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
- 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.
- Second Place: Landon Hooker of Illini Bluffs High School; awarded a $2,500 scholarship.
- Third Place: Mason Wienzierl of Tremont High School; awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
Top 10
- Alex Papenhause, Tremont High School
- Landon Hooker, Illini Bluffs High School
- Mason Wienzierl, Tremont High School
- Joshua Dennis, Tremont High School
- Brayden Bishop, Midwest Central High School
- Dawson Stone, Midwest Central High School
- Kaiden Petro, Tremont High School
- Landon Drowns, Limestone Community High School
- Zach Pyzdrowski, Grundy Area Vocational Center
- 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
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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
- 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.
- Second Place: Weston Perry of Dallas County Technical Center; awarded a $2,500 scholarship.
- Third Place: Zachary Thomas of Nevada Regional Technical Center; awarded a $1,000 scholarship.
Top 10
- Kyle Shropshire, Nevada Regional Technical Center
- Weston Perry, Dallas County Technical Center
- Zachary Thomas, Nevada Regional Technical Center
- Mason Michaels, Waynesville Career Center
- Robert Gray, Nevada Regional Technical Center
- Braxton Beesley, Dallas County Technical Center
- Richard Whiteside, Pike Lincoln Tech Center
- Christopher Stevenson, Waynesville Career Center
- Matthew Vogtman, Waynesville Career Center
- 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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