A total of 44 Hamilton High School DECA members competed March 1-13 in the virtual Wisconsin DECA State Career Development Conference. Hamilton earned 84 awards and qualified 21 members to advance to international competition.
The following students were recognized for their success and will advance to the international conference:
- Colleen Flynn, first place overall, exam, role play and finalist medals in quick serve restaurant management;
- Arushi Ranasaria, first place overall, exam, role play and finalist medals in accounting applications;
- Jenna Riesterer and Margaret Flynn, first place overall and finalist medals in integrated marketing campaign-product;
- Connor Wilcox and Hayden Pauls, second place overall and finalist medals in start-up business plan;
- Ava DeCleene, Elise Elkin and Colleen Flynn, second place overall and finalist medals in integrated marketing campaign-service;
- Margaret Flynn, third place overall, exam, role play and finalist medals in restaurant and food service management;
- Prathmesh Konda Gopinath, third place overall, exam, role play and finalist medals in business services;
- Akhil Pidikiti, third place overall, exam, role play and finalist medals in principles of business management and administration;
- Rashmi Majjigapu and Arushi Ranasaria, third place overall, exam and finalist medals in integrated marketing campaign-product;
- Maya Desai, fourth place overall, role play and finalist medals in principles of hospitality and tourism;
- Madelyn Gammon and Norah Miller, fourth place overall and finalist medals in franchise business plan;
- Aayush Iyengar and Dhruv Ahuja, fourth place overall and finalist medals in innovation plan;
- Ethan Nolan and Jacob Pfeifer, fifth place overall and finalist medals in financial services;
- Audrey Davies, eighth place overall, role play and finalist medals in personal finance literacy;
- Hiranmayi Swaminathan, ninth place overall, exam and finalist medals in human resource management; and
- Brooke Stanley, exam and role play medals in entrepreneurship.
Additional recognition in respective series include:
- Connor Wilcox, seventh place overall, role play and finalist medals in entrepreneurship;
- Aayush Iyengar, eighth place overall, exam, role play and finalist medals in entrepreneurship;
- Brooke Price, eighth place overall and finalist medal in principles of finance;
- Sriya Gannapureddy, ninth place overall, exam, role play and finalist medals in principles of marketing;
- Norah Miller and Madelyn Gammon, ninth place overall and finalist medals in hospitality services;
- Dhruv Ahuja, tenth place overall, role play and finalist medals in entrepreneurship;
- Ava DeCleene, tenth place overall, role play and finalist medals in food marketing;
- Srikar Kalapala, tenth place overall, exam and finalist medals in principles of finance;
- Carly Elkin, role play medal in principles of marketing;
- Miguel Estrada, role play medal in principles of finance;
- Alayna Fry, role play medal in human resource management;
- Rashmi Majjigapu, role play medal in business services;
- Raghav Pandya, role play medal in food marketing;
- Olivia George, exam medal in principles of marketing;
- Jenna Riesterer, exam medal in retail merchandising; and
- Nicolas Vera, exam medal in restaurant and food service management.