Seventy-six BVNW students place at state DECA competition

Claudia Chen, Social Media Manager

Ninety-four BVNW students competed at the Kansas state DECA competition this past Sunday through Tuesday. Out of the 94 BVNW students competing, nine students placed first, 22 students placed second and 18 students placed third. A total of 76 students placed in the top ten overall.

Full results are listed below.

 First place winners:

Emily Ball and Jordan Joyce, Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making

– Lauren Baumert, Apparel and Accessories Marketing

– Abhay Gohel, Virtual Business Challenge (Hotel and Lodging)

– Abbie O’ Grady, Advertising Campaign and Retail Merchandising (double state champion)

– Katie Thill, Sports and Entertainment Marketing

– Xiqing Wang and Riya Parikh, Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making

– Max Weyforth, Professional Selling

 

Second place winners:

– Hannah Adams, Retail Merchandising

– Grace Coen and McKenzie Meehan, Business Services Operations Research

– Chloe Ching and Vandita Garimella, Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making

– Amanda DeJesus, Quick Serve Restaurant Management

– Kait Flannagan, Hotel and Lodging Management

– Ann Goebel, Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research

– Olivia Hulke and Aiswariya Ramaswamy, Financial Services Team Decision Making

– Sarah Lasnier and Alishka Rojas, Hospitality Services Team Decision Making

– Chase Lipham and Jackson Regan, Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making

– Kira Moylan, Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan

– Saisivani Narahari, Principles of Hospitality and Tourism

– Maddie Pickett, Restaurant and Food Service Management

– Mateo Small and Sam Roberts, Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan

– Susie Song, Human Resources Management

– Connor Wernimont and Chris Wernimont, Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making

 

Third place winners:

– Danny Alter and Andrew Blalock, Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan and Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making (double third place winners)

– Jack Anderson, Hotel and Lodging Management

– Hayden Andresen, Quick Serve Restaurant Management

– Kyle Berger, Thomas Kim and Cole Roatch, Entrepreneurship Written

– Claudia Chen, Business Services Marketing

– Grace Coen and McKenzie Meehan, Marketing Communications Team Decision Making

– Parth Daga, Principles of Marketing

– Abhay Gohel, Personal Financial Literacy

– Libby Kaufman and Jackson Regan, Sports and Entertainment Operations Research

– Will Sharpe and Jack Warner, Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making

– Emily Stalcup and Katie Thill, Advertising Campaign

 

Fourth place winners:

– Hannah Adams and Gage Hall, Entrepreneurship Written

– Celena Aljundi, Retail Merchandising

– Amanda DeJesus and Kristin Finical, Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research

– Jack Gould, Professional Selling

– Jordan Joyce and Melanie Katz, Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan

– Anders Pearson, Principles of Marketing

– Pavan Rao, Principles of Hospitality and Tourism

– Bennett Wixon, Marketing Management

 

Fifth place winners:

– Alea Beaman, Sports and Entertainment Marketing

– Kyle Berger and Cole Roatch, Hospitality Services Team Decision Making

– Betsy Cha, Quick Serve Restaurant Management

– Nandita Daga, Marketing Management

– Jack Gould, Business Finance

– Mateo Small, Restaurant and Food Service Management

– Mickey Steutermann, Business Services Marketing

– Greyson Woerpel, Financial Consulting

 

Sixth place winners:

– Sam Crowl, Food Marketing

– Gage Hall, Apparel and Accessories Marketing

– Kaylan Moore, Advertising Campaign

– Max Weyforth, Sports and Entertainment Marketing

– Lauren Stalcup and Emily Stalcup, Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making

 

Seventh place winners:

– Sophia Amos-White, Professional Selling

– Maya Caldwell, Food Marketing

– Linda Fiorito and Lauren Stalcup, Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan

– Kristin Finical, Restaurant and Food Service Management

– Ann Goebel, Automotive Services Marketing

– Libby Kaufman and Jordan Serati, Marketing Communications Team Decision Making

– Jessica Nguyen, Human Resources Management

– Monica Sewell, Business Services Marketing

– KJ Newman and Michael Sterrett, Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making

 

Eighth place winners:

– Meg Fitzgerald and Taylor Mason, Advertising Campaign and Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making (double eighth place winners)

– Melanie Katz, Hotel and Lodging Management

– Sam Roberts, Sports and Entertainment Marketing

 

Ninth place winners:

– Matthew Lin, Marketing Management

– Kaylan Moore, Retail Merchandising

– Catherine Young, Apparel and Accessories Marketing

– Kylee Xu and Caitlin Spitz, Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making

 

Tenth place winners:

– Celina Aljundi, Advertising Campaign

– Aaron Cheng and Ian Trost, Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making

– Greyson Woerpel, Retail Merchandising

– Catherine Young, Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan