Please help us congratulate the outstanding performance of South County DECA at the 2018 Virginia DECA State Leadership Conference with over 3,000 competitors that was held on March 3-5, 2018! The wind blew our South County DECA Chapter into Virginia Beach where they were awarded many times throughout the weekend! We are thrilled to say that teacher Kellen Scott received an Outstanding Advisor award and recognition as the Chairperson for the Virginia DECA Board of Trustees. 

Here are some impressive numbers on SoCo’s results:

• 32 Stallions received medals in either their Role Play(s), Test, or overall performance. That is 50% of our competitors who were recognized for their efforts!

• 52 total medals were won by our chapter as many students received awards in multiple areas. 34 medals were awarded to our team on Saturday night and 18 were awarded on Sunday morning.

• 20 Stallions qualified for DECA's International Career Development Conference and competition in Atlanta, Georgia April 20-25, 2018 and they are listed below:

 

OVERALL WINNERS - State Finalists for International Competition

• Lauren Odom & McFerrin Wyllie - Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making - 1st Place (Seniors)

• June Kwak - Sports & Entertainment Marketing - 2nd Place (Junior)

• Jake Borenstein & Chris Magume - Entrepreneurship Franchise Business Plan (Taco Bamba) - 2nd Place (Seniors)

• Divya Sethi & Yasine Bensouda - Business Finance Team Decision Making - 3rd Place (Juniors)

• Olivia Loges, Reid Panuzio & Lauren Scott - Public Relations Project - State Finalists (Juniors)

• Sivahle Ellis - Hotel Lodging Management Services - State Finalist  (Senior)

• Timothy Denehy -  Hotel Lodging Management Services - State Finalist (Junior)

• Devin Williams - Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan -  State Finalist (Senior)

• Anna Cleary - Quick Serve Restaurant Management Series - State Finalist (Junior)

• Julia Kwak - Principles of Finance - State Finalist (Freshman)

• Olivia Castleman - Principles of Hospitality - State Finalist (Freshman)

• Natalie Sullivan - Principles of Hospitality - State Finalist (Senior)

• Gaby Mabalay - Job Interview - State Finalist (Freshman)

• Edward So & Sahil Sunny - Sports & Entertainment Team Decision Making - State Finalists (Juniors)

 

The following students were recognized at the preliminary awards session and named State Top 10 in a test and/or role-play (RP) in their categories and also deserve our congratulations:

Seniors:

•Sivahle Ellis - Hotel Lodging Management Services - Test, RP1, RP2

•McFerrin Wyllie - Buying & Merchandising Team - Test & RP

•Lauren Odom - Buying & Merchandising Team - RP

•Jordan Eidelkind - Business Finance Services - RP1, RP2

•Aidan Gilmore - Marketing Communications Series - Test

•Napoleon Afework - Human Resources Management Series - Test

•Natalie Sullivan - Principles of Hospitality - Test

•Jolly Smith - Hospitality Professional Selling - Test

•Alexa Megan - Retail Merchandising Series - RP1

 

Juniors:

•June Kwak - Sports & Entertainment Marketing Series -Test, RP1, RP2

•Yasine Bensouda - Business Finance Team - Test, RP

•Divya Sethi - Business Finance Team - Test, RP

•Jack Kuberski - Automotive Services Marketing Series - Test

•Helene Soma - Retail Merchandising Series - Test

•Fadi Hindi - Entrepreneurship Team - Test

•Edward So - Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team - Test

•Timothy Denehy - Hotel Lodging Management Services - RP1

•Anna Cleary - Quick Serve Restaurant Management Series - RP1

 

Sophomores:

•Maryanna Valencia - Marketing Management Team - Test

•Jason Nelson - Principles of Business Management - Test

 

Freshmen:

•Olivia Castleman - Principles of Hospitality - Test, RP

•Julia Kwak - Principles of Finance - Test, RP

•Jaella Lahat - Marketing Management Team - Test &  RP

•Mavra Jabbar - Marketing Management Team - RP

•Bailey Garber - Principles of Business Management - Test

 

All of these students have gone above and beyond the classroom requirements in order to achieve a greater understanding of marketing. We are so proud and excited for these young people who have accomplished so much this year; please congratulate them, and wish our team good luck as they head to Atlanta this April!