On October 22, 60 UHS DECA members traveled to Dayton for their first competition of the season. 36 of these students placed within the top 5 of their competitive event - setting a new chapter record.
At this competition, students competed amongst other Ohio DECA District 4 chapters - including Beavercreek, Centerville, Fairmont, Graham, Northmont, Northridge, Triad, Trotwood-Madison, and Xenia. The competition consisted of 3 types of events - principles, series, and team decision making. In principles and series events, students are given 10 minutes to review a case study scenario and prepare a presentation for their judge while teams are given 17 minutes. Then, students take their preparations in front of a judge and have 8 minutes to present their solution to the case.
The following students competed and brought home awards honors:
1st Place
Carson Stokes & Braxton Spriggs - Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
Hadley Edwards - Principles of Entrepreneurship
Lily Trenor & Maley Pine - Marketing Management Team Decision Making
Olivia MacKendrick - Personal Financial Literacy
2nd Place
Drew Dixon & Grady Lantz - Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making
Marleigh Long - Apparel & Accessories Series
Clohee Jordan & Giselle Bragg - Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making
Kendalyn Zerkle - Principles of Business Management
3rd Place
Ellie Blacker & Addi Hegyi - Marketing Management Team Decision Making
Brianna Schuler - Personal Financial Literacy
Lane Varney - Principles of Marketing
Kaylee Wooten & Alaina Andrews - Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making
Maci Leamman - Entrepreneurship Series
Michael Upchurch - Retail Merchandising Series
Connor Endres - Marketing Communications Series
Kelton McClain - Principles of Entrepreneurship
Elijah Rowley - Principles of Finance
4th Place
Madison Music - Apparel & Accessories Marketing Series
Nick Webb - Hotel & Lodging Management Series
Ava Vandenbark - Human Resources Management Series
Aubriee Reynolds - Food Marketing Series
5th Place
Justus Rose & Crew Forson - Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making
Mollie McDonald & Julianne Hoskins - Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making
Chloe Easterday - Marketing Communications Series
Elizabeth Doss & Payton Dyer - Financial Consulting Team Decision Making
Trent Hoffman & Larkin Moore - Sports & Entertainment Team Decision Making
The UHS DECA Chapter will now focus on completing their annual projects and start preparing for the 2027 district, state, and national competitions. Large chapter projects include Powderpuff, Financial Literacy efforts, community awareness campaigns, business operations research projects, entrepreneurship projects, and preparing students for case study competitions.
Thomas Russell, UHS DECA Advisor