Forty four Marketing Students from Career Center qualify for DECA State

Pete Eichholz 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 6 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia. More than 200 students from District 2 competed in the day-long event including 34 Hickman and 44 Rock Bridge DECA members. Students finishing the top two in each event advance to the State Career Development Conference on March 17 for the chance to move on to Nationals which will be held in Anaheim, CA in April.

The following DECA students qualified for state:

Human Resource Management

2^nd place: Madison Reifsteck (Hickman)

Apparel & Accessories Marketing

1^st place: Emma Pliska (RB)

Business Services Marketing

1^st place: Jack Schimpf (RB)

Marketing Management

1^st place: Trent Powell (RB)

2^nd place: Kalie Wilson (Hickman)

Automotive Services

1^st place: Ryan Nauser (RB)

Quick Serve Restaurant

1^st place: Josh Shumate (RB)

2^nd place: Matt Frappier (Hickman)

Retail Merchandising

2^nd place: Brandi Smith (RB)

Hotel & Lodging Management

1^st place: Gage Kiesling (Hickman)

2^nd place: Larkin Shull (Hickman)

Sports & Entertainment Marketing (individual series)

1^st place: Sam Wohlbold (RB)

2^nd place: Michelle King (RB)

Food Marketing Series

1^st place: Ryan Stanowski (RB)

Business Finance

1^st place: Chandler Randol (RB)

Principles of Business Management & Administration

1^stplace: Caleb Rainey (Hickman)
2^nd place: Tate Dempsey (Hickman)

Principles of Hospitality & Tourism
1^st place: Jacob Winton (RB)

Team Management Events:

Business Law & Ethics

1^stplace: Mary Jane O'Connor & Connor Lake (Hickman)

2^nd place: Kortney Betz and Jenna Bartok (RB)

Buying & Merchandising

1^stplace: Nate Horvit & Chris Hickman (RB)
2^nd place: Brandi Dye & Cathy Chen (Hickman)

Financial Analysis

1^stplace: Morgan Widhalm & Aaron Meyers (RB)

Hospitality Services

1^stplace: Sam Hoyt & Aubrey Jaco (Hickman)

2^nd place: Olivia Mends & Natalie Heim (RB)

 

Sports & Entertainment (team)

1^stplace: Brady Pfeiffer & Eric Kuse (RB)

2^nd place: Bryan Forward & Jansen Smith (RB)

Travel & Tourism

1^stplace: Brian Gunter & Culler Parris (RB)
2^nd place: Jordan Forrest & Kathryn Kirtly (RB)

 

Marketing Communications

1^stplace: Gage Cheslock & Harry Bozoian (RB)

2^nd place: Alize Shaffer & Christian Geen (Hickman)

Third Place finishers: (do not qualify for state)

Olivia Klenke:Principles of Marketing (Hickman)

Rosa Baka: Principles of Business Administration (RB)
Kayla Doolady: Apparel & Accessories (RB)

Garth Greenwell: Sports & Entertainment Individual (Hickman)

Nick Roberts: Automotive Services (RB) 

Nick Godas: Restaurant & Food Service Management (RB)

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.