Cheney DECA students advance to state

Nineteen Cheney DECA students competed at Spokane Community College on Dec. 7 for the right to go to state competition in Bellevue March 4-7. Cheney qualified 11 students for state out of a total of 750 students from 16 area high schools. DECA advisor Jeff Pike put the students accomplishments into perspective by noting that one Greater Spokane League high school qualified three students out of 31 participants.

Cheney state participants are pictured above, front row left to right: first place Millie Holy/Business Services Marketing, third place Kerri Kobara/Fashion Merchandising Promotion, third place Nicole Abnour/Fashion Merchandising Promotion, state qualifier Almonia Simmons/Business Law and Ethics, state qualifier Kryss Adams/Business Law and Ethics, and first place Clint Bonnett/Buying and Merchandising.

Back row left to right: state qualifier Caitlin Miller/Sports and Entertainment Marketing, state qualifier April Batchelor/Sports and Entertainment Marketing, alternate Shaley Ham/Hotel and Lodging Management, state qualifier Tully Kerr/Marketing Management Series and first place Jacob Falconer/Buying and Merchandising.