Seven Ware County High School students earned first place awards last month in the Future Business Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Region 2 Leadership Conference.
The winners were among 45 students who competed, securing Top 10 finishes in 31 events at the January 28 competition.
Winning their respective categories were: Juan Manabat (Client Service); Carlie White (Electronic Career Portfolio); Summer Howard (Help Desk); Angeles Galvan (Intro to Business Procedures); Valyn Hathaway & Santiago Cochon (Intro to Event Planning); and Dallas Benefield (Public Speaking).
In addition to the winners, the team had eight runner-up finishes and a host of others multiple top-fives. A total of 15 students in 21 events qualified for the state competition next month in Atlanta.
Additional winners were:
• Second place: Tessa Dial (Intro to Social Media Strategies); Kevin Lin (Accounting 1); Jharyn Bess, Anilah Boyd, & Rakiah Thomas (Digital Video Production); Joy Lin (Future Business Leader); Parth Patel (Intro to Financial Math); Micah Robbins (Public Service Announcement); Santiago Cochon, Joy Lin & Juan Manabat (Sales Presentation); Piper Hay (Sports and Entertainment Management).
• Third place: Karlee Carter & Valyn Hathaway (Intro to Business Presentation); Parth Patel (Intro to Information Technology); Landon Lingenfelter & Owen Hopkins (Sports and Entertainment Management).
• Fourth place: Ashley Bullock (Intro to Information Technology); Tessa Dial (Intro to Public Speaking); Thimothy Bullock, Nazz Hernandez & Michael Lyons (Network Design).
• Fifth place: Christian Davis (Business Communication); Michael Lyons (Business Management); Paula Gomez (Help Desk); Paula Gomez (Marketing).
• Sixth place: Tessa Dial (Intro to Business Procedures).
• Seventh place:
Madison McLendon (Accounting 1).
• Eighth place: Ashley Bullock (Intro to Business Procedures); Vedika Desai (Personal Finance).
• Ninth place: Carlie White (Business Communication); Kevin Lin (Financial Math).
• Tenth place: Micah Robbins (Business Communication).
