Middleton High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) team had an outstanding showing at the 2026 Wisconsin FBLA State Leadership Conference, with 64 students qualifying for the FBLA National Leadership Conference.
Middleton High School had the highest number of national qualifiers from a single chapter in the state. The 64 qualifiers earned the opportunity to compete at the FBLA National Leadership Conference in San Antonio from June 29 to July 2, where students from across the country will compete, develop their business skills, expand professional networks, and pursue national recognition and scholarships.
A full list of Middleton High School students who placed in the top four of their events to qualify for the National Leadership Conference is below.
They’re among the 103 Middleton High School students who competed at the state conference, held April 13-14 at the KI Convention Center in Green Bay. For the third consecutive year, Middleton High School’s FBLA team was recognized with first place for Outstanding High School Chapter Award.
In addition, Middleton High School’s presence on the State Executive Board remains strong as junior Ishika Pulimamidi transitions from her role as the 2025–2026 State Parliamentarian to her newly elected position as the Wisconsin FBLA State Vice President. Joining her for the 2026–2027 term is Middleton High School junior Vivian Feng, who was elected as the new Wisconsin FBLA State Parliamentarian.
For more information about FBLA in Wisconsin, visit the Wisconsin FBLA website.
First place:
Sofia Pan; Pardis Panahi - Digital Animation
Kerina Dai - Insurance & Risk Management
Eric Huang; Kavin Jayakumar Kaliyappan; Andrew Wang - International Business
Preetham Peddireddy - Introduction to FBLA
Virudhigasri Anandan - Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure
Drake Jiang; Daud Naser - Introduction to Programming
Prudvi Bathula - Networking Infrastructures
William Kussow - Public Administration & Management
Tanvi Kulkarni - Public Speaking
Madison DeRidder; Keerath Gill; Teagan Kadow - Sports & Entertainment Management
Rohan Dileep - Technology Support & Services
Second place:
Liza Kanne - Advertising
Alborz Dehnavi - Business Communication
Aditya Girirajan - Introduction to Business Procedures
Jeffrey Chang - Introduction to FBLA
Rishi Bellam - Introduction to Information Technology
Hamsini Indukuri - Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure
Ishika Pulimamidi; Vivian Feng - Local Chapter Annual Business Report
Audrey Kim; Ananya Subramanian - Network Design
Sophie Audhya - Real Estate
Berrin Reiter - Securities & Investments
Diya Dhawal; Sharmili Karthik; Akankshya Swain - Social Media Strategies
Shreya Bhandari; Amy Ma; Vivitsha Singh - Visual Design
Third place:
Josie Day; Isabella Kinne; Tom Reuter - Banking & Financial Systems
Maggie Kirker - Business Communication
Kaelyn Chen; Micah Friedman - Coding & Programming
Jasmine Gill - Cybersecurity
Neal Sharma - Data Science & AI
Nithya Allu; Jennifer Dai; Fatima Zeeshan - Digital Video Production
Amy Medsker; Sophia Pientka; Yasemin Rosas - Hospitality & Event Management
Jinal Shah - Introduction to Supply Chain Management
Akshaj Arun; Baran Ozkan; Joseph Weisman - Mobile Application Development
Samarth Kashyap - Networking Infrastructures
Sisay Blust; Sean Gustafson; James Russo - Supply Chain Management
Fourth place:
Addison Schink - Advertising
Andrew Upton - Agribusiness
Tarun Chilakatati; Iniyaan Karthikeyan; Naveed Shaik - Business Management
Sophia Chen - Career Portfolio
Sarah Lee - Introduction to Business Communication
Nikki Annadevula - Project Management
Photo caption: Vivian Feng and Ishika Pulimamidi