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Back row: Nate Martin, Ron Niehus, Kaden Kadlec, David Macagnone, Jason Karolus
Front row: Julia Peter, Kiya Emslander, Vanessa Santana, DJ Avenson
After a very successful showing at the Minnesota Collegiate DECA State Competition, 10 SCTCC Collegiate DECA students qualify to compete at nationals in San Francisco.
The competition was a part of the State Career Development Conference and was held Feb. 20-21 in Alexandria. The conference provides students real-life business scenarios through not just the competition but also networking events with and feedback from potential employers. The competitive events are judged by industry professionals.
SCTCC students placed in six competitions:
Business to Business Marketing
- First place: Kaden Kadlec and Ron Niehus
- Second place: Julia Peter and Vanessa Santana
- Third place: DJ Avenson and Kiya Emslander
Sales Management and Leadership
- Third place: Nate Martin
Hotel and Lodging
- Finalist: David Macagnone
Restaurant and Food Service
- Finalist: Kiya Emslander
- Finalist: DJ Avenson
Professional Sales, where SCTCC swept the category!
- First Place: Julia Peter
- Second Place: Kaden Kadlec
- Third Place: Vanessa Santana
- Finalist: Jason Karolus
- Finalist: Matteo Mangili
- Finalist: Ron Niehus
Sports Marketing
- Third place: Nate Martin and David Macagnone
- Finalist: Jason Karolus and Matteo Mangili
The Collegiate DECA National Career Development Conference will be held April 5-8 in San Francisco.