FCPS Students from Twelve High Schools Win Awards at Virginia DECA Conference, Earn a Trip to DECA International Conference
A total of 153 students from 12 Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) high schools were recognized as competitive event winners at the Virginia DECA State Leadership Conference held in Virginia Beach March 2-6. These students earned the right to compete at the DECA International Career Development Conference April 23-26.
Two FCPS students were elected to state office: Camryn Owens of Lake Braddock Secondary School was elected president, and Lauren Calhoun of Madison High School School was elected vice president of region 2.
Thirty students were named first place winners, 21 students earned second place awards, and 22 students place third in their events.
Olivia Zhang and Morgan Link from McLean High School tied for 2nd place in the FIDM Entrepreneur of Tomorrow Challenge sponsored by FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. They will be recognized at the DECA International Career Development Conference.
A complete list of all winners can be found below.
DECA is a career and technical student organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs to be college and career ready. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, DECA members are enrolled in a marketing education class at their high schools. More information is available online. More information about Virginia DECA is available online.
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For more information, contact Amy Granahan at 571-423-4598 or [email protected].
| Event | Winner | School | Overall Place |
| Hotel and Lodging Management Series | Samantha Chin | Chantilly High School | Finalist |
| Business Services Marketing | Theodore Harsha | Chantilly High School | Finalist |
| Business Finance Series | Joyce Yang | Chantilly High School | Finalist |
| Start-Up Business Plan | Vivian Nam | Chantilly High School | Finalist |
| Start-Up Business Plan | Dorothy Philip | Chantilly High School | Finalist |
| Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series | Mohammed Rahimzai | Chantilly High School | Finalist |
| Human Resource Management | Ritika Venketesh | Chantilly High School | Finalist |
| Principles of Finance | Pratham Santapur | Chantilly High School | Finalist |
| Personal Financial Literacy Event | Ivan So | Chantilly High School | Finalist |
| Marketing Management Team Decision Making | Eunice Kim | Fair Oaks Classroom-on-the-mall | Finalist |
| Marketing Management Team Decision Making | Joy Suh | Fair Oaks Classroom-on-the-mall | Finalist |
| Financial Consulting Event | Renata Belhaj-Mendez | Fair Oaks Classroom-on-the-mall | Finalist |
| Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making | Ben Vicencio | Fairfax High School | 1 |
| Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making | Lucy Fitterer | Fairfax High School | 1 |
| Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team Decision | Tait Eriksson | Fairfax High School | 1 |
| Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team Decision | Devon Warner | Fairfax High School | 1 |
| Hospitality and Tourism Personal Selling | Madison Knapp | Fairfax High School | 1 |
| Social Media - VA Only | Shyla Menon | Fairfax High School | 2 |
| Principles of Marketing | Delaney Adams | Fairfax High School | 2 |
| Professional Selling Event | Meredith Bacon | Fairfax High School | 2 |
| Quick Service Restaurant Management | Fabyiana Mungal | Fairfax High School | 2 |
| Retail Merchandising | Rugiatu Wurie | Fairfax High School | 3 |
| Financial Services Team Decision Making | Aditya Suresh | Fairfax High School | 3 |
| Financial Services Team Decision Making | Matthew Tzong | Fairfax High School | 3 |
| Community Awareness Project | Mollie Johnson | Fairfax High School | 3 |
| Community Awareness Project | Riya Menon | Fairfax High School | 3 |
| Community Awareness Project | Ella Modes | Fairfax High School | 3 |
| Automotive Services Marketing Series | Darwin Otchere | Fairfax High School | Finalist |
| Business Services Marketing | Suhanee Singh | Fairfax High School | Finalist |
| Hospitality Services Team Decision Making | Arveen Nazemian | Fairfax High School | Finalist |
| Hospitality Services Team Decision Making | Nikash Pant | Fairfax High School | Finalist |
| Human Resource Management | Sylvia Cheng | Marshall High School | 1 |
| Principles of Hospitality and Tourism | Jivantikka De | Marshall High School | 3 |
| Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series | Gautam Raut | Marshall High School | Finalist |
| Travel & Tourism Marketing Team Decision Making | Sara Lo | Madison High School | 1 |
| Travel & Tourism Marketing Team Decision Making | Salma Simab | Madison High School | 1 |
| Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making | Abigail Kaizer | Madison High School | 1 |
| Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making | Kate Kaizer | Madison High School | 1 |
| Independent Business Plan | Jake Lynd | Madison High School | 3 |
| Independent Business Plan | Andrew Nell | Madison High School | 3 |
