41 Kanawha County Students Qualify for International DECA Marketing & Management Competition
Forty-one high school students from George Washington High School, Herbert Hoover High School, Nitro High School, Sissonville High School and St. Albans High School have qualified to compete in the national competition at the DECA International Career Development Conference April 27-30 in Orlando, FL. DECA is a nonprofit international student organization that prepares students for a future in marketing, finance, hospitality and management.
At the international conference, Kanawha County Schools students - ranging from high school freshmen to seniors - will compete in a variety of events in areas including, but not limited to: hospitality services team decision making, hospitality and tourism professional selling, financial services team decision making, buying and merchandising team decision making, human resources and quick serve.
All students placing first or second in the state, qualified to compete at the national competition.
School
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Student/s
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Event
|
Place
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George Washington HS
|
Ava Reed
|
Apparel & Accessories Merchandising
|
1st
|
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Josie Lorea
|
Princ. Of Business Mgmt & Administration
|
2nd
|
Herbert Hoover HS
|
Madelyn Bailey
|
Marketing Mgmt
|
2nd
|
|
Willow Welch
|
Marketing Mgmt
|
2nd
|
Nitro HS
|
Lauren McClung
|
Entrepreneurship
|
1st
|
|
Jessa Holton
|
Business Services Mktg
|
1st
|
|
Russell McClanahan
|
Human Resources Mgmt
|
1st
|
|
Jamison Lewis
|
Principles of Business & Mgmt Administration
|
1st
|
|
Emma Welker
|
Principles of Hospitality & Tourism
|
1st
|
|
Jacob Arnott
|
Restaurant & Food Services Mgmt
|
1st
|
|
Elizabeth O'Leary
|
Sports & Entertainment Team
|
1st
|
|
Hannah Warden
|
Sports & Entertainment Team
|
1st
|
|
Robbie Garbin
|
Sports & Entertainment Series
|
2nd
|
|
Madalyn Crist
|
Travel & Tourism Team
|
2nd
|
|
Sydney Murray
|
Travel & Tourism Team
|
2nd
|
|
Hannah Lawrence
|
Financial Literacy Promotion Project
|
2nd
|
|
Kyle Hagerman
|
Automotive Services Mktg
|
2nd
|
Sissonville HS
|
Zackary Tolley
|
Hotel & Lodging Mgmt
|
1st
|
|
Abbigale Ward
|
Professional Selling
|
1st
|
|
Andrew Deweese
|
Travel & Tourism
|
1st
|
|
Kaitlyn McClung
|
Travel & Tourism
|
1st
|
|
Jess Pridemore
|
Apparel & Accessories Mktg
|
2nd
|
|
Alissa Lowe
|
Business Services Mktg
|
2nd
|
|
Kendyl Monday
|
Entrepreneurship
|
2nd
|
|
Afton Myers
|
Entrepreneurship
|
2nd
|
|
Amber Smith
|
Entrepreneurship
|
2nd
|
|
Zackary Blankenship
|
Financial Services
|
2nd
|
|
Seth Frame
|
Financial Services
|
2nd
|
|
Madison Deweese
|
Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling
|
2nd
|
|
Zachariah Granata
|
Sports & Entertainment Mktg
|
2nd
|
|
Brock Stricklen
|
Sports & Entertainment Mktg
|
2nd
|
St. Albans HS
|
Savana Pringle
|
Business Law & Ethics
|
1st
|
|
Kaelin Withrow
|
Business Law & Ethics
|
1st
|
|
Cassidy Lester
|
Buying & Merchandising
|
1st
|
|
Lauren Reed
|
Buying & Merchandising
|
1st
|
|
Sarah Chrzanowski
|
Integrated Mktg Campaign - Service
|
1st
|
|
Brytani Patterson
|
Integrated Mktg Campaign - Service
|
1st
|
|
Emma Deitz
|
Job Interview
|
1st
|
|
Alivia Hall
|
Quick Service Restaurant Mgmt
|
1st
|
|
Jaden Wills
|
Integrated Mktg Campaign - Product
|
2nd
|
|
Hali Wriston
|
Integrated Mktg Campaign - Product
|
2nd
|
To qualify for the International Competition, DECA student members run a campaign and give a speech in front of 300+ DECA members and advisors at the WV Career Development Conference (CDC). They also had to go through an interview and take an exam. There are individual, team, written, and chapter events within a variety of subject areas. Areas range from accounting to quick serve, and from advertising to the stock market. The first and second place winners at CDC qualify for ICDC.