Twenty-one Wenatchee High School DECA members placed in the top seven in their event categories at the Washington DECA State Career Development Conference on March 3-5, qualifying to the International Career Development Conference in Nashville. The WHS DECA team placed fifth overall, their best finish to date.

Students competed against more than 3,600 other high school students from 160 high schools at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue.

WHS had 58 students attending the conference.

Senior Arturo Diaz placed first in Principles of Hospitality & Tourism. This was Diaz’s first year in the DECA program, beating out over 150 other students in his category.

Other students from WHS that qualified for the International DECA Conference are as follows:

Abby Davison – Food Marketing, 2nd place

Noah Kim – Principles of Business Management & Administration, 2nd place

Paige Chvilicek & Vivian Noyd – Sports & Entertainment Operations Research Event, 2nd place Maegan Delvo & Bailey White – Business Law & Ethics Team, 3rd place

Israel Sixto  – Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan, 3rd place

Colin Snyder – Sports and Entertainment Marketing, 3rd place

Alex Haugan & Edan Patterson – Buying & Merchandising Operations Research Event, 4th place

Paige Chvilicek – Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan, 4th place

Kori Martin – Human Resource Management, 4th place

Chase Davidson – Automotive Services Marketing, 5th place

Chris Danko & Camden Gilliver – Buying & Merchandising Team, 5th place

Ben Higley & Jake Rhyner – Financial Services Team, 5th place

Chris Bishop & Sophia Castillo – Marketing Communications Team, 5th place

Vivian Noyd – Quick Service Restaurant Management, 6th place

Austin Blakney & Robert Jorgensen – Sports & Entertainment Team, 7th place

The International Career Development Conference will be held April 23-26 in Nashville, TN.