Fairfax County Public Schools issued the following news release:
Fifty-three students from Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) excelled at the International DECA Career Development Conference held in Orlando this past weekend. Of the Fairfax County public schools participating, Marshall High School had the largest number of students-15-reaching the finalist or top 10 level.
FCPS students who won the highest honors included Mason Andress, Kyle Cooper, and Mike Geib of Fairfax High School, who placed second in the Community Service Project event, and South County Secondary School students Rebecca Nash and Khushbu Patel, who placed second in the E-Commerce Business Plan event.
Top 10 finishers included:
* Leanne Williams of Chantilly Academy, Hotel and Lodging Series event.
* Bridgett Feehan of Fairfax High School, Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan event.
* Timothy Convy of Madison High School, Technical Sales event.
* Adam Fisher and Greg Smagin of Marshall High School, Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making.
* Cassie Self, Kathy Tucker, and Dana Whitman of Marshall High School, International Business Plan event.
* Blair Monroe, Caitlin Quinn, and Amanda Spoden of Marshall High School, Retail Marketing Research event.
* David Meyer and Corey Weaver of Oakton High School, Travel and Tourism Marketing Management Team event.
* Taylor Bucher and Shannon Murillo of Robinson Secondary School, E-Commerce Business Plan event.
* Jessica Burbach, Shannon Mueller, and Aaron Ruiz of Robinson Secondary School, International Business Plan event.
* Fay Hennessy and Kate Julian of South County Secondary School, Community Service project.
* Rebekah Flis and Laura Galinis of Woodson High School, Public Relations project.
The following students were named finalists:
* Stephanie Jabaley and Katherine Quinnette of Chantilly Academy, Hospitality Services Management Team.
* Greg Kodish of Chantilly High School, Automotive Services Marketing.
* Jonathon Asgari and Lauren Owens of Fairfax High School, Advertising Campaign event.
* Nadia Khan of Langley High School, Food Marketing Management Level.
* Brett Simone, Langley High School, Sports and Entertainment Marketing.
* Anand Persuad of Marshall High School, Food Marketing Management Level.
* Shannon Dean, Dianna Fleeter, and Tori Montano of Marshall High School, General Marketing Research event.
* Mark Larsen and Leah Nadeau of Oakton High School, Sports and Entertainment Marketing Management Team event.
* Kevin Abalos, Claris Bangura, and Brittney Mooney of Robinson Secondary School, Entrepreneurship Promotion Project.
* Janice Ebert of Robinson Secondary School, Quick Service Restaurant Marketing.
* Maisha Hossain and Thalia Tirado of South County Secondary School, International Business Plan event.
* Austyn Johnson and Lauren Melim of South County Secondary School, Sports and Entertainment Marketing Management Team event.
* Loren Monk of Westfield High School, Public Relations project.
* Brett Miller and Connor Moynahan of Woodson High School, Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making.
* Faith Albers and Kasey Stanton of Woodson High School, E-Commerce Management Team Decision Making.
More than 15,000 DECA members from the United States, Canada, Germany, Guam, and Puerto Rico attended the conference. DECA is an international association of high school and college students studying marketing, management, and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service.
