Wenatchee FBLA rocks regionals

Wenatchee High School’s FBLA was presented with multiple awards at the FBLA Regional Conference on Feb. 17 at the Wenatchee Convention Center. All of the team’s participants will be attending the Washington State FBLA Conference in April.

The reaction of senior and FBLA president Israel Sixto was one of pure happiness when he heard the whole team got to go to State. Challenges along the way, such as the different categories and a broken projector, made the win hard-earned.

“It’s exciting to see the numbers of the students we take to State every year increase,” Sixto said. “I wasn’t sure if we would get to this point, but we did.”

FBLA adviser Susan Sears believed the team’s big win was due to the amounts of preparation the team put in as well as the inspiration it took in them to come so far. Working together as a team also played a huge role in FBLA’s success.

“They really were motivated, and it felt great to watch them win,” Sears said. “There was a lot of joy that day, and they’re looking forward to going to State in April.”

The winners and their events are as follows:

First place:

Will Kamins – Cyber Security

Kimberly Robles, Andrea Cuevas, Roger Martinez – Business Ethics

Israel Sixto, Vivian Noyd – E-Business

Will Kamins – Networking Concepts

Will Kamins – Personal Finance

Matthew Kirkpatrick – Intro to Computer Game Design

Vivian Noyd – Impromptu Speaking

Jesus Laurel, Manuel Laurel – Intro to Business Presentation

Second place:

Israel Sixto, Vivian Noyd – Marketing

Austin Lozano – Networking Concepts

Fourth place:

Aaliyah Hansen and Jazmin Medrano – Social Media

Austin Lozano – Computer Problem Solving

Grace Black – Public Speaking 1

Fifth place:

Andrea Cuevas, Kimberly Robles, Roger Martinez – Social Media

Austin Lozano – Cyber Security

Sixth place:

Claire Nordt – Economics

Grace Black – MOS Microsoft Office Certification – Word