Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Marketing Students from Career Center qualify for DECA State



50 Marketing Students from Career Center qualify for DECA State

Pete Eichholz, Anne Hickman and Scott Fuenfhausen, DECA Advisors for Columbia Area Career Center, are proud to announce the results of the DECA District 2 competition that was held on Wednesday, February 4 at the Holiday Inn EXPO Center in Columbia. More than 200 students from District 2 competed in the day-long event including DECA members from the Battle, Hickman and Rock Bridge DECA chapters. The top two finishers in each event advance to the State Career Development Conference on March 15 for the chance to move on to Nationals which will be held in Orlando, FL in April.

The following DECA students qualified for state:

Human Resource Management
1st place: Lily Burns (Hickman)
2nd place: Margaret Straw (Hickman)

Apparel & Accessories Marketing
2nd place: Becca Wagner (Hickman)

Automotive Services
2nd place: Austin Schiefer (Christian Fellowship)

Business Services Marketing
1st place: Tate Dempsey (Battle)
2nd place: Thomas Semkiw (Hickman)

Marketing Management
1st place:  Madison McDonnell (RB)

Restaurant and Food Service Management
1st place: Shelby King (RB)
2nd place: Bridget Vazquez (Hickman)

Retail Merchandising
2nd place: Brooklyn Hill (RB)

Hotel & Lodging Management
1st place: Courtney King (RB)
2nd place: Betsy Poehlman (RB)

Sports & Entertainment Marketing (individual series)
1st place: Gareth Greenwell (Hickman)
2nd place: Joey Koetting (RB)

Food Marketing Series
2nd place: Addison Neutzmann (RB)

Business Finance
1st place: Jack Rentschler (RB)

Quick Serve Restaurant Management
2nd place: Andrew Ricks (Christian Fellowship)

Principles of Business Management & Administration
2nd place: Quinn Miller (RB)

Principles of Hospitality & Tourism
1st place: Sara Swaney (Hickman)
2nd place: Ana Tager (Hickman)

Principles of Marketing
1st place: Zuhair Thabit (Hickman)

Principles of Finance
1st place: Mariah Murphy (RB)

Team Management Events:

Business Law & Ethics
1st place: Brett Norton & Peyton Tettleton (Hickman)
2nd place: Greyson Jeffrey & Aaron Ghidey (RB)

Buying & Merchandising
1st place: Lauren Forest & Maddy Towns (RB)
2nd place: McKenzie Harris & Eden Bartok (Hickman)

Financial Analysis
1st place: Tanner Lawrence & Daniel Veros (Hickman)
2nd place: Reed Steuber & Nick Whitworth (RB)

Hospitality Services
1st place: Sam Hoyt & Aubrey Jaco (Hickman)
2nd place: Elliot Bones & Paul Kindling (RB)

Sports & Entertainment (team)
1st place: Carson England & Eric Kuse (RB)
2nd place: Andrew Wooldridge & Matt Eichelmeier (RB)

Travel & Tourism
1st place: Maddie Gilmore & Kay Frymire (Hickman)
2nd place: Adison Capel & Shannon Greene (Hickman)

Marketing Communications
1st place: Charlie Dranginis & Sam Baugher (Hickman)
2nd place: Matasen Chambers & Caitlin Price (Hickman)

Leadership Delegate:
Brooklyn Hill (RB)


Third Place finishers: (do not qualify for state)
Mark David (Hickman): Hotel & Lodging
Camille McManus (RB): Human Resource Management
Mickey Hua (Hickman): Sports & Entertainment (Individual)
Raven Stokes (Hickman): Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
Cameron Hawkins (Battle): Principles of Marketing
Amy Agnew (Hickman): Restaurant & Food Service Management


The DECA competition is divided into two parts. Students first take an exam which tests basic marketing knowledge. The second portion of the competition is “role play” where students are given a marketing situation in which they must develop a solution and then present that solution to a judge who rates their solution. The final score is a combination of the two parts.


McKenzy Harris, Kay Nies, Eden Bartok, Olivia Huggins and Reed Wilson

Charlie Dranginis and Shannon Greene

                          Denis Kalendar, Joey Koetting, Brendan McLaughlin and Lucas Harrington
Mark David, Gareth Greenwell, Daniel Veros, kMatasen Chambers, spencer Linder Adison Capell, Abby Fulcher, SamBaugher, Caitlyn Price, Shannon Greene, Becca Wagner and Charlie Dranginis kneeling


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