DECA sends 73 to state
UIL places two in top six
DECA took part in the District Career Development Conference competition at Haltom High School in January and sent 73 of 90 competitors to state. From there 24 students advanced to this weekends international conference in Anaheim.
January 17, 2017
Students competed in DECA and UIL meets over the weekend with 73 of 90 DECA participants moving on to the state level and two UIL students placing in the top six including Keegan Williams taking 4th in Feature Writing.
“We’re starting new with a lot of teams this year, so I really just wanted to get everyone to their first meet and gain some valuable experience,” UIL Coordinator Jeff Schrantz said. “We’ve done very well at Prosper (Feb. 11) in the past and I hope to continue that tradition of excellence.”
The UIL Flower Mound meet was pushed back a week due to weather concerns which led to a conflict with DECA and its District Career Development Conference competition at Haltom High School on Saturday.
“We were missing a few key competitors since the competitions were at the same time as district DECA,” Schrantz said. “A few of our teams will be a little bit more well rounded with the students we were missing last weekend.”
The number of DECA students who advanced to state increased by 28 from last year’s 45 and now the team is looking to continue their success at state competitions.
“Once we know how well they did in district we can find out what their weaknesses are,” DECA coordinator Chris Ham said. “We figured out what they got points off on, and now that we know that, we figure out what we need and go from there.”
Below is the list of DECA competitors that advanced to state and the event in which they qualified:
| First Name | Last Name | Event Name |
| Amy | Abraham | Human Resources Management Series |
| Shivkar | Amara | Sports and Entertainment Team Decision Making Team 2 |
| Ria | Bajaj | Business Finance Series |
| Shree | Balaji | Human Resources Management Series |
| Elizabeth | Bernius | Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling Event |
| Geethika | Bonthala | Principles of Finance |
| Vinayak | Chatterjee | Quick Serve Restaurant Management Series |
| Edward | Chen | Sports and Entertainment Team Decision Making Team 1 |
| Ellie | Chen | Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making Team 1 |
| Abhirupa | Dasgupta | Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making Team 1 |
| Karthik | Dharmalingam | Food Marketing Series |
| Dea | Divi | Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making Team 2 |
| Maanas | Dogga | Financial Services Team Decision Making Team 1 |
| Megha | Ganapuram | Principles of Business Administration and Management |
| Grishma | Geedipally | Principles of Finance |
| Nitin | Gharpure | Marketing Management Team Decision Making Team 1 |
| Tiffany | Guan | Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making Team 1 |
| Yashwant | Harkara | Principles of Business Administration and Management |
| Benjamin | Hasan | Hotel and Lodging Management Series |
| Rida | Iqbal | Principles of Hospitality and Tourism |
| Raahim | Iqbal | Principles of Hospitality and Tourism |
| Saahithi | Joopelli | Human Resources Management Series |
| Kanika | Kappalayil | Hospitality Services Team Decision Making Team 1 |
| Ethan | Kim | Principles of Marketing |
| Sahana | Kodali | Sports and Entertainment Team Decision Making Team 3 |
| Arun | Krishnaraj | Independent Business Plan |
| Aten | Kumar | Sports and Entertainment Team Decision Making Team 1 |
| Justin | Lee | Food Marketing Series |
| Kevin | Li | Marketing Management Team Decision Making Team 1 |
| Kate | Liang | Principles of Finance |
| Andy | Liu | Principles of Hospitality and Tourism |
| Austin | Ma | Principles of Finance |
| Shivani | Madhav | Hospitality Services Team Decision Making Team 2 |
| Varun | Manjunath | Principles of Finance |
| Aniket | Matharasi | Hospitality Services Team Decision Making Team 1 |
| Adarsh | Melukote | Sports and Entertainment Team Decision Making Team 2 |
| Rohit | Mohan | Financial Consulting |
| Amrita | Naini | Principles of Marketing |
| Gouri | Nair | Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making Team 2 |
| Priya | Nalliah | Principles of Business Administration and Management |
| Sourya | Narala | Marketing Management Team Decision Making Team 3 |
| Kaci | Nguyen | Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making Team 1 |
| Dalton | Nycz | Financial Services Team Decision Making Team 4 |
| Sneha | Pallipuram | Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making Team 1 |
| Siddhi | Patadia | Hotel and Lodging Management Series |
| Belinda | Peng | Principles of Finance |
| Rithika | Proddutoor | Food Marketing Series |
| Jimmy | Qian | Principles of Business Administration and Management |
| Raaja | Raikundalia | Business Services Marketing Series |
| Sonika | Rao | Sports and Entertainment Team Decision Making Team 3 |
| Surya | Ravichandran | Financial Services Team Decision Making Team 1 |
| Shriya | Reddy | Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making Team 3 |
| Mia | Rho | Restaurant and Food Service Management Series |
| Prateek | Sangineni | Financial Services Team Decision Making Team 5 |
| Pradyun | Sangineni | Financial Services Team Decision Making Team 5 |
| Christian | Santosa | Marketing Management Team Decision Making Team 3 |
| Khusbu | Shah | Marketing Management Team Decision Making Team 4 |
| Naman | Sharma | Principles of Business Administration and Management |
| Mudita | Sharma | Marketing Management Team Decision Making Team 4 |
| Parx | Shearer | Financial Services Team Decision Making Team 4 |
| Kaitlin | Shin | Principles of Hospitality and Tourism |
| Taha | Siddiki | Marketing Communications Series |
| Vijay Aishwarya | Singh | Principles of Finance |
| Prachi | Srivastava | Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making Team 3 |
| Sneha | Sundar | Principles of Hospitality and Tourism |
| Rameen | Usman | Principles of Hospitality and Tourism |
| Katherine | Wang | Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making Team 2 |
| William | Wang | Principles of Finance |
| Ally | Wong | Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making Team 2 |
| Alexander | Xavier | Human Resources Management Series |
| Emily | Zeng | Independent Business Plan |
| Amy | Zhang | Hospitality Services Team Decision Making Team 2 |
| Iris | Zhang | Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making Team 1 |
