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WCS Students Punch Tickets to the DECA International Career Development Conference

Published March 11, 2016

Students from six Williamson County high schools will compete next month at the International Career Development Conference in Nashville.

The event will be held April 23-26. In order to qualify, students must finish among the top four in their respective categories at the State DECA competition.

DECA is a student organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools. More than 18,000 high school students, advisers, business persons and alumni are expected to attend this year’s conference.

Listed below are the WCS students who qualified to attend based on their performance at the state competition March 3-5.

Brentwood High

  • First Place: Timmy Derryberry and Ben Kazmierowics, Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making
  • First Place: Emma Andrew and John Hardin, Financial Management Team Decision Making
  • First Place: Ashley Anderson, Sports and Entertainment Marketing Promotional Plan
  • First Place: Kathleen Grooms and Katherine Mills, Fashion Merchandising Promotional Plan
  • Second Place: Will Wallis, Financial Consulting Event
  • Second Place: Jessica Smalling, Hospitality Selling Event
  • Third Place: Mary Catherine Krickbaum, Principles of Business Management and Administration
  • Third Place: Sims Bell and Nathan Benbow, Learn and Earn Chapter Project
  • Fourth Place: Cameron Chapman, Automotive Services Marketing
  • Fourth Place: Ben Griffith, Human Resources Management
  • Fourth Place: Davis Perrigo, Retail Merchandising

Centennial High

  • Fourth Place: Sterling Evans, Principles of Marketing
  • Gold Level Certification: Benjamin Effinger, Rachel Vogt and Nicole Zeller, School-Based Enterprise
  • Independence High
  • Second Place: Austin Boardman, Accounting Applications

Page High

  • First Place: Chloe Pigue, Restaurant Management
  • First Place: Sam Kraft, – Principles of Marketing Job Interview
  • Top 5 Overall: Abby Reed and Ally Vaughn, Marketing Communications Team

Ravenwood High

  • Second Place: Joe Roebuck, Human Resources Management Individual Series
  • Third Place: Neil Shukla, Automotive Services Individual Series
  • Fourth Place: Morgan Ainsworth, Caroline Groves and Jake Harrison, Business Growth Plan
  • Fourth Place: Jada Amico, Caylin Carr and Jenna Jankowski, Business Services Operations Research Event

Summit High

  • First Place: Michael Krewson, Professional Selling

*The following students finished first in the Role Play competition at the state tournament, however they will not attend the International Career Development Conference: Emme Fridge, Brentwood High; and Anna Mullaney, Brentwood High.