DECA State Conference Results

Over five hundred students from 28 DECA Chapters competed at the Nebraska State Career Development Conference in Lincoln on March 16th & 17th. Fifty-eight students from the Scottsbluff DECA Chapter qualified to attend the conference, held at the Cornhusker Hotel. Students competed in a variety of events from written tests and judged role plays to written marketing research projects, advertising campaigns, entrepreneurship projects as well as team management decision making competitions. Students who placed in the top three in an event qualified for the International DECA Career Development Conference to be held in Orlando, Florida on April 22-25, 2023.

Scottsbluff DECA enjoyed another successful year, placing in eighteen events and auto-qualifying 15 members for the International Conference in Orlando. Ten of those qualifiers will compete at the conference in Orlando this year. The top 3 winners/auto-qualifiers and their events are as follows:

Adalene Didier - Business Finance - 3rd place
Nielli Heinold - Financial Consulting Event - 1st place
Adalene Didier & Sarah Griess - Integrated Marketing Campaign Product - 3rd place
Maci Dorshorst - Principles of Business Management & Administration - 2nd place
Hannah Shaddick - Principles of Business Management & Administration - 3rd place
Emily Natale - Principles of Hospitality & Tourism - 3rd place
Tallon McDonald - Professional Selling Event - 1st place
Joel Painter - Professional Selling Event - 2nd place
Brooke Crane & Dyllan Gies - Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making - 2nd place
Connor McCracken - Franchise Business Plan - 2nd place
Priscila Martinez & Alyssa Mendoza - Independent Business Plan - 1st place
Anna Kelley & Shae Willats - Sales Project - 2nd place

Several other members placed in the top 8 in their respective role-play events which earned them a medal and the possibility of qualifying for the International Conference. Members who placed in the top 4 for written events did not receive a medal but were able to qualify for the International Conference.

Jessica Davis - Apparel & Accessories Marketing - Medalist
Joel Painter - Entrepreneurship - Medalist
Taylor Hafeman - Food Marketing - Medalist
Destina Cervantes - Personal Financial Literacy - Medalist
Addison Wilson - Retail Merchandising - Medalist
Alyssa Mendoza - Restaurant & Food Service Management - Medalist
Josiah Mobley - Sports & Entertainment Marketing - Medalist
Nielli Heinold & Abigail Roberts - Marketing Management Team Decision Making - Medalists
Taylor Hafeman - Professional Selling Event - 4th place
Leona Brezenski, Nevaeh Reiber, & Madison Still - Start-up Business Plan - 4th place
Josiah Mobley & Connor Whiteley - Business Solutions Project - 3rd place
Jackson Allen - Financial Consulting Event - 4th place
Julia Balthazor & Lily De Los Santos - 4th place