FCPS Students Take Top Honors at Virginia FBLA State Leadership Conference
Twenty four Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students won first place awards at the 2024 Virginia Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference held recently in Reston. More than 100 students placed in the top four in their event and qualified to compete in the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Orlando in June. A complete list of winners is below.
Diane Donkor from Edison High School was installed as an FBLA State Officer (vice president from the Northern Virginia region). Kedar Krishnan from Robinson Secondary School received the Michael Mills Learn to Lead Scholarship, and Michelle Wang from Lake Braddock Secondary School received the L. Marguerite Crumley Scholarship.
Two hundred students from FCPS high schools competed in 55 events ranging from 3-D Animation and Accounting to Cyber Security, Computer Problem Solving, and Public Speaking. FBLA is the largest career and technical student organization in the world. Each year, the organization helps over 200,000 members prepare for careers in business. More information about FBLA is available online.
For more information, contact Stephanie Holt at [email protected].
| Name | Category | School | Place |
| Steven Montoya | Accounting I | South Lakes High School | 5 |
| Taivan Bayasgalan | Accounting II | Marshall High School | 5 |
| Vedansh Garg | Accounting II | Marshall High School | 4 |
| Emma Hering | Agribusiness | Hayfield Secondary School | 2 |
| Chapter Project | American Enterprise Project | Centreville High School | 5 |
| Chapter Project | American Enterprise Project | Robinson Secondary School | 4 |
| Shaan Agarwal | Banking & Financial Systems | Robinson Secondary School | 3 |
| Duykhang Nguyen | Banking & Financial Systems | Robinson Secondary School | 3 |
| Nathan Estep | Banking & Financial Systems | Marshall High School | 4 |
| Aadya Reddy | Broadcast Journalism | Westfield High School | 3 |
| Thanh Nguyen | Business Calculations | Annandale High School | 2 |
| Carolyn Tai | Business Ethics | Westfield High School | 1 |
| Harika Valluri | Business Ethics | Westfield High School | 1 |
| Kedar Krishnan | Business Ethics | Robinson Secondary School | 4 |
| Shriman Senthil | Business Etiquette | Liberty Middle School | 9 |
| Arjun Malghan | Business Plan | Oakton High School | 5 |
| Emily An | Business Plan | McLean High School | 2 |
| Chelsea Gong | Business Plan | McLean High School | 2 |
| Jeasmitha Rajesh | Business Plan | Westfield High School | 3 |
| Angela Sun | Business Plan | Westfield High School | 3 |
| Cassidy Lindenberg | Business Plan | Robinson Secondary School | 4 |
| Lily Staton | Business Plan | Robinson Secondary School | 4 |
| Aubrey Swenson | Business Plan | Robinson Secondary School | 4 |
| Ruby Bang | Career Research | Rocky Run Middle School | 2 |
| Praharsha Gopanapalli | Client Service | Westfield High School | 1 |
| Carmela Wendel | Client Service | Robinson Secondary School | 2 |
| Rohit Paka | Coding & Programming | Chantilly High School | 1 |
| Vishwa Solaiappan | Coding & Programming | Chantilly High School | 1 |
| Chapter Project | Community Service Presentation | Glasgow Middle School | 5 |
| Chapter Project | Community Service Project | Robinson Secondary School | 1 |
| Chapter Project | Community Service Project | Chantilly High School | 4 |
| Hang Tang | Computer Applications | Falls Church High School | 2 |
| Aditya Harimurti | Computer Game & Simulation Programming | Centreville High School | 2 |
| Rishan Reddy | Computer Game & Simulation Programming | Centreville High School | 2 |
| Sidharth Dusanapudi | Data Analysis | Centreville High School | 2 |
| Jack Koo | Data Analysis | Centreville High School | 2 |
| Shisir Vadrevu | Data Analysis | Centreville High School | 2 |
| Justin Anand | Database Design & Applications | Westfield High School | 1 |
| Rachel Neathery | Digital Animation | Chantilly High School | 1 |
| Katherine Bergersen | Digital Animation | Centreville High School | 2 |
| Ruby Bang | Digital Citizenship | Rocky Run Middle School | 8 |
| Audriana Jay | Digital Video Production | South Lakes High School | 3 |
| Clara Landeryou | Digital Video Production | South Lakes High School | 3 |
| Amelia Pimentel | Digital Video Production | South Lakes High School | 3 |
| Eric Stone | Economics | Chantilly High School | 2 |
| Benita Xavier | Economics | Falls Church High School | 4 |
| Connor Johnson | Entrepreneurship | South Lakes High School | 1 |
| Vikas Kotla | Entrepreneurship | South Lakes High School | 1 |
| Aneesh Mandapati | Entrepreneurship | South Lakes High School | 1 |
| Miriam Stavlund | Exploring Business Issues | Glasgow Middle School | 2 |
| Andreas Kolazas | Financial Statement Analysis | Fairfax High School | 1 |
| Anwita Mittal | Future Business Educator | Westfield High School | 5 |
| Valerie Woronicak | Future Business Educator | Robinson Secondary School | 4 |
| Sachika Mann | Future Business Leader | South Lakes High School | 3 |
| Jeasmitha Rajesh | Health Care Administration | Westfield High School | 1 |
| Jacqueline Dougherty | Health Care Administration | Robinson Secondary School | 3 |
| Adama Sawi | Help Desk | Centreville High School | 1 |
| Sydney Chu | Hospitality & Event Management | Marshall High School | 2 |
| Apoorva Navale | Hospitality & Event Management | Marshall High School | 2 |
