The Wenatchee High School DECA program sent 83 students to the DECA Area 10 Conference in Yakima on Jan. 10. WHS had 63 students place in the top three for their event and qualify for State.

In the 28 events, 23 WHS students received first-place awards, 12 finished in second place, and 12 finished third. The top three finishers in each event will be competing at DECA State Conference in Bellevue on March. 4.

The Area 10 competition hosted 13 Central Washington high schools and more than 350 students according to WHS DECA adviser Matt Pakinas.

State DECA president and senior Kori Martin placed first in Human Resource Management; she is already looking forward to nationals.

“We overall did a really good job [at DECA Area 10]. I feel like we have the potential to do really well at Nationals,” Martin said.

The first place finishers and their events are as follows:

Alexis Rodriguez – Accounting Applications

Chase Davidson – Automotive Services

Nate Mikkelsen – Business Services

Abby Davison – Food Marketing

Arturo Diaz – Hotel & Lodging

Kori Martin – Human Resource Management

Alex Haugan – Marketing Management

Vivian Noyd – Quick Serve Restaurant Management

Emma Malmin – Restaurant & Food Service Management

Cassie Noyd – Retail Merchandising

Colin Snyder – Sports & Entertainment Marketing

Celia Gale & Kaitlin Robertson – Advertising Campaign

Israel Sixto – Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan

Charlie Cutter – Sports & Entertainment Promotion Plan

Anna Davenport – Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling

Dillon Goodell – Professional Selling

Bailey White & Maegan Delvo – Business Law & Ethics Team

Chris Danko & Camden Gilliver – Buying & Merchandising Team

Ben Higley & Jake Rhyner – Financial Services Team

Andrew Fritz & Ethan Harris – Hospitality Services Team

Spencer Rickel & Cass Riggan – Marketing Communications Team

Alex Albert & Cole Hansen – Sports & Entertainment Team

Emi Kolde & Savannah Slife – Travel & Tourism Team