| Independent Business Plan | Marcus Young | Madison High School | 3 |
| Travel & Tourism Marketing Team Decision Making | Lauren Calhoun | Madison High School | Finalist |
| Travel & Tourism Marketing Team Decision Making | Katie Littlejohn | Madison High School | Finalist |
| Community Giving Project | Elsie Weinberg | Madison High School | Finalist |
| Community Giving Project | Adeline Vick | Madison High School | Finalist |
| Marketing Management Team Decision Making | Thomas Azar | Madison High School | Finalist |
| Marketing Management Team Decision Making | Jessica Bae | Madison High School | Finalist |
| Quick Service Restaurant Management | Bennett Williams | Madison High School | Finalist |
| Financial Literacy Project | Emma Eismeier | Lake Braddock Secondary School | 1 |
| Financial Literacy Project | Syon Subramanium | Lake Braddock Secondary School | 1 |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Product | Melanie Dang | Lake Braddock Secondary School | 1 |
| Business Growth Plan | Gianna Troncoso | Lake Braddock Secondary School | 2 |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Service | MaKenna Super | Lake Braddock Secondary School | 2 |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Service | Tayler Hutson | Lake Braddock Secondary School | 2 |
| Hospitality and Tourism Personal Selling | Camryn Owens | Lake Braddock Secondary School | Finalist |
| Entrepreneurship Series | Vaishnavi Punaji | Lake Braddock Secondary School | Finalist |
| Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research Event | Carrisa Ong | Lake Braddock Secondary School | Finalist |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Product | Kimberly Barthel | Lake Braddock Secondary School | Finalist |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Product | Sydney Prokopovich | Lake Braddock Secondary School | Finalist |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Product | Annelisa Rebello | Lake Braddock Secondary School | Finalist |
| Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team Decision | Daniel Belloni | Lake Braddock Secondary School | Finalist |
| Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team Decision | James Luetkenhaus | Lake Braddock Secondary School | Finalist |
| Retail Merchandising | Madison Judd | Lake Braddock Secondary School | Finalist |
| Hospitality Services Team Decision Making | Ishika Lal | Oakton High School | 1 |
| Hospitality Services Team Decision Making | Dustin Tran | Oakton High School | 1 |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Service | Shradha Gandotra | Oakton High School | 1 |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Service | Cindy Li | Oakton High School | 1 |
| Marketing Management Team Decision Making | Esha Lohiya | Oakton High School | 1 |
| Marketing Management Team Decision Making | Aditi Yadav | Oakton High School | 1 |
| Personal Financial Literacy Event | Tina Gao | Oakton High School | 1 |
| Professional Selling Event | Anjana Rajesh | Oakton High School | 1 |
| Quick Service Restaurant Management | Zach Dekoven | Oakton High School | 1 |
| Restaurant and Food Service Management | Hailey Khetan | Oakton High School | 1 |
| Retail Merchandising | Michelle Kwak | Oakton High School | 1 |
| Job Interview - VA Only | Leen Atari | Oakton High School | 1 |
| Business Finance Series | Teresa Huang | Oakton High School | 2 |
| Business Services Marketing | Rebecca Zhang | Oakton High School | 2 |
| Independent Business Plan | Seonjun Kim | Oakton High School | 2 |
| Independent Business Plan | Aman Patel | Oakton High School | 2 |
| Financial Services Team Decision Making | Andrew Taylor | Oakton High School | 2 |
| Financial Services Team Decision Making | Savit Nair | Oakton High School | 2 |
| Hotel and Lodging Management Series | Elsa Li | Oakton High School | 2 |
| Human Resource Management | Anna Cheng | Oakton High School | 2 |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Event | Maya Beiriger | Oakton High School | 2 |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Event | Osakiodeme Ikhinmwin | Oakton High School | 2 |
| Marketing Communications Series | Carissa Zhu | Oakton High School | 2 |
| Restaurant and Food Service Management | Amber Li | Oakton High School | 2 |
| Business Services Marketing | Karin Liu | Oakton High School | 3 |
| Entrepreneurship Series | Anmol Malviya | Oakton High School | 3 |
| Hospitality Services Team Decision Making | Aarav Mohanty | Oakton High School | 3 |
| Hospitality Services Team Decision Making | Kavin Trivedi | Oakton High School | 3 |
| Principles of Finance | Kelsey Martin | Oakton High School | 3 |
| Principles of Marketing | Nithya Rajesh | Oakton High School | 3 |
| Travel & Tourism Marketing Team Decision Making | Isha Jain | Oakton High School | 3 |
| Travel & Tourism Marketing Team Decision Making | Ryan Odell | Oakton High School | 3 |
