Certiport Names US National Champions for Microsoft Office 2023 Specialists

Orlando, Florida – Certiport, a Pearson VUE company and the leading provider of performance-based IT certification exams that accelerate academic and career opportunities for students, today announced the winners of the US National Championship for IT Specialists. Microsoft Office 2023. Champions beat out 185 finalists in the live competitive event in Orlando, Florida, with first-place winners heading to the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship in Orlando, Florida, USA in August. This year marks 21 years since the competition began in 2002.

More than 217,000 students from across the US, ages 13-22, entered one of six competition tracks by submitting a qualified passing score on the following certification exams: Microsoft Office Specialist Word, Microsoft Office Specialist Excel® and Microsoft Office Specialist PowerPoint®. First place winners receive a cash prize of $3,000 USD, second place $2,000 USD and third place $1,000 USD.

Finalists received a hard copy of a document, spreadsheet or presentation to recreate along with printed instructions and digital assets. They were then graded according to how accurate the recreation was compared to the original. The champions of each program, along with a chaperone, won a trip to participate in the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship 2023 in Orlando, Florida, USA, from July 31 to August 2, 2023, where they will compete against over a hundred finalists from countries around the world.

The US National Champions for Microsoft Office Specialists are:

Microsoft Word (Office 2019)

1. Joy Skaggs, Arkansas
2. Andrew Chuang Saladin, Florida
3. Brady Schultz, Utah

Microsoft Excel (Office 2019)

1. Mason Braithwaite, Utah
2. Benjamin Rands, Idaho
3. Kairi Kramer, Ohio

Microsoft PowerPoint (Office 2019)

1. Alexandra Occhiuto, New York
2. Cayden Aures, Wisconsin
3. John Reed, Ohio

Microsoft Word (Office 2016)

1. Nicholas Keller, Virginia
2. Jackson Sinclair, Iowa
3. Jonas Lee, Wash.

Microsoft Excel (Office 2016)

1. javier hamilton virginia
2. Helen Chen, Florida
3. Keira Amon, New Jersey

Microsoft PowerPoint (Office 2016)

1. Celia Cole, West Virginia
2. Hunter Liss, Nebraska
3. Samuel Latham, Tennessee

“We are exceptionally proud of these students from across the United States who will join us at the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship later this year,” said Craig Bushman, Certiport General Manager. “These students have shown that through hard work, persistence, and dedication they have acquired enough skills to confidently compete in a high-pressure environment. Your Microsoft Office Specialist certifications and your participation in this competitive event will be the first step to a successful career.”

“The Microsoft Office Specialist National and World Championships have provided students with an incredible opportunity to test their technical skills and knowledge for 21 years,” said Rick Herrmann, vice president of Worldwide Public Sector Education at Microsoft. “Every student in this competition is a winner because they have earned a globally recognized credential that will help propel them toward brighter careers and educational opportunities. We look forward to seeing how these students leverage their Microsoft Office productivity skills in the future.”

You can learn more about the US National Stunt Championships at Microsoft Office here.

About Certiport

Certiport, a Pearson VUE company, is the leading provider of certification exam program development, delivery and management services through an extensive network of more than 15,000 Certiport-authorized testing centers worldwide. Certiport manages a sophisticated portfolio of leading certification programs including: Microsoft Office Specialist Official Certification Program, Microsoft Certified Fundamentals Certification Program, Microsoft Certified Educator Program, Adobe® Certified Professional Certification Program, Autodesk Certification Program Certified User, Intuit Certification, App Development with Swift Certification Program, Unity Certified User Certification Program, Communication Skills for Business Certification Program, IC3 Digital Literacy Certification, and Entrepreneurship and Small Business Certification Program. Certiport reliably delivers millions of tests each year in the corporate, employment, secondary and post-secondary technology markets in 148 countries and 26 languages ​​around the world. For more information, visit certiport.com or follow Certiport on Twitter at www.twitter.com/certiport.

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