Lincoln Academy senior Tyson Ball is the Bath Regional Career and Technical Association’s CET Student of the Year

Tyson Ball, a Lincoln Academy senior and electrical student at Bath Regional Career and Technical Center (BRCTC), is the 2025 BRCTC Student of the Year.

Each of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) centers in Maine selects one student per year to receive this honor, for a total of 27 Maine CTE Students of the Year. The students who are chosen go on to represent their school at the Maine Association of Career and Technical Education (MACTE) Celebration in the spring. 

Ball is the third Lincoln Academy student in a row to be selected from BRCTC. Eleanor Nery ‘24 (culinary) Abigayle Reed ‘23 (cosmetology) were both selected as Student of the Year in their respective classes.

Each sending program submitted a description of their student and the reasons they were selected as Students of the Year. Ball was described this way by his BRCTC instructors:

“This student’s commitment to his craft, leadership in the classroom, and community involvement make him an exceptional example to others. He is a strong advocate for Bath Tech. This student helps classmates with complicated technical concepts and offers guidance on personal matters, as well. His contributions to the class help bring all of our sending schools together as a new group, known as Bath Tech. Academically, he has maintained a perfect A+ average throughout his two years at Bath Tech. He is a member of the National Technical Honor Society, and has been Student of the Semester twice.”

Ball attributes his prior experience with the field of electricity as part of the reason for his success in the program. “My grandfather is a master electrician and master plumber. I started going out on job sites with him when I was eight, and worked with him all through Covid. 

So I knew some simple things about the trade before I started the course, and that definitely helped.”

He is grateful to BRCTC and his instructor, Landon Hixon, in particular, for his experience in the two-year electrical course. “I love the Bath Tech program. We go out on jobs, to clients’ houses where we work on actual jobs to get that real-world experience. The equipment they have is state of the art, like tools to bend conduit. That really helps us learn.”

Ball plans to enroll in Eastern Maine Community College for Electrical Automation and Technology, and hopes to go on to the University of Maine to finish a four-year degree in electrical engineering after that. 

“I am so proud of Tyson and this accomplishment,” said Jeff Burroughs, Lincoln Academy Head of School. “The Bath Tech program offers so many resources to our students, and they thrive there. Tyson has been a model student at both schools, and we are excited for his next steps.”