Truman DECA excels in competition

The Truman High School DECA Club competed in the district competition at Eastern Michigan University on Jan. 11 and were highly successful. The club brought home 48 medals in the fields of Marketing, Hospitality and Tourism, Restaurant Management, Business Management, and Human Resource Management.

The club had 40 students that qualified for the state competition and had the largest downriver chapter of District 5 with 144 students. 

State competition will take place the weekend of March 15-17 in Grand Rapids. 

Truman students that won district medals were:

Apparel and Accesories category- Autumn Carson medal for role play and state finalist

Automotive services category- Raul Guzman medal for state finalist

Automotive services category- John Jabro medal for state finalist

Automotive services category- Darnell Hadden medal for state finalist

Business finance category- William Long medal for state finalist

Business management- Crystal Roberts state qualifier

 Food Marketing category- Tiffany Zoviopoulos medal for role play and state finalist

Food marketing category- Kari Daweese medal for role play and state finalist

Food marketing category- Megan Dupree medal for role play and state finalist

Food marketing category- Anthony Polito state qualifier

Human Resource management- Monik Shephard medal for role play and state finalist

Marketing management- Christena Wilson medal for role play and state finalist

Quick serve restaurant management- Jaylin Wright medal for role play and state finalist

Quick serve restaurant management- Autumn Wurtz medal for role play and state finalist

Restaurant and food service management- Ryan Scarliff medal for role play and state finalist

Retail merchandising- Paige Bishop medal for state finalist

 Retail merchandising- Kyle Parish medal for state finalist

Sports and entertainment marketing- Shawntez Turner medal for test score, role play and states

Principals of business marketing- Roderick Peterson medal for role play

Principals of business marketing- Caitlin Moore medal for role play and state finalist

Principals of hospitality- Alisha Stevenson medal for role play and state finalist

Principals of marketing- Robert Mccloud medal for state finalist

Principals of marketing- Ciara Hughes medal for role play

Principal of marketing- Brian Simmons state qualifier

Business Law- Mariah Clemeon medal for states

Business Law- Sarah Oulette medal for role play, test score, and states

Business Law- Frankie Fleshner medal for role play and states

Business Law- Dennis Kaminsky medal for role play

Business Law- Carolyn Somerville medal for state finalist

Business Law- Robert Helton medal for role play

 Business Law- Dana Groh state qualifier

Business Law- Alex Mach state qualifier

Financial services- Trey Trotter medal for states

Financial services- Devin Edwards medal for states

Marketing communications- Kelsey Kaifish medal for role play and states

Marketing communications- Chrissy Wilburn medal for role play and states

 Leadership team event- Clarence Massey, Kari Daweese, and Miguel Andrade state finalists

Public Relations written event- Megan Kaminsky and Kayla Fisher state finalist

Public Relations written event- Amanda Davis and Kaleigh Hamilton state finalist

   

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