Knox County Career Center students advance to BPA state competition

Knox County Career Center students competed in the Business Professionals of America Region IV competition on Dec. 5.

KCCC students in the Computer Network Technology (CNT), CollegeU-Business (CLGU), Digital Media and Software Development (DMSD), and Pre-Professional Mentorship (PPM) programs competed against students from Delaware Hayes High School, Delaware Area Career Center, Highland High School, and Tri-Rivers Career Center.

BPA is a career technical student organization that allows students to compete in various competitions in the areas of finance, business administration, management information systems, digital communications and design, management, marketing and communications, and health administration.

On Dec. 12, BPA State Qualifiers in Region 4 were announced at the Region IV Awards Ceremony held at the Willis Education Center in Delaware. KCCC had 40 students qualify for state in 23 events. The BPA State competition will be held Feb. 23-24 in Columbus.

Keyara Murphy, BPA Region IV Director, said, “The students did a great job competing in the BPA Region IV competition. All students prepared in different ways; reviewed resources for tests, and created projects using specific software. All contests were scored by a professional from the content area. Students apply and improve life skills through these competitions.

“As an alumnus, I love what this organization offers to students. It was life-changing for me as a student, and I know it can be for current students as well. We wish thebest to the students who are proceeding to compete at the State, and potentially the BPA National Level. These are the opportunities and experiences CTE is made of.”

The following students qualified to compete in the BPA State competition in February:

•Ashton Spaulding (CollegeU-Business), 2nd place, Payroll Accounting

•Jeffery Cook (CollegeU-Business), 3rd place, Payroll Accounting

•Zach Taylor (CollegeU-Business), 1st place, Banking & Finance

•Zane Barber, Lane Mussard, Carson Ruhl (CollegeU-Business), 1st place, Financial Analyst Team

•Nate Katz (CollegeU-Business), 2nd place, Personal Financial Management

•Raegan Blanchard (CollegeU-Business), 1st place, Fundamental Word Processing

•Reese Parks (CollegeU-Business), 2nd place, Fundamental Word Processing

•Tyce Davidson (CollegeU-Business), 1st place, Intermediate Word Processing

•Peyton Blakesley (CollegeU-Business), 1st place, Integrated Office Applications

•Elizabeth Swartzentruber (CollegeU-Business), 1st place, Advanced Spreadsheet Applications

•Sierra Shields (CollegeU-Business), 3rd place, Business Law and Ethics

•Robert Lonsinger (Computer Network Technology), 1st place, Computer Network Technology

•Kaden Talbott (Computer Network Technology), 3rd place, Computer Network Technology

•Benjamin Herbert (Computer Network Technology), 1st place, Device Configuration & Troubleshooting

•Jonathan Green (Computer Network Technology), 2nd place, Device Configuration & Troubleshooting

•Logan Woolverton (Computer Network Technology), 1st place, Server Admin Using Microsoft

•Ethan Kapper (Computer Network Technology), 2nd place, Server Admin Using Microsoft

•Isaac Danzuso (Computer Network Technology), 3rd place, Server Admin Using Microsoft

•Brodrick Whittaker (Computer Network Technology), 1st place, Network Administration Using Cisco

•Gage Kearns (Computer Network Technology), 2nd place, Network Administration Using Cisco

•Gavin DeChant (Computer Network Technology), 3rd place, Network Administration Using Cisco

•Blake Spittle (Computer Network Technology), 1st place, Computer Security

•Aiden Hawk (Computer Network Technology), 2nd place, Computer Security

•Isaac Danzuso, Gavin DeChant, Gage Kearns, Kyle Maslowski (Computer Network Technology), 1st place, Network Design Team

•Aiden Colgan (Computer Network Technology), 2nd place, Linux Operating System Fundamentals

•Thomas Ary (Computer Network Technology), 3rd place, Linux Operating System Fundamentals

•Nathan Hofferberth (Computer Network Technology), 1st place, Python Programming

•Myla Miller (Digital Media & Software Development), 1st place, Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing

•Maggie Bond, Layla Joyner, Nevaeh Ward, and Eve Wells (Pre-Professional Mentorship), 1st place, Global Marketing Team

•Gabby Beck, Brooklyn Cook, Jocelyn Scarbury (CollegeU-Business), 1st place, Small Business Management Team

•Kale Oswalt (CollegeU-Business), 1st place, Extemporaneous Speech