Congratulations to the Collegiate DECA 2025-26 Stock Market Game Session 1 Top Competitors

Dec 3, 2025

An acclaimed program from the SIFMA Foundation, the Collegiate DECA Stock Market Game™ is an online simulation that challenges teams with building and managing a $100,000 virtual investment portfolio of stocks, bonds and mutual funds. The teams of participants managed all aspects of the portfolio including asset selection, buying and selling.

DECA congratulates the following top-ranking teams who participated in the first session of the Collegiate DECA Stock Market Game. Rankings are based on percentage growth against the S&P 500. These participants also met the diversity requirement of holding at least one bond, one stock and one mutual fund by the last trade date.

Congratulations to the following Collegiate DECA members:

  1. Levi Gray | University of Tampa, FL
  2. Izzy Parsons | North Dakota State College of Science - Wahpeton, ND
  3. Tim Wright, Neeka Gallant, Jasmine Heikkila | North Dakota State College of Science - Wahpeton, ND
  4. Caden Boehnen | University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, WI
  5. Grant Beyer | North Dakota State College of Science - Wahpeton, ND
  6. Kenzy Beare, Ingrid Rustad | North Dakota State College of Science - Wahpeton, ND
  7. Cole Blazek | North Dakota State College of Science - Wahpeton, ND
  8. Khouba Toure | North Dakota State College of Science - Wahpeton, ND
  9. Eleanor Strand | North Dakota State College of Science - Wahpeton, ND
  10. Mark Williams | North Dakota State College of Science - Wahpeton, ND

There is still another opportunity to participate in the Collegiate DECA Stock Market Game! The second session of the Collegiate DECA Stock Market Game will begin on January 26, 2026.

The winners will be recognized on stage during Collegiate DECA's 2026 International Career Development Conference in Louisville, KY.

Questions?

Randi Bibiano
Competitive Events Specialist
randi@deca.org

Randi Bibiano is DECA's competitive events specialist. In this role, she conceptualizes and authors role-play scenarios for the collegiate and high school division’s competitive events programs. She also manages DECA's online competitive events and serves as a liaison to volunteer efforts at DECA's educational conferences.

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