This year, 29 Saline County Career Center DECA students participated at district-level competition in UMKC on February 7, 2024. There will be 12 members who will be moving on to compete at the state level, which will be held March 3-5, 2024 at Westin Crown Center in Kansas City.
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. These students competed in a variety of events for a chance to represent their district at the State Career Development Conference. The SCCC DECA students who received recognition on Wednesday include Avery Evans, Michelle Lin, Bailey Kueker, Gentrie Davis, Kaylen Alvarez, Peyton Marshall, Trevor Watkins, Eternity Lawson, Ethan Russell, Jackson Russell, and Cheyann Norman.
The following two students not recognized at competition, but will compete with the group:
-Mattie Weaver-Principles of Finance
-Kolten Gotmer-Business Finance Services
The following students received recognition in the following categories (Top 3 advanced onto State):
Project Management Event:
-1st place Business Solutions Project-Jackson Russell (We Voted Today!)
-1st place Community Awareness Project-Avery Evans & Bailey Kueker (Show Me Safety)
-2nd place Community Giving Project-Kaylen Alvarez & Eternity Lawson (Animal Shelter)
Entrepreneurship Events:
-2nd place Start-Up Business Plan-Gentrie Davis (GMae’s Baking & Milling)
-1st place Entrepreneurship Plan-Ethan Russell (Paw-Prints)
Individual Role-play Events
-1st place-Marketing Communications Series-Michelle Lin
-1st place-Human Resource Management-Gentrie Davis
-3rd place-Human Resource Management-Cheyann Norman
-2nd place-Food Marketing Series-Avery Evans
Integrated Marketing Campaign-Services Event, Service, & Product
-1st place-Peyton Marshall (Community Food Pantry)
-1st place-Michelle Lin (Faces of Innocence)
-3rd place-Trevor Watkins (Fairview Nursing Home)
Virtual Business Events
-3rd place-Sports Challenge Round I-Peyton Marshall (In Missouri)
-2nd place-Fashion Challenge Round I-Trevor Watkins (In Missouri)