| Financial Consulting Event | Ziad Bushnaq | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Human Resource Management | Andrew Rizzi | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Travel & Tourism Marketing Team Decision Making | Lilah Elhady | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Travel & Tourism Marketing Team Decision Making | Chase McCullough | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Independent Business Plan | Tejas Charaipotra | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Independent Business Plan | Michael Kenny | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Independent Business Plan | Jerry Levine | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Start-Up Business Plan | Aaron Fu | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Start-Up Business Plan | Arnav Patel | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Start-Up Business Plan | Ryan Poplawski | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Food Marketing Series | Mawada Swilam | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Business Services Marketing | Anushka Saraf | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Principles of Finance | Emily Ivancich | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Business Services Marketing | Shriya Vavilala | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Food Marketing Series | Grace Hansen | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Franchise Business Plan | Daniel Chong | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Innovation Plan | Zach Marshall | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Service | Ian Ching | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Service | Myla Gao | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Service | Sachin Yelne | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Personal Financial Literacy Event | Arya Shuman | Oakton High School | Finalist |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Service | Natasha Lennon | Robinson Secondary School | Finalist |
| Financial Services Team Decision Making | Shaan Agarwal | Robinson Secondary School | Finalist |
| Financial Services Team Decision Making | Duykhang Nguyen | Robinson Secondary School | Finalist |
| Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series | Bella Sophie Chaitovitz | South County High School | 1 |
| Financial Consulting Event | Kaleb Hughes | South County High School | 1 |
| Franchise Business Plan | Rachel Brockway | South County High School | 1 |
| Franchise Business Plan | Michele Togbe | South County High School | 1 |
| Principles of Business Management and Administration | Jason Stewart | South County High School | 2 |
| Start-Up Business Plan | Olivia Bolton | South County High School | 3 |
| Start-Up Business Plan | Grace Lathrop | South County High School | 3 |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Product | Kylie Arnott | South County High School | Finalist |
| Integrated Marketing Campaign - Product | Avery Clanton | South County High School | Finalist |
| International Business Plan | Courtney Mills | South County High School | Finalist |
| International Business Plan | Kennedy Rose | South County High School | Finalist |
| International Business Plan | Caleb Shirey | South County High School | Finalist |
| Restaurant and Food Service Management | Matt Jones | South County High School | Finalist |
| Personal Financial Literacy Event | John Claude Shaffer | South County High School | Finalist |
| Franchise Business Plan | Lillian Gilmore | South County High School | Finalist |
| Franchise Business Plan | Karishma Kumar | South County High School | Finalist |
| Start-Up Business Plan | Saiesha Gohil | South County High School | Finalist |
| Start-Up Business Plan | India Thomas | South County High School | Finalist |
| Entrepreneurship Series | Connor Matier | South County High School | Finalist |
| Apparel & Accessories Marketing Series | Caroline Ingersoll | South Lakes High School | Finalist |
| Marketing Communications Series | Edon Zike | West Springfield High School | 1 |
| Personal Financial Literacy Event | Ian Cavasoz | West Springfield High School | 2 |
| Marketing Communications Series | Samara Alazar | West Springfield High School | 3 |
| Apparel & Accessories Marketing Series | Lauren Dalrymple | West Springfield High School | 3 |
| Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making | Carter Baumann | West Springfield High School | Finalist |
| Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making | Bennett Lind | West Springfield High School | Finalist |
| Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making | Kaitlyn Mersiowsky | West Springfield High School | Finalist |
| Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making | Riley Sturtevant | West Springfield High School | Finalist |
| Professional Selling Event | Josh Banks | West Springfield High School | Finalist |
| Travel & Tourism Marketing Team Decision Making | Will Collins | West Springfield High School | Finalist |
| Travel & Tourism Marketing Team Decision Making | Evan May | West Springfield High School | Finalist |
| Hotel and Lodging Management Series | Aubin Barcheck | West Springfield High School | Finalist |
| Principles of Hospitality and Tourism | Huyen Nguyen | Woodson High School | Finalist |
| Human Resource Management | Valerie Gutierrez | Woodson High School | Finalist |
