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Mount Vernon, OH – Knox County Career Center (KCCC) students competed in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) Region IV competition on December 5th.
KCCC students in the Computer Network Technology (CNT), CollegeU-Business (CLGU), Digital Media and Software Development (DMSD), and Pre-Professional Mentorship (PPM) programs competed against students from Delaware Hayes High School, Delaware Area Career Center, Highland High School, and Tri-Rivers Career Center.
BPA is a career technical student organization that allows students to compete in various competitions in the areas of Finance, Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Digital Communications and Design, Management, Marketing and Communications, and Health Administration.
On Friday, December 12th, BPA State Qualifiers in Region 4 were announced at the Region IV Awards Ceremony held at the Willis Education Center in Delaware. KCCC had 40 students qualify for state in 23 events. The BPA State competition will be held on February 23-24 in Columbus.
Keyara Murphy, BPA Region IV Director, said, “The students did a great job competing in the BPA Region IV competition. All students prepared in different ways; reviewed resources for tests, and created projects using specific software. All contests were scored by a professional from the content area. Students apply and improve life skills through these competitions.”
Murphy added, “As an alumnus, I love what this organization offers to students. It was life-changing for me as a student, and I know it can be for current students as well. We wish the
best to the students who are proceeding to compete at the State, and potentially the BPA National Level. These are the opportunities and experiences CTE is made of.”
The following students qualified to compete in the BPA State competition in February:
Ashton Spaulding (CollegeU-Business) 2nd Place in Payroll Accounting
Jeffery Cook (CollegeU-Business) 3rd Place in Payroll Accounting
Zach Taylor (CollegeU-Business) 1st Place in Banking & Finance
Zane Barber, Lane Mussard, Carson Ruhl (CollegeU-Business) 1st Place in Financial Analyst Team
Nate Katz (CollegeU-Business) 2nd Place in Personal Financial Management Raegan Blanchard (CollegeU-Business) 1st Place in Fundamental Word Processing Reese Parks (CollegeU-Business) 2nd Place in Fundamental Word Processing Tyce Davidson (CollegeU-Business) 1st Place in Intermediate Word Processing Peyton Blakesley (CollegeU-Business) 1st Place in Integrated Office Applications Elizabeth Swartzentruber (CollegeU-Business) 1st Place in Advanced Spreadsheet Applications Sierra Shields (CollegeU-Business) 3rd Place in Business Law and Ethics Robert Lonsinger (Computer Network Technology) 1st Place in Computer Network Technology Kaden Talbott (Computer Network Technology) 3rd Place in Computer Network Technology Benjamin Herbert (Computer Network Technology) 1st Place in Device Configuration & Troubleshooting
Jonathan Green (Computer Network Technology) 2nd Place in Device Configuration & Troubleshooting
Logan Woolverton (Computer Network Technology) 1st Place in Server Admin Using Microsoft Ethan Kapper (Computer Network Technology) 2nd Place in Server Admin Using Microsoft Isaac Danzuso (Computer Network Technology) 3rd Place in Server Admin Using Microsoft Brodrick Whittaker (Computer Network Technology) 1st Place in Network Administration Using Cisco
Gage Kearns (Computer Network Technology) 2nd Place in Network Administration Using Cisco Gavin DeChant (Computer Network Technology) 3rd Place in Network Administration Using Cisco
Blake Spittle (Computer Network Technology) 1st Place in Computer Security Aiden Hawk (Computer Network Technology) 2nd Place in Computer Security Isaac Danzuso, Gavin DeChant, Gage Kearns, Kyle Maslowski (Computer Network Technology) 1st Place in Network Design Team
Aiden Colgan (Computer Network Technology) 2nd Place in Linux Operating System Fundamentals
Thomas Ary (Computer Network Technology) 3rd Place in Linux Operating System Fundamentals
Nathan Hofferberth (Computer Network Technology) 1st Place in Python Programming Myla Miller (Digital Media & Software Development) 1st Place in Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing
Maggie Bond, Layla Joyner, Nevaeh Ward, and Eve Wells (Pre-Professional Mentorship) 1st Place in Global Marketing Team
Gabby Beck, Brooklyn Cook, Jocelyn Scarbury (CollegeU-Business) 1st Place in Small Business Management Team
Kale Oswalt (CollegeU-Business) 1st Place in Extemporaneous Speech