A Berks County native has cemented his place in SkillsUSA history with a rare back-to-back national win in masonry.
Sam Berryman, a 2025 graduate of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology and a 2023 graduate of Brandywine Heights High School and Berks Career & Technology Center, earned his second consecutive gold medal at the 2025 SkillsUSA Championships held June 23–27 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Berryman is now only the second student in the country since 2004 to medal in both the high school and post-secondary divisions of the masonry competition. He is also the only Pennsylvanian to ever win two national gold medals in the category…