DECA District Honors, Orlando Trip

Twenty-five DECA members qualified for the state competition after finishing in the top 40 in the district competition. The state competition will be held March 9-11 in Chattanooga.
Placing in the top 10 were Alyaan Salman ’23 (2nd), Nolan Yaren ’23 (5th), the team of Bryan Ding ’24 and Will Gramm ’24 (6th), Wills Frazer ’25 (7th), Palmer Halliday ’25 (7th), and Jeffrey Liu ’23 (9th). Following is the full list of participants and placements.

Event
Name (s)
Place
Accounting Applications Series
Jeffrey Liu ’23
9
Apparel & Accessories
Marketing Series
Alyaan Salman ’23
2
Automotive Services
Marketing Series
Wyatt Solberg ’23
25
Business Finance Series
Joshua Gramm ’26
16
Business Finance Series
Jack Knighton ’23
12
Business Services
Marketing Series
Nathaniel Greenfield ’23
34
Business Services
Marketing Series
Andrew Jones ’23
19
Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making
Wilson LeMay ’23,
Doty Rawson ’23
28
Food Marketing Series
Jack Zaptin ’23
12
Human Resources
Management Series
Jackson Moore ’23
39
Marketing Communications Series
Tanner Williams ’23
20
Marketing Communications Series
Benjamin Zague ’23
11
Personal Financial Literacy
Palmer Halliday ’25
7
Principles of Business
Management & Administration
Max Mascolino ’23
28
Principles of Business Management & Administration
Carter Campbell ’23
18
Principles of Finance
Sutton Thomas ’23 
29
Principles of Finance
Nolan Yaren ’23
5
Principles of Hospitality & Tourism
Wills Frazer ’25
7
Principles of Marketing
George Flinn ’23
16
Sports & Entertainment
Marketing Series
Ahad Farooq ’23
40
Sports & Entertainment
Marketing Series
Jordan Bond ’23
37
Sports & Entertainment
Marketing Series
Thomas Coffey ’23
31
Travel & Tourism Team
Decision Making
Bryan Ding ’24
Will Gramm ’24
6

In other DECA news, the club took trip to Orlando for the DECA Sports and Entertainment Marketing Conference. They heard talks from Orlando Magic Senior Vice President of Sales and Operations Chris D’Orso, Greater Orlando Sports Commission, Senior Director of Business Development and Events Shalisa Griffin, Universal Orlando Resort, Manager of Social Strategy and Content Stephen Kubiak, and many more. They also visited the Disney World and Universal theme parks.
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