Saturday, January 30, 2021 - 12:21 pm
The MHS DECA program had 27 students finish in the top four at the District 3 virtual competition recently.
In all, 39 MHS DECA members competed at the conference, which was held virtually due to the pandemic Students performed a role play and took an exam related to their event. Since there wasn't a face-to-face role play with a judge, the students read over their scenario and then recorded their role play for the judge to score.
"It was basically a one sided role play, " MHS DECA adviser Robert Hutchison said. "While there wasn't any interaction with the judge, the students were still able to display their presentation skills through the video."
Students who finish in the top four are considered series champions. MHS also had 10 students who received honorable mention recognition for finishing fifth, sixth or seventh.
1st Place: Bridget Holahan (Apparel and Accessories Marketing), Zinnia Nie (Economics Exam), Daphne Wu (Hotel and Lodging), Rohan Kommuri (Marketing Communications), Sneha Chandrashekar (Principles of Finance), Zinnia Nie and Poojha Prabahara Sundar (Financial Services Team), Amber Kaplan and Elizabeth Schink (Sports Marketing Team), Vesa Ljumani and Nina Wakeham (Travel and Tourism Team).
2nd Place: Karen Lu (Accounting Applications), Aarush Jain (Business Finance), Lauren Poehling (Entrepreneurship), Grace DeCroix (Marketing Communications), Franklin Hu (Personal Financial Literacy), Geoffrey Nelson and Xiaodong Zhang (Business Law and Ethics Team), Julia Healy and Amalia Morner (Travel and Tourism Team).
3rd Place: Isaac Flottmeyer (Quick Serve Restaurant), Guyan Gibson (Personal Financial Literacy), Greta Jungbluth and Amy Li (Marketing Management Team).
4th Place: Ambrose Engling (Principles of Marketing), Grant Kastman and Roderick McLellan (Financial Services Team).
Honorable Mention: Guyan Gibson (Economics Exam), Franklin Hu (Economics Exam) Aarush Jain (Economics Exam), Lauren Poehling (Economics Exam), Varsha Gouraram (Apparel and Accessories), Rachel Hong (Apparel and Accessories), Stephen Paulsen (Sports Marketing), Jackson Rademacher (Accounting Applications), Lindsay Gilge and Madison Kosobucki (Buying and Merchandising Team).
Hutchison noted UW-Whitewater held its Mini-Conference in November and the format was similar to the district conference.
"Definitely one of our most successful districts,'' Hutchison said. "Students who attended the UW-Whitewater competition were definitely prepared for districts."
All 39 MHS DECA members who competed at districts will have a spot to compete at the fully virtual State Career Development Conference in March, Hutchison noted.