Media release: More than 20 Chattahoochee Technical College students, instructors and staff members celebrated Sunday in Joliet, Illinois as it was announced that the team had placed fourth in the annual competition portion of PLANET Student Career Days.
"It was a great result," said Shane Evans, instructor and division chair of technical programs. "The students performed well as individuals and as a team, which was certainly rewarded in today's final outcome."
For almost 20 years, the team has finished in the top ten in the nation, including a first place finish overall in 2008. Led by horticulture instructors Evans, John Hatfield, and Bejie Herrin, the team competed against about 800 students from both two-year and four-year colleges and universities. As many as 100 students competed in some of the competition's 28 events. Most the recently team won first place honors in 2008 and 2010.
Chattahoochee Technical College's team scored a combined 3,902.61 points, just behind top three finishers Brigham Young University – Provo, University of Michigan and Brigham Young University-Idaho. Along with the school's fourth place award, the team had 17 individual or small group finishes in the top ten, including seven top three finishers in individual and group events. The school's top finisher among individual competition was Humzah Khraim of Marietta, who came in fourth out of 807 competitors.
"These men and women have made us very proud," said Chattahoochee Technical College President Dr. Sanford Chandler. "It is proof again that CTC's programs and students can compete against the best and brightest in the industry."
2011 PLANET Team
| Name | City | County | ||
| Chuck Carter | Dallas | Paulding | ||
| Kelsey Collum | Rockmart | Polk | ||
| Chris Freidenstein | Duluth | Gwinnett | ||
| Joe Fries | Powder Springs | Cobb | ||
| Cheryl Gress | Kennesaw | Cobb | ||
| Allen Humble | Acworth | Cherokee | ||
| Humzah Khraim | Marietta | Cobb | ||
| Nanci Lee | Cartersville | Bartow | ||
| Lindsey Luethi | Dallas | Paulding | ||
| Keith Loggins | Canton | Cherokee | ||
| Allison Mauelshagen | Acworth | Paulding | ||
| Steven Meara | Marietta | Cobb | ||
| Joseph Moore | White | Bartow | ||
| Craig Morris | Marietta | Cobb | ||
| Drew Nixon | Atlanta | Fulton | ||
| Anita Phillips | Acworth | Bartow | ||
| Kevin Porter | Kennesaw | Cobb | ||
| Denise Rusinkle | Roswell | Fulton | ||
| Cassie Templeton | Acworth | Cherokee | ||
| Brian Watters | Acworth | Cherokee | ||
| Sandra Wilson | Woodstock | Cherokee | ||
2011 PLANET Team Top Finishers
| Name | City | County | ||
| Chris Freidenstein | Duluth | Gwinnett | ||
| -2011 5th - Business Management | ||||
| Joe Fries | Powder Springs | Cobb | ||
| -2012 9th – Turf and Weed Identification | ||||
| Humzah Khraim | Marietta | Cobb | ||
| -2013 3rd – Irrigation Assembly (team) -2014 1st – Landscape Plant Installation (team) -2015 5th – Landscape Maintenance Technique (team) | ||||
| Lindsey Luethi | Dallas | Paulding | ||
| -2016 4th – Interior Plant Identification | ||||
| Allison Mauelshagen | Acworth | Paulding | ||
| -2017 3rd – Computer Aided Landscape Design -2018 4th – Interior Landscape Design | ||||
| Joseph Moore | White | Bartow | ||
| -2019 1st – Landscape Plant Installation (team) | ||||
| Craig Morris | Marietta | Cobb | ||
| -2020 1st – Landscape Plant Installation (team) | ||||
| Anita Philips | Acworth | Bartow | ||
| -2021 3rd – Personnel Management (team) | ||||
| Kevin Porter | Kennesaw | Cobb | ||
| -2022 10th – Aboriculture Techniques (team) -2023 5th – Landscape Maintenance Technique (team) -2024 7th – Skid Steer Operation | ||||
| Denise Rusinkle | Roswell | Fulton | ||
| -2025 5th – Interior Plant Identification | ||||
| Cassie Templeton | Acworth | Cherokee | ||
| -2026 1st – Woody Ornamental Plant Identification -2027 3rd – Annual and Perennial Plant Identification | ||||
| Brian Watters | Acworth | Cherokee | ||
| -2028 10th – Aboriculture Techniques (team) -2029 3rd – Irrigation Assembly (team) -2030 8th – Irrigation Troubleshooting | ||||
| Sandra Wilson | Woodstock | Cherokee | ||
| -2031 3rd – Personnel Management (team) -2032 2nd – Sales Presentation -2033 9th – Exterior Landscape Design | ||||
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