All six of Northampton Community College’s Skills­USA competitors took the gold for their categories in the Skills­USA competition held in January.

The NCC students competed on Jan. 29 at the Lehigh Valley Hotel and Allentown Fairgrounds. The students won first place in their categories and will move on to compete at the state level in April 2020 in Hershey. If they win there, the students will move on to the national level.

Local winners and their majors, followed by the category in which they competed, are:

• Alexis Hacker of Effort, paralegal, “Prepared Speech” category

• Justine Johnson of Kunkletown, radiography, “Medical Terminology” category

• Andrew Zamadics of Walnutport, welding, “Welding” category

SkillsUSA is a national career and technical student organization that educates those involved and offers employable skills to those studying a trade, technical and skilled service occupation. Competitors from NCC, although running unopposed, must pass a minimum of 80% to advance to the state competition. This is where they will run against other postsecondary institutions such as Penn College of Technology and others from across the state.