Extreme Trades Makeover: Future Welders Winners
2026 winners
Three Alabama high school welding instructors had their classes interrupted with oversized $30,000 checks, balloons, and surprise celebrations after being named the first-ever winners of the Extreme Trades Makeover: Future Welders competition.
The winners were:
- Joe Abercrombie, Edward Bell Career Technical Center in Camp Hill
- Marty Long, Escambia Career Readiness Center in Brewton
- Jarrod Pope, Lowndes County Career Technical Center in Haynesville
Marty Long and some of his students pose with the $30,000 oversized check Long received as one of three winners of Extreme Trades Makeover: Future Welders.
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Joe Abercrombie
Marty Long
Jarrod Pope