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HOSA Students Advance to State Leadership Conference

Published January 20, 2016

Dozens of WCS students will compete in this year’s HOSA State Leadership Conference following their performance at the regional competition.

Students from four Williamson County high schools earned awards January 15 at the Lower Middle Tennessee HOSA Regional Conference at Columbia State Community College.

HOSA, formerly known as Health Occupations Students of America, is a national student organization that’s designed to promote opportunities in the health care industry and enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people.

The state leadership conference will be held March 22-24 in Nashville. Congratulations to the following students:

Fairview High

Third Place:

  • Brett Ferguson, Lizzie Rameriz and Savannah Skelton: Biomedical Debate

Fourth Place:

  • Ruby Chapdelain and Tuf Powell: Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
  • Samantha Kennedy and Heather Simmons: CPR/First Aid

Independence High

First Place:

  • Miguel Casenada: Medical Math

Second Place:

  • Kelly Whitmore: Clinical Nursing

Third Place:

  • Jacob Netterville: Prepared Speaking

Fourth Place:

  • Brooklyn Fielder: Nursing Assistant
  • Sara Grimm: Nutrition
  • Tatiana Kelliher: Extemporaneous Health Poster

Fifth Place:

  • Adam Swayze: Physical Therapy

Ravenwood High

First Place:

  • Lauren Case: Nutrition Knowledge Test
  • Nikhil Arun, Andrew Fahim, Vamsi Konjeti and Alan Liu: Biomedical Debate
  • Kaitlin Mi: Biomedical Laboratory Services
  • Abby Irwin: Medical Spelling
  • Macy Chambers, Katie Goslak, Caroline Hale, Corinne Hamrick, Brittany Loy and Abbey Warren: Public Health

Second Place:

  • Samantha Koehler: Veterinary Science
  • Prateek Konnakalla: Researched Public Speaking
  • Verena Ghebranious: Pathophysiology
  • Maddie Mixon: Dental Terminology
  • Kristin Callahan and Lindsey Pollack: CERT Skills

Third Place:

  • Macy Lyle and Emma Rucker: CPR/First Aid
  • Michael McGarvey: Medical ASsisting
  • Calista Mueller: Epidemiology
  • Eman Durrani, Jolene Lei, Phillip Phan and Sammy Wu: Creative Problem Solving

Fourth Place:

  • Zainab Hammoud, Olivia Mason, Alira Thomas and Liana Wood: HOSA Bowl
  • Setareh Yazdani, Sohayla Yazdani and Sousan Yazdani: Health Education
  • Marissa Frietas, Kelsey Graumann, Kelvin Ho, Andrea Street and Tye Shanklin: Parliamentary Procedure
  • Pirya Yelemali: Prepared Speaking
  • Sai Thatigotic: Medical Law and Ethics

Fifth Place:

  • Christina Kim: medical Terminology
  • LillyAnn Burke: Medical Photography
  • Ricky Chen: Pharmacology
  • Megan Kim: Nurse Assisting

Summit High

First Place:

  • Boston Anderson, Seth Knott, Cameron Luz and Jeremy Moody: Creative Problem Solving
  • Hannah Waymaster: Prepared Speaking
  • Maria Vera: Personal Care
  • Jayden Cartelli: Home Health Aide
  • Megan Crowell: Human Growth and Development
  • Kenzie Ehrsam: Medical Law and Ethics

Second Place:

  • Francesca Savarino: Extemporaneous Writing
  • Kaleb Stone: Job Seeking Skills
  • Ashley Christian: Medical Photography
  • Carsyn Hughes: Dental Science
  • Nathen Baggett: Transcultural Health

Third Place:

  • Annabelle Russell and Brityn Sain: Health Education
  • Samantha Howell: Researched Public Speaking
  • Marley Arnold: Physical Therapy

Fourth Place:

  • Ayden Salmons: Biomedical Laboratory Science
  • Natalie Gean: Medical Spelling

Fifth Place:

  • John Blue, Emma Meares and Sophia Shaikh: HOSA Bowl
  • Lindsey Cook, Hannah Everson and Samantha Wright: Community Awareness