Shorewood, Shorecrest DECA teams place high in Washington Area 2 competition

The Shorewood and Shorecrest DECA Teams placed high in numerous categories at last week’s Washington DECA Area 2 Competition at the Lynnwood Convention Center.

They were two of 15 high schools to compete and had 33 individual students or teams place in the top five of 19 categories.

A total of 51 students from the two schools will now compete at the DECA State Career Development Conference on March 3-5 in Bellevue.

DECA, founded in 1946, prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in high school and college for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management, as they build self-esteem, experience leadership and practice community service.

Students who placed at the Area 2 Competition

Accounting
3rd place - Nick Demers (SC)
5th place - Kai Wang (SC)

Advertising Campaign
2nd place - Fiona Tian, Rachel Hansen, Sophia Peng (SW)
3rd place - Joey Luckey, Liu Ghizaw, Aiden Surowiec (SW)
4th place - Mariama Sidibe (SC)
5th place - Sophia Khan and Leah Yemane (SW)

Apparel and Accessories
2nd place - Natalie Wilder (SC)
3rd place - Holly Cheung (SC)

Automotive Services
5th place - RJ Johnson (SC)

Business Finance
1st place - Elizabeth Holmdahl (SC)
2nd place - Abigail Knowles (SC)

Business Law and Ethics
2nd place - Chloe de Vries and Katie McCaffrey (SC)

Business Services Marketing
4th place - Kim Tran (SC)

Entrepreneurship Start Up Business Plan
2nd place - Spencer Jacobs (SW)
4th place - Sean McCurdy­ (SW)

Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan
3rd place - Sara Upton, Elrohi Shuge, Sasha Kiselman (SW)
5th place - Hadley Stock and Niko Hubbell (SW)

Financial Consulting
2nd place - Evietta Chapman (SC)
5th place - Mara Peterson (SC)

Hospitality Services Management Team Event
5th place - Sam Awuah and Makenna Kraft (SW)

Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
2nd Place - Daniel Wacker (SC)
5th place - Nazma Noray (SC)

Hotel and Lodging Marketing
3rd place - Nicko Latz (SW)

Human Resource Management
4th place - Sydney Burns-Human (SC)

Marketing Communications Management Team Event
1st place - Elli Allen-Hatch and Emily Wright (SW)

Professional Selling
2nd place - Shelby Gresch (SC)

Sports and Entertainment Management Team Event
1st place - Holly Ebel and Kyle Berquist (SW)
2nd place - Ian Kirk and Kahlid Johnson (SW)
3rd place - Garret Miyaoka and Shah Yousuf (SW)

Sports and Entertainment Marketing
3rd place - Lauren Neroutsos (SW)

Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan
1st place – Alegra Batara (SC)
4th place - Adam Hoopes, Umer Khan, Abadir Mahmoud (SW)
5th place - Josh Park, Naod Fikadu, Alex Tsolmon (SW)