Cole Murray works on his project for the national Skills USA competition in the woods workshop at Green River High School. Murray placed third in the nation for his work.
A Green River High School student took third in a national Skills USA cabinet competition, earning the highest place anyone from Green River has achieved in the Skills USA program.
Cole Murray competed June 9 in the national competition for Skills USA, building a hexagonal cabinet that woods teacher Tim Cassity described as a simple-looking, but complex project. The event was hosted virtually, allowing Murray to build his project at GRHS, but required him to be filmed during the six-hour work period. Despite the time given, Cassity said Murray finished his project early, but made a quality cabinet.
"I was very impressed with the project," he said. "He's a very exceptional student."
Murray was informed of his accomplishment during a ceremony June 24.
Skills USA competitions start at the state level, which Murray and fellow woodworker Austin Fox competed in.
While Fox took third at state in cabinetmaking, Murray took the top honors, allowing him to compete at the national competition. The two were joined by AJ Peterson, who placed first in CPR/First Aid.
Cassity had high praise for Murray, saying he has an engineer's mind when it comes to working on projects and said both Murray and Fox have created beautiful pieces for class.
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