Blackhawks FBLA earns five state championships

CHENEY – The high school Future Business Leaders of America club turned in five state championships at the annual FBLA Conference, held in a virtual format over the week of May 8 – 10.

Julian De Los Santos brought home a pair of championships, winning in Computer Application and Database Design. Jt. Gasper won Electronic Career Portfolio while Holden McNaul and Marisa Mendoza teamed to win in Network Design.

Overall, Cheney finished with 42 top-10 placements and had 23 of its 29 members who attended placing at least once in the top-10. Additionally, 13 members qualified for the FBLA Virtual National Leadership Conference on June 29 – July 3.

“Cheney was led by a strong group of seniors including Gasper, who placed six times, De Los Santos who placed five times and Lucy Nester, who placed four times,” FBLA advisor Adam Smith said in an email.

Second-place finishes went to Steven Johnson in Computer Applications, Dylan Doney in Entrepreneurship, Skyler Hanson in Network Design, McNaul in Networking Concepts, Gasper in Spreadsheet Applications and De Los Santos in Word Processing. Placing third was Doney in Management Decision Making and Management Information Systems, Gasper in Network Design and Sales Presentation, Shane Moore in Networking Concepts and Jamie Sprague in Partnership with Business Projects.

The state conference was held in a virtual format over three weeks with 900 members from over 90 different schools competing and participating in leadership training.

 

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