Luke Lippert won one of the nation's highest awards at the 2025 SkillsUSA Championships held in Atlanta on June 25 and 26.

Lippert is from East Petersburg and a student at Lancaster County Career & Technology Center in Mount Joy. He was awarded the high school bronze medal in sheet metal.More than 6,500 students competed at the national showcase of career and technical education. The SkillsUSA Championships is the largest skill competitions in the world.

First-place state winners were invited to the event to demonstrate their technical skills, workplace skills and personal skills in 114 hands-on competitions, including robotics, automotive technology, drafting, criminal justice, aviation maintenance and public speaking. Industry leaders from 850 businesses, corporations, trade associations and unions planned and evaluated the contestants against their standards for entry-level workers. More than 1,200 industry judges and technical committee members participated this year.A total of 1,250 gold, silver and bronze medals were presented to students on June 27 at the SkillsUSA awards session. Many winners also received industry prizes, tools of their trade or scholarships. The medalists also received a Skill Point Certificate representing workplace readiness in the student's occupational specialty. Students can add the certificate to an employment portfolio. As an indicator of proficiency, Skill Point Certificates were awarded to national contestants who received a medal or who met a threshold contest score for their event.