Submitted

Twenty-seven Hays High DECA students competed in the 2016 State Career Development Conference in Overland Park, March 5-8, 2016. Competition results are listed below:

*Maddie Keller and Brianna Brin – 1st Place, Business Services Operations Research

**Madison Prough and Brooke Forinash – 3rd Place, Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research

Gage Fischer and Flaubert Toulaboe – 8th Place, Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan

*Hannah Norris – 1st Place, Start-Up Business Plan

*Jonathan Springer – 2nd Place, Start-Up Business Plan

Jacob Alexander – 4th Place, Start-Up Business Plan

*Isys Bearley and Kaely McKinney – 1st Place – Independent Business Plan

*Emily Prine and Sylina Zhang – 1st Place – International Business Plan

*Jodi Veach, Payton Markley, and Sage Markley – 2nd Place – International Business Plan

*Brenden Koenigsman – 2nd Place – Franchise Business Plan

Adam O’Connor – 3rd Place – Advertising Campaign

*Kristen Nease and Marissa Dinkel – 1st Place – Community Service Project

Brooks Barber and Payton Ruder – 4th Place – Creative Marketing Project

*Caitlyn Scheck and Courtney Molleker – 1st Place – Public Relations Project

**Freddy Haines – Ignite Leadership Academy

*Denotes qualification for competition at the International Career Development Conference in Nashville, TN, April 22-27, 2016

**Denotes Leadership Academy selection at the International Career Development Conference in Nashville, TN, April 22-27, 2016