Redmond High students win big at DECA competition

Published 12:50 pm Friday, March 27, 2015

DECA students from Lake Washington School District (LWSD) recently competed in the State Career Development Conference, during which they competed against 3,600 other students.

These students qualified to move on to the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Orlando, Fla., at the end of April. There will be more than 17,000 students competing at this level from seven different countries.

The students from Redmond High School who participated were:

Seniors Emily Jenks, Megan McBride and Mia Rudd – first place in Buying and Merchandising Operations Research, written event
Junior Shaurya Aggarwal – first place in Principles of Business: Marketing
Junior Richard Zhang – first place in Marketing Management
Senior Anthony Krichevskiy – second place in Business Services Marketing
Seniors Patrick Beighle and Sid Counts – second place in Entrepreneurship Written: Growing Your Business
Senior Poornima Dani – second place in Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Sophomore Afeef Sheikh – second place in Principles of Business: Hospitality
Senior Mia Rudd – third place in Apparel & Accessories Marketing
Seniors Mahre Connor and Rabail Sajjad and sophomore Elizabeth Pelluer – fourth place in Public Relations Campaign
Seniors Emily Jenks and Megan McBride – seventh place in Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making
Sophomores Ellen Hilbun and Kellen Shoup – Gold level Student Based Enterprise