Last Friday, January 6, Bellevue DECA students competed with more than 1500 others from Bellevue, Issaquah, Snoqualmie Valley School Districts as well as Eastside Catholic High School and the Overlake School. Students competed in more than 30 business competitions comprised of a 100-question multiple choice test and one or two business presentations onsite at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue on Friday. The top 11 competitors in each category qualified to compete at the Washington State Career Development March 2-4, also at the Meydenbauer Center.
Rohan Saraiya – 3rd Place – Automotive Services Marketing
Andrew Chen – 9th Place – Business Finance
Ethan Park – 8th Place – Business Services Marketing
Sydney Gaspar – 7th Place – Food Services Marketing
Ashley Kwon – 8th Place – Food Services Marketing
Ben Kim – 6th Place – Marketing Communications
Tirsit Gessesse – 8th Place – Marketing Communications
Andrew Hsieh – 3rd Place – Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Emily Cheng – 10th Place – Retail Management
Like Liu – 11th Place – Retail Management
Dylan Leaird – 7th Place Sports and Entertainment Marketing
Arvin Amini – 8th Place – Sports and Entertainment Marketing
Ella Golik and Alicia Siebers – 10th Place – Buying and Merchandising
Lillian McAughan and Beverly Steele – 5th Place – Business Law and Ethics
Rynaa Agarwal and Clara Ureche – 3rd Place – Financial Services
Owen Zhang and Koden Tse – 9th Place – Financial Services
Liam Woodbery and William Maffei – 10th Place – Financial Services
Mary Morris and Anna Shaw – 9th Place Marketing Management
Halle Adam and Alexis DeBoer – 5th Place – Sports and Entertainment Team
Jack Matty and Henry Lewison – 11th Place – Sports and Entertainment Team
Caroline Wang – 5th Place – Financial Consulting
Brandon Jiang – 5th Place – Professional Selling
Olivia George – 11th Place – Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
Many students were recognized for their outstanding performance on either the test or the role play/presentation although they did not qualify for the state conference.
Jonathan Smith – Automotive Services Marketing
Justin Wu – Business Finance
Tanishka Goplani – Business Services Marketing
Chadha Khushi – Entrepreneurship
Mia Massino – Food Marketing
Sonali Dash – Hotel and Lodging Management
Lorraine Cha – Hotel and Lodging Management
William Chang – Human Resources Management
Benj Wilkes – Human Resources Management
Phoebe Zhou – Restaurant and Food Service Management
Anna Livingston and Kaia Liffick – Buying and Merchandising Team
Tammi Riggers
Bellevue High School
Economics, Marketing and DECA
