GCISD students from Colleyville Heritage High School, Grapevine High School and iUniversity Prep competed at the DECA state competition held February 19-21 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, bringing home state championships in six events and Gold Level standing in four School-Based Enterprises. They now advance to compete at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC), April 25-28 in Atlanta, GA. iUniversity Prep DECA was also recognized as New Chapter of the Year for the state of Texas.
ICDC is DECA’s pinnacle event, bringing together 10,000 of the top DECA members to compete in events that demonstrate college and career knowledge and skills in marketing, finance, hospitality and management.
Students qualify for ICDC by placing in the top two in the virtual business challenges, finishing in the 25 in the stock market game, earning Gold Level as a School-Based Enterprise (SBE), or participating in the Emerging Leaders Series, a comprehensive leadership program.
Congratulations to the state qualifiers and alternates:
Colleyville Heritage High School
State Champions:
Nicole Huang - Restaurant and Food Service Management
Sohum Punj - Quick Service Restaurant Management
Alternates:
Aahil Akbar, Anuj Chakraborty, Aayan Hasam - Business Services Operations Research
Melody Ding and Mina Waldrip - Community Awareness Project
Kayla Hyun - Human Resource Management
Zoe Fang and Zachary Truong - Sales Project
SBE Managers - Gold Level:
Divyan Patel and Karsyn Thomas - Panther Spirit Shop
Braxton Potts and Chloe Psifidis - Panther Snack Shack
Grapevine High School
State Champions:
Adam Bordovsky - Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Andrew DeYoung and Sohan Patel - Business Law & Ethics Team
Jack Langley and Darren Yang - Buying and Merchandising Team
Alternates:
Raley Cerpanya and Eva Hammer - Hospitality Services Team
Kaitlin Lucas and Sophia Thompson - Community Giving Project
Sofiya Malyshchak - Business Growth Plan
SBE Managers - Gold Level:
Sohan Patel - The Outpost
Raley Cerpanya and Brooke Turner - Mustang Ink
iUniversity Prep
State Champion:
Jaxon Radcliff - Independent Business Plan
State Alternates:
Reyna Daniels - Quick Serve Restaurant Management Individual Series
Yadiz Martinez - Food Marketing Individual Series
