Students from three Round Rock ISD high schools earned top prizes at the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) International Competition in Florida.
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe, according to the organization. During the competitions, students complete business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism projects and presentations to be judged against students worldwide.
Winners include:
McNeil High School
Grand Prize in Lead4Change Challenge – Ann Vadakkan, Chaarvi Garg, Archita Roy
2nd Place in Virtual Business Challenge: Retail – Avi Agrawal and Rayan Nyaupane
3rd Place in Financial Consulting – Vinay Rajgopal
6th Place in Virtual Business Challenge: Personal Finance – Imran Abdullah and Harun Syed
Sponsor – Ryan Norwood
Round Rock High School
1st Place in Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making – Ronitha Tedla and Palak Thakker
1st Place in Virtual Business Challenge: Sports – Nathaniel Autry, Francis Pham, and Anish Yande
2nd Place in Hotel and Lodging Management – Kirti Ganesh
2nd Place in Virtual Business Challenge: Personal Finance – Landon Fluckiger and Shridhar Jayakumar
3rd Place in Virtual Business Challenge: Personal Finance – Kathryn Lock, Emily Tando and Eesha Vykunta
4th Place in Virtual Business Challenge: Accounting – Andrew Wang and Jack Wilburn
4th Place in Virtual Business Challenge: Fashion – Emaan Chhartriwala, Nikhil Parida and Sushant Sankilipur
Top 10 Finish in Buying and Merchandising Operations Research – Caitlyn Ladd and Nimah Sadiq
Top 10 Finish in Food Marketing Series – Jishnu Saani
Top 10 Finish in Virtual Business Challenge: Retail – Meghanasri Ganta, Krishna Grandhe and Maggie Ma
Top 10 Finish in Virtual Business Challenge: Sports – Varshith Burla, Tarun Daggolu and Dharnish Muralidharan
Sponsors – Jean Zajicek and Eric Oliver
Westwood High School
3rd Place in Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research – Shivani Kondubhatla, Shrishti Mahajan and Yujie Zhang
Sponsor – Jeffery Siler
