FBLA Students Conquer States!

Last week the Marvin Ridge Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter took 52 students to the NC FBLA state leadership conference where students attended workshops and competed in a range of business events. At the workshops students had the opportunity to learn about how to improve their leadership and business skills as well as how to improve their competition skills for future FBLA competitions. Students also had the privilege of listening to the motivational speaker Mama Drill who spoke about her experiences as a mother and as a soldier in Desert Storm and what those experiences have taught her.

Of the 52 students who competed, 46 students earned medals, and 17 students placed first in their events! Marvin Ridge also earned two chapter awards, one for being the largest chapter in North Carolina and another for being the largest chapter in the Southwest region. Out of the students that competed 34 students qualified for nationals in Anaheim, California and are very excited to attend as Hari Vijay reported, “States was a blast with all of the competitors, can’t wait for nationals this summer in Anaheim!” Below is a list of the students that placed in their events at the state competition.

1st Place

Gavin	Dacier	Business Calculations
Kathleen	Chambers	Business Financial Plan
Laura	Froneberger	Business Financial Plan
Mason	Liles	Business Plan
Alex	Nam	Business Plan
Isak	Terzic	Business Plan
Shreya	Yalamanchili	Business Law
Chase	Kanipe	Coding and Programming
Jacob	Parvin	Computer Game and Simulation
Stuti	Cheegori	Digital Video Production
Spandana	Punuru	Digital Video Production
Suhas	Nannapeneni	Intro to Business Presentation
Hari	Vijay	Intro to Business Presentation
Sydney	Downes	Marketing
Haley	McCrossan	Marketing
Kaleigh	Fanning	Public Service Announcement
Sophia	Williams	Public Service Announcement

2nd Place

Dillon	Billingham	Business Plan
Taylor	Billingham	Business Plan
Jillian	Araya	Emerging Business Issues
Alex	Augenstein	Emerging Business Issues
Riley	Nicosia	Intro to Business Procedures

3rd Place

Kyle	Atlas	Digital Video Production
Connor	Klingenberg	Digital Video Production
Sophie	Kappos	Digital Video Production
Peter	Huffman	e-Business
Michael	Marinaccio	e-Business
Nish	Singaraju	e-Business
Shaylee	Cooney	Graphic Design
Grace	Garcia	Publication Design
Rohan	Jangala	Securities and Investments

4th Place

Hannah	Petersen	Global Business
Katie	Ropers	Global Business
Meaghan	Pferschy	Impromptu Speaking

Top 10

Cole	Curran	Accounting I
Elizabeth	Schupp	Accounting I
Ken	Beaty	Computer Game and Simulation
Andrew	Claxton	Computer Game and Simulation
George	Rateb	Computer Game and Simulation
Sunghwu	Song	Economics
Anusha	Tummallapalli	Economics
Rashi	Jagani	Intro to Business Procedures
Arnov	Maroju	Intro to Financial Math
Emily	Chin	Public Speaking II
Claudia	Cmielowiec	Sports and Entertainment Mgmt.
Allie	McShea	Sports and Entertainment Mgmt.

FBLA Students Conquer States!

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