Thirty-eight Indian River School District students qualified for the Business Professionals of America (BPA) National Leadership Conference by placing in the top five of their respective events at the recent Delaware BPA Leadership Conference.
The national conference will be held April 26-30 in Anaheim, California.
In addition, Indian River High School chapter advisor Jeffrey Bunting was named Delaware BPA Advisor of the Year for 2023.
IRSD students qualifying for the National Leadership Conference, along with their results from the state competition, are as follows:
Indian River High School
Jordy Estrada - 1st Place, Project Management Concepts
Jordy Estrada - 1st Place, Business Law & Ethics
Vicky Chan - 1st Place, Payroll Accounting
Vicky Chan - 1st Place, Advanced Word Processing
Nikki Fulmer - 1st Place, Human Resources Management
Jack Jestice - 1st Place, Economic Research Team
Alex Quinn - 1st Place, Economic Research Team
Jordy Estrada - 1st Place, Economic Research Team
Kris Meister - 1st Place, Economic Research Team
Vicky Chan - 2nd Place, Financial Math & Analysis
Ashly Benavides - 2nd Place, Economic Research Individual
Hannah Rock - 2nd Place, Computer Security
Zerkyah Yarbrough - 2nd Place, Interview Skills
Olivia Turrsline - 3rd Place, Advanced Interview Skills
Samantha Teoli - 3rd Place, Payroll Accounting
Alex Quinn - 4th Place, Banking & Finance
Vicky Chan - 4th Place, Digital Marketing Concepts
Jordy Estrada - 5th Place, Administrative Support Concepts
Vicky Chan - 5th Place, Business Meeting Management
Jordy Estrada - 5th Place, Digital Communication & Design
Jack Jestice - 5th Place, Business Law & Ethics
Sussex Central High School
Jayden Nguyen - 1st Place, Banking & Finance
Jordan Miller - 1st Place, Device Configuration and Troubleshooting
Carmela Marzullo - 1st Place, Fundamental Desktop Publishing
Angel Martinez-Gonzalez - 1st Place, Medical Terminology
Ducan Winger - 1st Place, Digital Media Production
Nicholas Ables - 2nd Place, Device Configuration and Troubleshooting
Ruth Gomez-Bartolon - 2nd Place, Fundamental Desktop Publishing
Angel Martinez-Gonzalez - 2nd Place, Health Administration Procedures
2nd Place Team - Broadcast News (Nicholas Ables, Carmela Marzullo, Olivia Marzullo, Allison Weldon)
2nd Place Team - Visual Design (Lily Allen, Julian Burns, Taylor Cummings, Duncan Winger)
Jayden Barger - 3rd Place, Device Configuration and Troubleshooting
Sherly Zhu - 3rd Place, Fundamental Desktop Publishing
Kayla Belfont - 3rd Place, Health Administration Procedures
3rd Place Team - Broadcast News (Osiah Kelley, Jacob McBride-Allen, Jayden Barger, Jordan Miller)
3rd Place Team - Visual Design (Emily Kauffman, Yelitza Ortiz)
Selbyville Middle School
Kaitlyn Kopf - 1st Place, Extemporaneous Speech
Luke Auckland - 3rd Place, Spreadsheet Applications
Luke Auckland - 5th Place, Computer Literacy Concepts
Georgetown Middle School
Mariela Ramirez Diego - 1st Place, Graphic Design
Autumn Griffith - 2nd Place, Digital Citizenship
Millsboro Middle School
2nd Place Team – Introduction to Video Production (Hayden Barnhouser, Christopher Hall, Jake Hollerback, Elijah Pucci)