On Friday, March 7, 2025, fifty-one LTHS Design & Drafting students competed in the 48th annual Joliet Junior College (JJC) regional of the Illinois Design Educators Association (IDEA) competition.
Students from schools across the JJC district/region participated in various Computer Aided Design (CAD)/Drafting contests, where they were given a design problem to solve within a 90-minute time limit. In team divisions, students worked on a long-term design project starting in January, presenting their solutions, drawings, designs, and prototypes to a panel of architects, engineers, college instructors, and students.
The top two finishers in each individual category and first-place teams qualified for the state competition at Illinois State University on Saturday, April 12, 2025.
🏅 Congratulations to Our Regional Winners!
📐 Introductory CAD
🥈 Maha Dissi – 2nd
⚙️ Machine CAD
🥇 Nathaniel Rowell – 1st
🥈 Brooke Kemp – 2nd
🖥️ 3D Modeling
🥇 David Krzysiak – 1st (fourth consecutive win!)
🥈 Timothy Porrey – 2nd
🛠️ Assembly Modeling
🥇 Ducan Kenny-Benson – 1st
🥈 Gabriel Sot – 2nd
🥉 Luke Mazza – 3rd
🔩 3D Machine CAD
🥇 Stephen Reuter – 1st (perfect score!)
🥉 Justin Woracheck – 3rd
🏛️ Architecture 3D
🥇 Liam Zimmerman – 1st
🥈 Gavin Monreal – 2nd
🥉 Juliana Reyes – 3rd
🔧 Engineering Design Team
🥇 Kyle Stevens, Joseph Stroner & Jackson Maloney – 1st
🏗️ Architecture Design Team
🥇 Gavin Nusko, Mara Kubis & Aubree Tovar – 1st (third consecutive win for Chloe!)
👨🏫 LTHS Teachers:
Jeff Brown, Rodger Ebert, Corey Duzan, Dan Mostyn
These students dedicated countless hours outside of class to prepare for this competition. Now, they set their sights on state, where they will compete against the top qualifiers from each regional.
💪 Best of luck to our state-bound students on April 12th! 🎉
