Rochester High School’s drone team is officially first in the nation.
Rochester students Zach Hubbard and David McConnell won the gold medal and title of National Champions in Commercial sUAS Drone at the SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
The two-person team, with advisor teacher Paul Kuss, attended the conference the first week of June.
“This achievement represents countless hours of hard work over a number of years. Strong dedication, problem-solving, a lot of hard work, and teamwork led to the National Title,” Rochester School District said in a social media post celebrating the drone team’s win.
Rochester High School’s drone team previously placed first in Nationals in 2022 and second in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Each year, the SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference is held in Atlanta, Georgia, and features more than 6,500 state champion students competing in 114 different various skill and leadership competitions, according to the SkillsUSA website.
For more information, visit https://www.skillsusa.org/
For The Chronicle’s previous article on Rochester High School’s drone and robotics teams, visit https://tinyurl.com/5n8xz9fz
