Students compete in State TSA competitions
Springfield Public Schools middle and high school students participated in the Missouri Technology Student Association (TSA) state championship conference at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, April 12-14, 2026.
Students competed in a variety of technology-based events ranging from construction challenges to game design. High school students advancing to Nationals will attend the TSA National Conference June 22-26, 2026, in Washington DC.
Advisor Jon Jatho
First Place
- Penelope Craig, Forensic Technology
- Parker Carrington, Forensic Technology
Second Place
- David Coltharp, C.A.D. Foundations
- Gregory Soules, Structural Engineering
- Mateo Baca, Structural Engineering
Third Place
- Penelope Craig, Problem Solving
- Parker Carrington, Problem Solving
Fourth Place
- Penelope Craig, Children’s Stories
- Parker Carrington, Children’s Stories
- Additional State Participants
- David Coltharp, CO2 Dragster
- Gregory Soules, Problem Solving
- Mateo Baca, Problem Solving
- Cherokee Middle School
- Advisor Jason Broyles
State Participants
- William Bone-Leonard, Structural Engineering
- Parker Bailey, Structural Engineering
Advisor Jessey Mook
First Place
- Angel Ferman, Drone UAV
- Alan Vaughn, Drone UAV
- Angel Ferman, Dragster
Second Place
- Angel Ferman, Problem Solving
- Alan Vaughn, Problem Solving
Third Place
- Angel Ferman, Robotics
- Alan Vaughn, Robotics
Additional State Participants
- Angel Ferman: Dragster, Drone, Robotics, and Problem Solving
- Alan Vaughn: Dragster, Drone, Robotics, and Problem Solving
Advisor Jen Boyster
First Place
- Emerson Daugherty and Gus Johnson, Coding
Second Place
- Cassandra Harman, Dragster
- Gus Johnson and Emerson Daugherty, Robotics
- Elliott Unser and Henry Boschen, STEM Animation
Third Place
- Elliott Unser, Marley Dennis & Henry Boschen, Tech Bowl
- Emerson Daugherty, Gus Johnson, & Elliott Unser, Video Game Design
Finalist
- Sebastian Newton, Robotics & Coding
- Marley Dennis, Robotics
Advisor Sarah Yates
First Place
- Evelyn Cook, Off the Grid
- Evelyn Cook and Evelyn Low, Structural Engineering
- Evelyn Cook, Evelyn Low and Haven Wilson, Leadership Strategies
Third Place
- Haven Wilson, Digital Photography
- Evelyn Cook, Audio Podcasting
Finalist
- Evelyn Cook, Digital Photography
Advisor Scott Moulder
Second Place
- Lydia Roberts, Children’s Stories
Advisor Chris Tompkins
Fourth Place
- Skylar Lee, Promotional Design
Team with Events
- Olive Eck (ninth), Audio Podcasting, Children’s Stories, Promotional Design, Technology Bowl
- Ryan Walski (ninth), Coding, Senior Solar Sprint, Technology Bowl, Video Game Design
- Sean Scudder (ninth), Coding, Senior Solar Sprint, Technology Bowl, Video Game Design
- Skylar Lee (tenth), Children’s Stories, Promotional Design
- Tigerlily Wang (tenth), Children’s Stories, Promotional Design
Advisor Jeremy Cross
First Place
- Tyler Reed, Robotics
- Ty Bennett, Robotics
- Emmitt Ellsaesser, Robotics
- Jaxon Gipson, Robotics
- Roosevelt Havelin, Robotics
Advisor Steve Gewinner
Fourth Place
- Jacen Dillabough, Robotics
- Abby Wright, Robotics
Advisor Betsy Cannella
2026-2027 MO State Officer - Treasurer Tracy Do
First Place
- Tracy Do and Ronin Gambill, Coding
- Harrison Keith and Morgan Boslaugh, Structural Engineering
Third Place
- Harrison Keith and Morgan Boslaugh, Tech Problem Solving
- Thien Pham, Flight Endurance
Advisor Cory Letsinger
Fourth Place
- Lukas Swearingen, Webmaster
Additional State Participants
- Garrett Dickens, Dragster Design, Drone Challenge, Virtual Reality Visualization
- Grayson Dennis, Drone Challenge, Video Game Design, Webmaster
- Hayden Wood-Coding, Software Development, Video Game Design