Joshua Dennis, Tremont High School
5. Brayden Bishop, Midwest Central High School
6. Dawson Stone, Midwest Central High School
7. Kaiden Petro, Tremont High School
8. Landon Drowns, Limestone Community High School
9. Zach Pyzdrowski, Grundy Area Vocational Center
10. Connor Steidinger, Prairie Central High School

High Schools Represented

• Limestone Community High School
• Midwest Central High School
• Astoria High School
• Franklin High School
• Ridgeview High School
• Effingham High School
• Glenwood High School
• Kewanee High School
• Metamora Township High School
• Capital Area Career Center
• Tremont High School
• Lincoln Community High School
• East Peoria High School
• Princeville High School
• Carrollton High School
• Gillespie High School
• Richwoods High School
• Illini Bluffs High School
• Morton High School
• Sherrard High School
• Cambridge Junior/Senior High School
• Henry-Senachwine High School
• Moline High School
• Dunlap High School
• Youthbuild McLean County
• Geneseo High School
• Grundy Area Vocational Center
• Livingston Area Career Center
• Trinity Academy
• Lanphier High School
• Streator Township High School
• O’Fallon High School
• Carlinville High School
• Morris Community High School

Missouri Regional Competition

Competition Highlights

• 13 total participants
• 7 high schools represented: Waynesville Career Center, Nevada Regional Technical Center, Pike Lincoln Technical Center, Buffalo High School, Dallas County Technical Center, Grain Valley High School, and Verona High School
• $15,000 total awarded in MTI scholarships

Top 3

1. First Place: Kyle Shropshire of Nevada Regional Technical Center; awarded a $5,000 scholarship. Nevada Regional Technical Center will also receive a $1,000 donation from MTI.
2. Second Place: Weston Perry of Dallas County Technical Center; awarded a $2,500 scholarship.
3. Third Place: Zachary Thomas of Nevada Regional Technical Center; awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

Top 10

1. Kyle Shropshire, Nevada Regional Technical Center
2. Weston Perry, Dallas County Technical Center
3. Zachary Thomas, Nevada Regional Technical Center
4. Mason Michaels, Waynesville Career Center
5. Robert Gray, Nevada Regional Technical Center
6. Braxton Beesley, Dallas County Technical Center
7. Richard Whiteside, Pike Lincoln Tech Center
8. Christopher Stevenson, Waynesville Career Center
9. Matthew Vogtman, Waynesville Career Center
10. William Woods, Grain Valley High School

Nevada Regional Technical Center Donation

First place winner Kyle Shropshire earned Nevada Regional Technical Center a $1,000 donation from MTI.

2024 Competition Dates to Be Announced

Everyone who attends receives a $500 scholarship to attend MTI.

Competition is open to all high school seniors across the country.

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