DECA Success!!

Round Rock DECA took 70 students to Atlanta this week to compete in the annual DECA International Career Development Conference and found great success! With over 17,000 students in attendance, the following students placed in their highly competitive events:

Principles of Hospitality and Tourism – 1st place

Anushka Yadav for outstanding test score

Entrepreneurship Series – 3rd place

Ankhi Banerjee – silver medalist for outstanding test score

Virtual Business Challenge – Accounting – 2nd place

Nathan Viloria, Nick Dienstbier and Jadon Swearingen

Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship – 2nd place

Pranav Govin, Skanda Nagaraja, Arun Natarajan

Virtual Business Challenge – Fashion – 1st place

Ashwin Accapadi, Atharva Gujrathi, Austin John

Virtual Business Challenge – Fashion – 7th place

Laya John, Esha Nair, Sarayu Shashikiran

Virtual Business Challenge – Hotel – 9th Place

Andre Pham

Virtual Business Challenge – Personal Finance – 4th place

Kathryn Lock, Emily Tando, Eesha Vykunta

Virtual Business Challenge – Personal Finance – 9th place

Advay Chandramouli, Oliver Grabner, Luke Tsai

Virtual Business Challenge – Restaurant – 8th place

Sanjeev Medam, Jaden Verrico

Virtual Business Challenge – Sports – 5th place

Sasank Aduri, Adarsh Ashok

Human Resources Management Series – Top 10

Robin Koshelev

Integrated Marketing Campagn – Top 10

Ester Yu

In addition, the following made it to finals making them top 20 in the world:

Entreprenuership Team Decision Making

Saachi Upadhyaya and Risha Vankalapati

Food Marketing Series

Mallika Jade – silver medalist for outstanding test score and outstanding role play

Jishnu Saani – silver medalist for outstanding role play

Personal Financial Literacy

Matthew Torres

Quick Service Restaurant Management

Shruti Vykunta – silver medalist for outstanding role play

These students did not final, but received medals for their performance:

Food Marketing

Zoe Zajicek – silver medalist for outstanding role play

Marketing Management Team Decision Making

Ananya Singh – silver medalist for outstanding test score

This was a record setting year for Round Rock DECA and we are extremely proud of our team. Of the 23 trophies Texas DECA earned for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes, RRHS earned 5 of them!

Congratulations to all of the students and coaches! Go, Rock!