McGee Wins NCMCA Sigmon Award

Shown bottom (left to right): Fifth-place finisher, Lamar O’Neal, Brodie Contractors; fourth-place finisher and 2010 defending champion Cory Huneycutt, Paul’s Masonry; and third-place finisher, Landon Huntley, McGee Brothers. Top (left to right), Contest Chairman Gary Joyner; 2011 Champion Wriston McGee; second-place finisher Kale Hallman of McGee Brothers; Contest Head Judge Freddy Koontz; and NCMCA President Larry Kirby.

Seventeen-year-old Wristen McGee, an apprentice with McGee Brothers Co. in Monroe, N.C., has won the David R. Sigmon Award and is the champion of the 2011 North Carolina Masonry Contractors Association Masonry (NCMCA) Apprentice Skills Contest. Wristen, the son of Chris and Lori McGee of Monroe, joined 15 other NCMCA working apprentices in the May 21 competition at Custom Brick and Supply Co. in Raleigh. Wristen is enjoying a good run as a competitive apprentice and won the championship at the 57th Annual N.C. Department of Labor State Fair Masonry Apprentice Skills Completion in October. NCMCA member firms provided some $10,000 in cash, materials, equipment and tools for the event held annually the third Saturday of May.