A Summerville student was among six Georgia Northwestern Technical College students who represented the college at the 2026 SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference held June 1-5 in Atlanta.

Jonah Nuckolls of Summerville competed as part of GNTC’s TeamWorks team, alongside Caleb Greeson of Dalton, Connor Rowell of Rome and Jackson Woodard of Calhoun.

GNTC students competed in three categories at the national event, which brought together more than 6,500 state champions competing for gold, silver and bronze medals in 114 skilled and leadership competitions.

One GNTC student, Janie Ruiz of Rome, earned a bronze medal in the Customer Service competition. Ruiz studies Business Management at GNTC’s Floyd County Campus.

Missy McLain, SkillsUSA advisor for GNTC, said she was proud of all the competitors for their hard work and for representing the college on the national level.

The national conference drew an estimated 19,000 students, instructors and industry partners.

SkillsUSA serves more than 444,000 career and technical education students and instructors each year and has served 15 million members since 1965.