DECA students advance to state competition

Lima Senior High School Business/Marketing Education and Audio Engineering students competed and saw great results at the Ohio DECA District 3 Career Development Conference this week.

Nearly 25 teams/individuals have advanced to the state competition March 11 and 12.

Below are the Lima Senior results. The top three in each advance to state.

Financial Consulting – Mekhi Chandler, 1^st place, and Madison Gilbert, 4^th place

Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling – Nicholas Sinthalaphone, 1^st place

Integrated Marketing Campaign – Service:

Keegan Halliday and Matilda Nelson, 1^st place

Alexander Bennett, Logan Davenport and Noah Engberg, 3^rd place

Dre’anna Gilbert, 5^th place

Integrated Marketing Campaign – Event:

Taurean Frazier and Qua’jane Tobias, 2^nd place

Charlese Ferris, Selena Payne-Greeno, and Emma Schick, 4^th place

Integrated Marketing Campaign – Product:

Ayrianna Engberg, Tiana Spivey and Tatum Twining, 2^nd place

Emma Hipsher, Alexis Raska and Ziany Pagan Rosario, 3^rd place

Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan – Addison Delph and Madeline Emerick, 2^nd place

Principles of Hospitality and Tourism – Chase Hipsher, 4^th place

Principles of Marketing – Darnaeja Sims, 3^rd place

Principles of Business Management & Administration – Zach Warnement, 2^nd place, and Mitchell Tyson, 3^rd place

Principles of Finance – Jagger Hutchins, 3^rd place, and Royeisha Woods, 4^th place

Accounting Applications – Dalton Chiles, 3^rd place, and Destiny Harris, 4^th place

Automotive Services Marketing – King Shannon, 1^st place

Business Finance Services – Carlos Harmon, 4^th place, and Damien Gipson, 5^th place

Business Services Marketing – Quintel Wilson, 3^rd place

Entrepreneurship – Tommie Jefferson, 3^rd place, and Alyiana Coppler, 5^th place

Hotel and Lodging Management – Marcus Brown, 1^st place

Human Resources Management – Gage Hipsher, 1^st place

Marketing Communications – Zanyia Smith, 5^th place

Quick Serve Restaurant Management – Brandon Keeling, 5^th place

Retail Merchandising – Martrice Gaddy, 5^th place

Personal Financial Literacy – Jairo Canchola, 1^st place, Josh Vezina, 2^nd place, and

Karmelo Daniels, 3^rd place

Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making – Lynnae Wheeler and Janya Henderson, 4^th place

Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making – Diante’ Griffin and Isaiah Russell, 5^th place

Financial Analysis Team Decision Making – Alexis Burns and Alyssa Warthem, 4^th place, and

TJ Ward & Aniyah Hollon, 5^th place

Hospitality Services Team Decision Making – Elsbeth Nelson and Evelyn Williams, 3^rd place

Marketing Management Team Decision Making – Avion Simpson and Reece Waithe, 3^rd place