Congratulations to GCISD’s 104 DECA students who are advancing to compete at the State Career Development Conference to be held March 6-8 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas. Students from Colleyville Heritage High School, Grapevine High School and iUniversity Prep qualified for state after competing at the Texas DECA District 12 competition in January. DECA’s industry-validated competitive events are aligned with the National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism. Students competed in individual or team events.
Individual Qualifiers
Accounting Applications:
Adam Luo, GHS
Jonathan Wang, GHS
Apparel and Accessories Marketing:
Zoe Fang, CHHS
Evangeline Psifidis, CHHS
Aleena Rahim, CHHS
Automotive Services Marketing:
Chloe Sirkin, GHS
Spencer Smith, GHS
Business Growth Plan:
Madison Burkhart, GHS
Sofiya Malyshchak, GHS
Business Services Marketing Series:
Alisha Bhamani, CHHS
Brice Jiang, CHHS
Buying and Merchandising Operations Research:
Madison Martins, CHHS
Afrah Mohhamed, iUP (also recognized with the Rising Star of Texas DECA award)
Community Awareness Project:
Addison Bell, GHS
Entrepreneurship:
Rian Ali, GHS
Rohail Parveez, CHHS
Piyush Mallick, GHS
Julia Thienvanich, iUP
Food Marketing:
Tanish Dodiyani, CHHS
Priso Ndumbe, iUP
Reese Ramsey, GHS
Xavier Salaices, CHHS
Hotel and Lodging Management Series:
Rishabh Agarwal, CHHS
Sritanvi Donepudi, CHHS
Saba Gillani, CHHS
Human Resources Management:
Kayla Hyun, CHHS
Marketing Communications:
Jack Langley, GHS
Tia Olatunji, iUP
Darren Yang, GHS
Principles of Business Management and Administration:
Srikari Kolli, CHHS
Principles of Finance:
Viraat Reddy Jangaon, CHHS
Principles of Hospitality and Tourism:
Resse Gartman, CHHS
Principles of Marketing:
Aredra Shahriar, CHHS
Quick Serve Restaurant Management:
Adam Bordovsky, GHS
Jaxson McBride, iUP
Sohum Punj, CHHS
Restaurant and Food Service Management:
Jiya Chitkara, CHHS
Nicole Huang, CHHS
Sobia Surani, CHHS
Andy Xiao, CHHS
Retail Merchandising:
Debra Campbell, CHHS
Julia Chen, CHHS
Rohan Singhal, CHHS
Sales Project:
Yashvi Shah, GHS
Sports and Entertainment Marketing Operations:
Safa Fatima, GHS
Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series:
Sydney Nguyen, CHHS
Team Qualifiers
Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making:
Andrew DeYoung, Sohan Patel, GHS
Gage Lewis, Ronan Maxwell, CHHS
Business Services Operations Research:
Arish Sarfani, Rayyan Adeel, Aahil Akbar, CHHS
Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making:
Shaylin Cunningham, Lilli Cunningham, GHS
Clara Deweese, Thanushree Gnanapazham, CHHS
Derek Duong, Quinlan Voss, GHS
Gracie Hockenjos, Brooklyn Medina GHS
Community Giving Project:
Sophia Thompson, Jamie Lucas, GHS
Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making:
James Litton, Tyler Thompson, GHS
Zail Parikh, Luke Ghormley, GHS
Adiva Shahriar, Divyan Patel, CHHS
Financial Services Team Decision Making:
Ryan Bansal, Zachary Widmer, GHS
Connor Dutton, Owen Osbourne, CHHS
Hospitality Services:
Raley Cerpanya, Eva Hammer, GHS
Ashley Goins, Jocelyn Poynter, GHS
Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research:
Srianshi Donepudi, Anirudh Yarlagadda, CHHS
Asmaa Sulthar, Lisa Zhu, Michael Xiao, CHHS
Marketing Management Team Decision Making:
Kai Jimenes, Amshu Reddy Vemula, iUP
Rhett Patrick, Ryan Patrick, GHS
Molly Claire Webb, Marie Kristian, GHS
Sales Project:
Amber Li, Jumee Lee, CHHS
Sports and Entertainment Team Decision Making:
Rylee Benker, Molly Hackbarth, GHS
Kathleen Daugette, Campbell Estes, GHS
Bentley Hubbard, Noah Kodat, GHS
Eila Nambiar, Rayann Majekodunmi, CHHS
Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making:
Manar Elmahi. Khe Masker, GHS
Reagan Raabe, Riley Spinner, GHS
Avery Sullins, Annabella Silvestri, CHHS
In addition to the state qualifiers, students from each chapter attend the state conference as voting delegates for their schools. For GCISD, the voting delegates are Addison Worthan, GHS, and Mali Xayavong, iUP (also recognized with Rising Star of Texas DECA award). The Rising Stars of Texas DECA award is presented in recognition of outstanding involvement, dedication, and leadership within a chapter.
GHS senior and GCISD communications intern Reese Ramsey contributed to this story.