| Zubin Kumar | Hospitality & Event Management | South Lakes High School | 4 |
| Matthew McArthur | Hospitality & Event Management | South Lakes High School | 4 |
| Akshat Rout | Hospitality & Event Management | South Lakes High School | 4 |
| Aidan Martin | Insurance & Risk Management | Marshall High School | 2 |
| Siddarth Rekhi | International Business | Centreville High School | 1 |
| Yusra Ahmed | International Business | Robinson Secondary School | 2 |
| Jacob Ayers | International Business | Marshall High School | 3 |
| Ethan Bong | International Business | Marshall High School | 3 |
| Tyler Burbano | International Business | Marshall High School | 3 |
| Erik Hyde | Interpersonal Communication | Liberty Middle School | 4 |
| Manas Puri | Introduction to Business Concepts | Lake Braddock Secondary School | 1 |
| Chrysostomos Tsiglifis | Introduction to Business Concepts | McLean High School | 2 |
| Maneesh Vaddi | Introduction to Business Procedures | Westfield High School | 1 |
| Alexandra (Ally) Price | Introduction to Business Procedures | Robinson Secondary School | 2 |
| Sienna Wade | Introduction to Business Procedures | Robinson Secondary School | 4 |
| Anisha Upadhyayula | Introduction to Event Planning | Westfield High School | 5 |
| Atiksh Gupta | Introduction to Information Technology | Westfield High School | 5 |
| Ramy Alridge | Introduction to Information Technology | Hayfield Secondary High School | 4 |
| Manas Puri | Introduction to Marketing Concepts | Lake Braddock Secondary School | 2 |
| Seo Yun Noh | Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure | Centreville High School | 1 |
| Maneesh Vaddi | Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure | Westfield High School | 5 |
| Ethan Kimulli | Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure | Robinson Secondary School | 4 |
| Sahir Abrar | Introduction to Programming | Centreville High School | 5 |
| Rohith Pedda | Introduction to Programming | Centreville High School | 5 |
| Ritesh Phuyal | Introduction to Programming | Centreville High School | 5 |
| Diego Lowe | Introduction to Public Speaking | McLean High School | 3 |
| Suryaa Kalyan | Introduction to Social Media Strategy | Centreville High School | 3 |
| Sean Kim | Introduction to Social Media Strategy | Centreville High School | 3 |
| Ishan Rekhi | Introduction to Social Media Strategy | Centreville High School | 3 |
| Cyrus Sharafi | Job Interview | Marshall High School | 2 |
| Christine McAfee | Journalism | Edison High School | 5 |
| Michelle Wang | L. Marguerite Crumley Scholarship | Lake Braddock Secondary School | 1 |
| Erik Hyde | Leadership | Liberty Middle School | 3 |
| Ella Tran | Leadership | Liberty Middle School | 7 |
| Shriman Senthil | Leadership | Liberty Middle School | 5 |
| Dmitry Kornilov | Local Chapter Annual Business Report | Chantilly High School | 3 |
| Ajitesh Bontagarla | Local Chapter Annual Business Report | Chantilly High School | 3 |
| Arnav Jadhav | Local Chapter Annual Business Report | Chantilly High School | 3 |
| Ajitesh Bontagarla | Management Information Systems | Chantilly High School | 2 |
| Nimal Muthukumar | Management Information Systems | Chantilly High School | 2 |
| Emma Tukhi | Management Information Systems | Robinson Secondary School | 3 |
| Justin Anand | Management Information Systems | Westfield High School | 5 |
| Chris Park | Management Information Systems | Westfield High School | 5 |
| Kedar Krishnan | Michael Mills Learn to Lead Scholarship | Robinson Secondary School | 2 |
| Sanjayram Vempati | Mobile Application Development | Westfield High School | 3 |
| Nii Annan | Multimedia & Website Development | Glasgow Middle School | 3 |
| Samuel Mulat | Multimedia & Website Development | Glasgow Middle School | 3 |
| Nishanth Kolakalapudi | Networking Infrastructures | Westfield High School | 3 |
| Rishabh Malkani | Organizational Leadership | Westfield High School | 1 |
| Charles Barrios | Parliamentary Procedure | Edison High School | 2 |
| Taylor Erickson | Parliamentary Procedure | Edison High School | 2 |
| Christopher Lastrape | Parliamentary Procedure | Edison High School | 2 |
| Anamaria Reyes-Panchame | Parliamentary Procedure | Edison High School | 2 |
| Chapter Project | Partnership with Business Project | Centreville High School | 2 |
| Shri Bala | Public Service Announcement | Falls Church High School | 1 |
| Jessica Nguyen-Tran | Public Service Announcement | Falls Church High School | 1 |
| Aayush Shivashankar | Public Speaking | Chantilly High School | 3 |
| Ella Tran | Running an Effective Meeting | Liberty Middle School | 3 |
| Angeline Montilla | Sales Presentation | Lake Braddock Secondary School | 2 |
| Prabhav Patibandla | Securities & Investments | Westfield High School | 4 |
| Giri Allamsetty | Social Media Strategies | McLean High School | 1 |
| Sophie Zhang | Social Media Strategies | McLean High School | 1 |
| Natasha Lennon | Sports & Entertainment Management | Robinson Secondary School | 3 |
| Maria Smith | Sports & Entertainment Management | Robinson Secondary School | 3 |
| Caitlin Seiler | Supply Chain Management | Chantilly High School | 2 |
| Sohan Chigurupati | UX Design | Westfield High School | 3 |
| Samantha Leal | UX Design | Centreville High School | 5 |
| Amirah Racine | Website Coding & Development | Robinson Secondary School | 5 |
| Akshara Rajagopal | Website Design | Westfield High School | 4 |
