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Paris High School students win scholarships at automotive technology competition


Posted Date: 01/30/2018

Paris High School students win scholarships at automotive technology competition

Paris ISD Automotive Technology students recently competed for the first time in the Top Tech Challenge at Universal Technical Institute (UTI) - Dallas/Ft. Worth campus.  The 52 two-person teams came from schools across Texas to compete in hands-on and written automotive testing on vehicle parts, brakes, diagnostics and electrical systems.

The team of Mason Ragsdale from Paris High School and Wesley Wilson, a contract student from Chisum, placed 8th in the competition and each earned $1,000 in scholarships towards tuition at UTI. Michael Rhodes is their instructor.

UTI has campuses around the US. The closest campus is in Irving, Texas. Based on data compiled from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections (2016-2026), the projected number of annual job openings for automotive service technicians and mechanics is 75,900 or 759,000 by 2026.

Photographed from left are Wesley Wilson, UTI Representative Eric Penick, and Mason Ragsdale. 
Photographed from left are Wesley Wilson,
UTI Representative Eric Penick, and Mason Ragsdale. 

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