Northmont DECA had 20 students become finalists at the Ohio DECA Career Development Conference in Columbus with 10 qualifying to attend the International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida in April.
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COLUMBUS — Northmont DECA members competed at the 79th annual Ohio DECA Career Development Conference in Columbus on March 10 -11 against the best that Ohio has to offer.
While in Columbus 20 of the members were finalists and 10 students qualified to attend the International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida in April.
“I was extremely happy with the results from the weekend,” said Eric Wagner, DECA advisor. “All the students have put a lot of time and effort into it. It is great to see hard work pay off and I am very excited about taking that number of students to the International Conference. I am anxious to see what happens at the next level.”
Trophy winners
& ICDC qualifiers
*Bold indicates Northmont DECA I while italics is Northmont DECA II.
Ava Oberer – 1st Place Automotive Services Series Event.
Lauren Bellish – 1st Place Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling.
Katie Schmitz – 2nd Place Finance Operations Research Event.
Wisdom Chima, Tochi Ibe, and Muhammed Samb – 2nd Place Start-Up Business Plan.
Alayna Armour, Alyssa Scarff, and Addison McCormick – 4th Place Financial Literacy Project.
Sophia Gorretta – 4th Place Integrated Marketing Campaign Service.
Ohio DECA
Finalists
Celeste Chambers – 6th Place Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling.
Kailee Brooks, Zoe Helmick, and Lauren Schatzley – 7th Place Sales Project.
Kylah Skaroupka – 8th Place Start-Up Business Plan.
Kiersten Griffith and Coe Pastenes – 9th Place Integrated Marketing Campaign Service.
Mia Sheets – 10th Place Restaurant and Food Service Management Series Event.
Daemani Lee – 11th Place Principles of Finance.
Elliot Moyer – 12th Place Apparel and Accessories Marketing Series.
