DECA congratulates finalist teams in the second qualifying round of the 2018-2019 Virtual Business Challenge.
These students finished in the top two places in their region in one of the Virtual Business Challenge tracks. With approval from their chartered association, each team has earned an opportunity to compete at the DECA International Career Development Conference.
Provided by Knowledge Matters, the DECA Virtual Business Challenge tasks students with operating a web-based business simulation in the career areas of accounting, fashion, hotel management, personal finance, restaurant management, retail management or sports marketing.
Congratulations to the following DECA members:
VBC Accounting
North Atlantic Region
- NJ – Ridgewood High School – Kathryn Zhou, Jacob Alvarado, Alex Ruhl
- MD – Richard Montgomery High School – Reyna Choi, Benjamin Solomich, Justin Schwager
Southern Region
- TX – Round Rock High School – Arjun Bellamkonda, Jack Davidson, Noah Kindseth
- FL – Poiciana High School – Julien Neville and Michael Alicea
Central Region
- MN – Shakopee High School – Jacqueline Macht
- OH – Ohio Hi-Point Career Center Triad – Eli Carson
Western Region
- CA – The Harker School – Sasvath Ramachandran
- CA – Lynbrook High School – Gaby Tran
VBC Fashion
North Atlantic Region
- ON – PE Trudeau High School – Karthik Ganapathiraju
- ON – Richmond Hill HS – Caitlin Chu, Alicia Zhang, Iris Xie
Southern Region
- TX – Round Rock High School – Brandon Le and Demi Waworuntu
- TX – Southwest Miami High School - AOF – Agnes Carrera, Manuel Marrero, Alejandro Aparcedo
Central Region
- WI – West Salem High School – Ryan Schlimgen, John Glassmaker, Aaron Bahr
- MI – West Bloomfield High School – Kyler Hwa and Tejas Kode
Western Region
- CA – Lynbrook High School – Derek Xiang, Michael Mao, Ryan Sun
- AZ – Greenway High School – Jade Scott, Skyler Montano, Faythe Sanders
VBC Hotel Management
North Atlantic Region
- ON – The Woodlands School – Elaine Xu, Rakhee Patel, Catherine Lam
- ON – Richmond Hill High School – Jeffrey Chen, Qi Liu, Arjun Pillai
Southern Region
- FL – Southwest Miami High School - AOF – Dominic Padron, Adin Feliz
- TX – Lake Travis Hig School – Soupy De, Nihanth Attaluri, Manoj Singireddy
Central Region
- MO – Blue Springs South High School – Trevor Davis and Julian Morrison
- IL – Highland Park High School – Henry Mann, Jack Schulman, Jack Bilow
Western Region
- CA – Irvington High School – Kevin Mao
- AZ – Shadown Ridge High School – Karolina Gierlach, Julianne Meyer, Sloane McFarland
VBC Personal Finance
North Atlantic Region
- ON – Glenforest SS – Eric Gu, Kevin Wang, Bowen Zhu
- NJ – Ocean Township High School – Henry Ramirez and Isaac Greenspan
Southern Region
- TX – Round Rock High School – Evan Lock, Akhsheiy Tangutur, Hariharan Jayakumar
- FL – Southwest Miami High School – AOF – Angel Alvarez, Jonathan Torres, Alejandro Aparcedo
Central Region
- OH – Meadowbrook High School – Davis Black and Boston Black
- MI – North Farmington High School – Parth Pandit, Susan Culaj, Jarryn Shin
Western Region
- CA – Mission San Jose High School – Dylan Feng, Ethan Lee, Derek Luan
- CA – Valley Christian High School – Someswar Amujala, Dave Ho, Weilun Zhang
VBC Restaurant
North Atlantic Region
- ON – White Oaks SS – Stephanie Xiang, James Ouyang, Celinda Ma
- ON – Richmond Hill High School – Michael Jin, Matthew Pechen-Berg, James Lin
Southern Region
- FL – Southwest Miami High School – AOF – Dominic Padron, Adin Feliz, Ashlyn Feliz
- GA – Forsyth Central High School – Joel Joseph, Riley Davison, Brandon Hampton
Central Region
- IL – Naperville North High School – Edward Wu, Amey Maley, Lauren Sun
- IL – Highland Park High School – Max Baum and Joshua Bay
Western Region
- CA – Washington High School – Ayush Shah, Pruthvi Innamuri, Pranit Panda
- AZ – Shadow Ridge High School – Shane Rath and Logan Casey
VBC Retailing
North Atlantic Region
- NH – Hillsboro-Deering High School – Austin Gallagher, Zachary Urban, Jake Bachand
- ON – Innisdale SS – Wacira Muiruri and Yang Zhang
Southern Region
- FL – Southwest Miami High School - AOF – Karla Valero and Ian Varona
- TX – Round Rock High School – Seokchan Oh, Saahir Janmohamed, Arvind Balaji
Central Region
- MO – Ozark High School – Hunter Webb, Adin Lairmore
- ND – Mandan High School – Jeremy Vadner
Western Region
- AZ – Greenway High School – Luke Nelson, Erich Norris, Tyler Mosier
- AZ – Shadow Ridge High School – Tanner Smith, Brandon Aguilar, Cole Callister
VBC Sports
North Atlantic Region
- NH – Hillsboro-Deering High School – Emily Ferguson, Kelsey Powell, Irena Rose
- ON – Richmond High School – Stella Wang, Kentaro Nakamura-Ramage, Jacqueline Palik
Southern Region
- TX – Plano West Senior High School – Hunter Zacha, Keegan Choudhury, Rohan Khera
- VA – Sherando High School – Joe Wagner, Brent Allegra, Bryce Williams
Central Region
- MI – West Bloomfield High School – Sam Hughes, Cole Hall, Sverre Sears
- IL – Highland Park High School – Max Laky, Andrew Kerpel, Sam Schulkin
Western Region
- CA – Mission San Jose High School – Tejas Mattur, Sidarth Raman, Jessica Wang
- CA – Washington High School – Aswinkarthik Rameshbabu, Shashvat Patel, Vyom Singh
