2016-2017 DECA Virtual Business Challenge Round 1 ICDC Qualifiers

Jan 24, 2017

DECA congratulates finalist teams in the first round of the 2016-2017 Virtual Business Challenge.

The members below finished in the top two places of their respective region in the first of two qualifying rounds and have earned the opportunity to compete at the DECA International Career Development Conference; however, their eligibility to attend is based on the policies of their chartered association.

Demonstrating knowledge from classroom instruction, DECA members in the DECA Virtual Business Challenges (VBCs) operate computerized simulations related to accounting, hotel management, personal finance, restaurant management, retail management or sports marketing.

VBC Accounting

North Atlantic

NY – Irondequoit High School – Kiera Cooke
ON – The Woodlands School – Tom Yang

Southern

TX – Clements High School – Meghan Muppala
TX – Stephen F. Austin High School – Nawal Ali, Sahil Jamal, Taha Khalid

Central

IN – Carmel High School – Eric Woloshin, Matt Hayden
WI – West Salem High School – Kaylee Mulholland, Nick Schultz

Western

CA – Mission San Jose High School – Jonathan Khano, Daniel Wu, Pranav Acharya
CA – The Harker School – Neelesh Ramachandran

VBC Hotel

North Atlantic

ON – Richmond Hill High School – Andy Jin, Matthew Cheung, Brandon Chang
MA – Algonquin Regional High School – Alexander Chen, Nicholas Ding, Tyler Zhang

Southern

GA – Lakeview/Fort Oglethorpe High School – Jackson Moore, Jonathan Anderson
TX – Lake Travis High School – Jason Liu, Jerzy Ramos Chen

Central

IN – Carmel High School – Matthew Skaar, Donald Duncan, Jackson Holforty
MI – West Bloomfield High School – Rei Mizuno, Vietress Feller, Maria Kakos

Western

AZ – Apollo High School DECA – Michael Whitlock, Kevin Lee, Miguel Valdivia
WA – Oak Harbor High School – Cullen Wood, Michael Lym, Ben Gasper

VBC Personal Finance

North Atlantic

ON – Richmond Hill HS – Brad Akbarpour, Talon Zhu, Erphon Ghatreh-Samani
ON – The Woodlands School – Emily Tao, Celina Liu, Ruqing Pei

Southern

FL – Southwest Miami High School – Lucas Scalise, Julio de la Cruz, Tomas Farias
GA – West Forsyth High School – Austin Downum, Matthew Stewart, Clay Snidow

Central

IN – Washington Township HS – Ryan McCormack, Ben Stewart
KS – Lansing High School – Laszlo Taborosi

Western

CA – Mission San Jose High School – Rishi Chillara, Shayan Panjwani, William Zeng
CA – American High School – Viren Khandal, Mehul Raheja

VBC Restaurant

North Atlantic

NH – Hillsboro-Deering High School – Matthew Otten, Samantha Audette
CT – Rham High School – Nathaniel Larson

Southern

FL – Southwest Miami High School – Ivan Bartolome, Lisvan Bartolome
GA – West Forsyth High School – Nate Berry, Harrison Smith

Central

MN – Faribault High School – Tj Hunt, Chase Ernste
NE – Millard South High School – Jordan Medinger, An Vu

Western

CA – Granada Hills Charter High School – Ivan Victor Tagarao
CA – Mission San Jose High School – Lucas Song, Abhi Upadhyay, Yash Gupta

VBC Retailing

North Atlantic

ON – Glenforest SS – Warwick Pang, Rui Xie, June Chen
ON – Innisdale SS – Diego Reategui, Terry Luan, Natallie Chow

Southern

FL – Southwest Miami High School – Ivan Bartolome, Lisvan Bartolome, Joel Diaz
GA – Whitewater High School – Glenn MacDonald

Central

IL – Highland Park High School – Will Nawor, Mark Overby, Jason Glikin
WI – West Salem High School – Eric Moen, Brandon Schran, Joshua Krien

Western

CA – Granada Hills Charter High School – Bala Allam
CA – Mission San Jose High School – Jack Wang, Aishwarya Bhutkar, Pragya Jain

VBC Sports

North Atlantic

NH – Hillsboro-Deering High School – Nicholas Lester, Thomas Ferguson, Ryan Gillett
PA – The Shipley School – Zach Bradlow, Radhik Patel

Southern

VA – Sherando High School – Anthony Damico, Seth Breneman, Cameron Spieles
FL – Southwest Miami High School – Alexander Betancourt, Manuel Pena, Tiana Burgos

Central