Twenty-one Belmont business students received recognition and awards during the International Collegiate DECA competition last week in Washington, D.C. Thirty Belmont students participated in the conference that included almost 1,300 students from throughout North America. Professor Jeff Cornwall, Associate Professor Mark Schenkel and Program Coordinator Lisa Davis serve as Belmont DECA advisers. The following awards were given:
- Business to Business Marketing team: Finalist and Top 10, Cole Auville & Caroline D’Andrea
- Accounting: Top Exam Score, Matt Metsker
- Travel and Tourism: Top Role Play Score, Sam Dallas, Maggie Fincher and Blake Mankin; Finalist and Top 10, Maggie Fincher and Sam Dallas
- Marketing Management: Finalist and Top 10, Ben Matthews
- Business Research: Finalist and Top 10, Tanner Wall
- Project Management: Third Place International, Lauren Guenther
- Starting a Business: Third Place International, David Powell
- Sports and Entertainment Marketing team: Finalist and Top 10, Rachel Hawk and Jena Lavicka
- Entrepreneurship Challenge team: finalists: Cole Auville, Caroline D’Andrea, Jena Lavicka, Ben Matthews, David Powell, Alyssa Aloya, Octavia Nichols, Mason Foote, Elizabeth Rhyne, Levis Padron, Rachel Hawk, Matt Metsker, Kate Vogel, Grace McGaw, Ann Touchstone, Blake Mankin, Taylor Fish, Sam Dallas
