DECA students from Eastlake, Juanita, Lake Washington and Redmond high schools were shining stars at the State Career Development Conference, where they competed against 3,400 other students.
These students will move onto compete at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Salt Lake City, Utah at the end of April. There will be more than 13,000 students competing at this level.
Juanita High School:
• Eric Shinstrom, Principles of Marketing, sixth place
Redmond High School:
• Mei Brunson, Apparel & Accessories, fifth place
• Gillian Haworth, Principles of Marketing, third place
• William McBride, Principles of Marketing, first place
Eastlake High School:
• Guneev Lamba, Automotive Services Marketing Series, first place
• Nicole McKernan, Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling Event, first place
• Akaash Nanda, Business Services Marketing, first place
• Midori Ng, Buying and Merchandising Operations, first place
• Tang Song, Finance Operations, first place
• Phi Voba, Finance Operations, first place
• Christopher Wright, Finance Operations, first place
• Hailey Bates, Entrepreneurship Promotion Project (Team), second place
• Joanna Lu, Entrepreneurship Promotional Project Team (Alternate), second place
• Joy Hsu, Business Services Marketing, third place
• Rachel Lang, Principles of Marketing, fourth place
• Matthew Ahlquist, Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series, sixth place
• Lincoln Doyle, Advertising Campaign – Team, sixth place
• Alaina Hartley, Marketing Management, sixth place
• Natalie Hurd, Marketing Management, sixth place
• Christopher Lee, Advertising Campaign – Team, sixth place
• Nir Levin, Advertising Campaign – Team, sixth place
• Cody Sheffels, Sports and Entertainment Marketing, sixth place
• Lauren Benveniste, Chapter Awards Project, seventh place
• Kazue Yoshida, Chapter Awards Project, seventh place
• Lauren Greenheck, Chapter Awards Project (Alternate)
• Caroline DeMoura, Leadership Development Academy
• Rudolf Ross, Leadership Development Academy
*Lake Washington students who competed will not move on to the international event.