DECA Students Succeed in Districts
37 students from Liberty qualify for the DECA state competition in Kansas City
Liberty’s DECA members pose with their awards at the DECA districts.
February 17, 2023
DECA recently excelled in the DECA Districts competition with 70 participants from Liberty, 37 who qualifying for the state competition in March that will take place in Kansas City.
DECA adviser Ms. Taylor explains what the student’s goal is during the DECA districts.
“The main goal of the DECA competition was to take everything they have been practicing for all year (whether a role play event or a paper event) and present the information to the judges in hopes that they score high enough to move on to the state competition. Many of them score high enough to go to the state competition. Many of our students competed against 20-25 other competitors this year,” Taylor said.
Senior DECA member and first place winner in Apparel and Accessories Audrey Fleetwood speaks on how she prepared for the DECA Districts competition.
“I took a test prior to the competition day then did two roleplays, which are scenarios where I was given a role and had to solve a problem related to marketing apparel and merchandise,” Fleetwood said. “I then presented my solution as my assigned role to a judge. These role plays along with my test score were averaged to find my final score.”
Fleetwood explains how important DECA has been to developing important life skills.
“Being in DECA has caused me to step out of my comfort zone, improved my knowledge of marketing, given me real world experience working with businesses, helped me meet so many people, and given me the opportunity to grow my leadership skills,” she said.
DECA State Qualifiers
Audrey Fleetwood – 1st Place – Apparel and Accessories
Madalyn Breckenridge – 1st Place – Accounting
Leah Kaler – 3rd Place – Accounting
Sathvika Pudur Ravi Shanker – 4th Place – Accounting
Nick May – 5th Place – Business Finance
Vianca Malave-Torres – 4th Place – Business Services Marketing
Payton Guffey – 4th Place – Entrepreneurship
Jillian Garcia – 4th Place – Food Marketing Series
Brooke Suftko – 5th Place – Hotel and Lodging Management
Kaitlyn Stumpf – 3rd Place – Human Resource Management
Arthi Kondapaneni – 2nd Place – Marketing Communications
Ava Reidy – 2nd Place – Restaurant and Food Service Management
Ryan White – 3rd Place – Retail Merchandising
Serena Bartels – 2nd Place – Principles of Marketing
Campbell Bahr – 4th Place – Principles of Marketing
Isabela Casas – 1st Place – Principles of Hospitality & Tourism
Manav Raja Vinotha – 2nd Place – Principles of Business Administration
Aicha Beye – 3rd Place – Principles of Business Administration
Raksha Thiagarajan & Rathi Thiagarajan – 4th Place – Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making
Carmen Brassel & Ashley Vieluf – 3rd Place – Financial Team Decision Making
Cameron Wright & Drake Politte – 1st Place – Sports Team Decision Making
Nolan Chambers – 2nd Place – Start Up Business Plan
Peyton Hemmer – 1st Place – Financial Consulting
Morgan Moomey – 1st Place – Integrated Marketing Campaign-Product
Ryleigh McKinney – 3rd Place – Integrated Marketing Campaign-Product
Madelyn Breckenridge & Brooke Suftko – 1st Place – Sales Project
Arthi Kondapaneni – 1st Place – Community Giving Project
Dominick Haley & Dillon Roberts – 2nd Place – Career Development Project
Jon Howell & Nathan Bobikiewicz – 2nd Place – Buying and Merchandising Operations Research
Jessica Wagner – 2nd Place – Business Services Operations Research
Serena Bartels & Addie Ritchey – 2nd Place – Sports and Entertainment Operations Research
