Hays High School students fared well at last weekend’s DECA State Career Development Conference.

The event was March 8 to 10 in Overland Park.

The following HHS students placed and qualified for the International Career Development Conference, which will be April 25 to 29 in Orlando, Fla.

• 1st Place – Madison Prough, Kacie Brous, and Audra Schmeidler – Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research
• 2nd Place – Elissa Jensen – Entrepreneurship Participating – Independent
• 1st Place – Emily Prine and Sylina Zhang – International Business Plan
• 2nd Place – Brooks Barber, Payton Ruder, and Kayla Hitchcock – International Business Plan
• 1st Place – Jenna Luebbers – Sports & Entertainment Promotion Plan
• 1st Place – Rylie Rowland, Allyson Flax, and Trystan Knapp – Community Service Project
• 1st Place – Ethan Waddell and Summer Smith – Creative Marketing Project
• 1st Place – Amber Klaus and Kristyn Hodny – Entrepreneurship Promotion Project
• 1st Place – Brooke Forinash, Tessa Stickel, and Albany Schaffer – Financial Literacy Project

Hayden Kreutzer and Jake Bieker also placed fourth in the Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan category.