Liberty’s DECA traveled to the Mid Rivers Mall to compete in their District 6 Career Development Conference on Tuesday, Jan. 31. There were 55 students who competed in several categories across all areas of business, including business management and administration, finance, hospitality and tourism, marketing, entrepreneurship, and personal financial literacy.
Thirty three Liberty students qualified for state with seven students taking first place in their respective categories.
“Part of my event is a 100 question test that everyone takes the week before the competition, but the part I did at the mall is the role-play,” senior Aicha Beye, who competed in the Human Resources Management category and finished in fourth place, said. “Essentially, I have 10 minutes to prepare a solution to a human resources issue, and then I have 10 minutes to explain it to a judge.”
The state competition will take place in Kansas City from March 3-5.
Here’s the complete list of students who qualified for state:
Leah Kaler - 1st Place Accounting
Imane Larhdiri - 1st Place Business Services Marketing
Campbell Bahr & Kaitlyn Stumpf - 1st Place Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making
Raksha Thiagarajan - 1st Place Business Services Operations Research
Larhdiri - 1st Place Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research
Jessica Wagner - 1st Place Career Development Project
Santosh Manikandan - 2nd Place Accounting
Isabella Casas - 2nd Place Hotel and Lodging Management
Abigail Grover - 2nd Place Principles of Marketing
Lilly Fister & Alyse Gorman - 2nd Place Marketing Management Team Decision Making
Ben Wiley & John-Paul Burton - 2nd Place Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research
Ellen Ziegler - 2nd Place Community Giving Project
Arely Perez- Gomez-2nd Place Start-Up Business Plan
Ava Reidy - 2nd Place Buying and Merchandising Operations Research
Carter Ashby - 3rd Place Accounting
Raksha Thiagarajan & Rathi Thiagarajan - 3rd Place Financial Team Decision Making
Gabrielle Medina & Paige Quinn -3rd Place Business Services Operations Research Imane
Ryleigh McKinney & Peyton Watts - 3rd Place Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research
Aicha Beye - 4th Place Human Resources Management
Lauren Wiley & Cadance Benson - 4th Place Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
Jessica Wagner - 5th Place Hotel and Lodging Management
Carmen Brassel & Ashley Vieluf - 5th Place Financial Team Decision Making
Dylan Arnold - 6th Place Automotive Services
Addison Grawer - 7th Place Apparel and Accessories
Cale Eldredge - 7th Place Marketing Communication Series
