Regional Winners

CONGRATULATIONS to our members of Huron’s Business Professionals of America Chapter! Christy Garrett, Jonathan Cook, Allison Andres, Melissa Gordon, Dan Etz, Kevin Behmer, and 77 members of the Business Professionals of America Huron Chapter went to Kellogg Community College on Friday, December 16th, 2022 to compete against 7 other schools at the MIBPA Regional 2 Conference.

There were fifty-six 1st place awards, twenty-three 2nd place awards, fourteen 3rd place awards, twelve 4th place awards, and twelve 5th place awards!  This gives a grand total of 117 awards among 53 winners advancing to the State Leadership Conference this year!

​Below, we will recognize each award winner for their outstanding effort at the Regional Leadership Conference!

Savi Bandaranayake	1st Economic Research Team
Arav Bhojani	1st Economic Research Team ​2nd Fundamental Accounting
​Smrithi Arcot	3rd Entrepreneurship
​Manisha Datar	3rd Medical Terminology Concepts--Open
Reema Gameel	1st Database Application ​2nd Banking & Finance
Brady Grenier	2nd Video Production Team 5th Meeting & Event Planning Concepts--Open
William Harris	1st Financial Analyst Team 4th Extemporaneous Speech
Ain Hasdi Rodzmann	2nd Website Design Team 4th Digital Communication& Design Concepts--Open
Emily Hu	1st Extemporaneous Speech 1st Presentation Individual 4th Administrative Support Concepts--Open
Kriya Jaiganesh	2nd Prepared Speech
Sri Tharika Jothipuram Jayakumar	1st Health Administration Procedures ​2nd Integrated Office Applications
Armaan Kamat	1st Advanced Interview Skills 1st Digital Communication & Design Concepts--Open 1st Small Business Management Team 2nd Digital Marketing Concepts--Open 3rd Management, Marketing & Human Resource Concepts--Open
Varshini Kashyap	1st Small Business Management Team 1st Business Law & Ethics 1st Business Spelling--Open 1st Medical Terminology Concepts--Open
Krystian Kastelnik	1st Financial Analyst Team 1st Management, Marketing & Human Resource Concepts--Open 2nd Meeting & Event Planning Concepts--Open
Gina Ko	1st Advanced Word Processing 1st Basic Office Systems & Procedures
Neha Kumaran	1st Human Resource Management 2nd Graphic Design Promotion
Minseo Lee	1st Integrated Office Applications 2nd Basic Office Systems & Procedures
Olivia Liao	5th Digital Media Production ​5th Entrepreneurship
Lianne Liu	3rd Health Administration Procedures 3rd Interview Skills 3rd Meeting & Event Planning Concepts--Open 4th Medical Terminology Concepts--Open
Lucas Long	1st Banking & Finance 3rd Administrative Support Concepts--Open 3rd Financial Math & Analysis--Open 5th Personal Financial Management
Alyssa Luo	3rd Presentation Individual
Noah Maldonado	2nd Database Applications 3rd Fundamental Word Processing ​5th Financial Math & Analysis-Open
Melinda Mei	1st Economic Research Individual 1st Prepared Speech 1st Meeting & Event Planning Concepts--Open ​2nd Business Spelling--Open
Sean Miao	1st Fundamental Word Processing 1st Personal Financial Management
Miguel Moncada	2nd Video Production Team
Aditya Muli	1st Global Marketing Team
Richa Narappa	1st Global Marketing Team
Hahjin Oh	1st Fundamental of Web Design 2nd Health Administration Procedures 3rd Business Spelling--Open 5th Medical Terminology Concepts--Open
Rohan Panjabi	1st Economic Research Team 2nd Human Resource Management
Misko Pawlicki	1st Global Marketing Team ​4th Business Law & Ethics
Rudradip Ray	2nd C++ Programming 2nd Website Design Team 4th Computer Programming Concepts--Open
Jack Regan	1st Fundamental Desktop Publishing 2nd Python Programming
Peter Schwendeman	1st Python Programming 1st Small Business Management Team ​5th Computer Programming Concepts--Open
Neha Sivakumaran	3rd Human Resource Management 4th Health Administration Procedures
Archit Sonaje	2nd Entrepreneurship ​4th Banking & Finance
Bradley Spector	1st Computer Security 1st Financial Math & Analysis--Open 2nd Information Technology Concepts--Open 3rd Personal Financial Management 3rd Computer Programming Concepts--Open
Terrance Springer	1st Server Administration Using Microsoft 2nd Administrative Support Concepts--Open
Taiyang Suchan	5th Extemporaneous Speech
Yeohoon Suh	1st Graphic Design Promotion 4th Meeting & Event Planning Concepts--Open
Noah Taeckens	1st Financial Analyst Team 2nd Management, Marketing & Human Resource Concepts-Open 2nd Medical Terminology Concepts--Open
Jennifer Tang	1st Fundamental Accounting 2nd Fundamental Word Processing ​4th Business Spelling-Open
Hemanth Tavane	1st Digital Media Production 1st Entrepreneurship 2nd Digital Communication & Design Concepts--Open 4th Digital Marketing Concepts--Open
Vivek Tewari	1st Global Marketing Team ​2nd Presentation Individual
Anthony Varkey	1st C++ Programming 1st Computer Programming Concepts--Open 1st Small Business Management Team 5th Information Technology Concepts--Open
Abhi Velivela	3rd Economic Research Individual
Anirudh Venkat	1st Economic Research Team 2nd Computer Security 4th Management, Marketing & Human Resource Concepts-Open ​5th Business Spelling--Open
Timothy Wang	4th Human Resource Management
Amelia Wu	2nd Website Design Team 4th Payroll Accounting
Jerry Yang	1st Payroll Accounting 1st Administrative Support Concepts--Open 2nd Personal Financial Management 4th Financial Math & Analysis--Open
Julia Zhu	2nd Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications
Henry Zocher	2nd Video Production Team

States Winners

CONGRATULATIONS to EVERYONE who competed at this year's State Leadership Conference! We had an incredible 21 events in which a team or individual from Huron placed in the top 7 of the state. Additionally, 15 people qualified to compete at this year's National Leadership Conference!!

Armaan Kamat	1st Advanced Interview Skills 1st Small Business Management Team
Gina Ko	4th Advanced Word Processing ​4th Basic Office Systems & Procedures
Minseo Lee	1st Basic Office Systems & Procedures ​1st Integrated Office Applications
Varshini Kashyap	1st Small Business Management Team 5th Business Law & Ethics
Anthony Varkey	1st C++ Programming 1st Small Business Management Team
Anirudh Venkat	2nd Computer Security ​4th Economic Research Team
Bradley Spector	3rd Personal Financial Management 6th Computer Security
Savi Bandaranayake	4th Economic Research Team
Arav Bhojani	4th Economic Research Team
Rohan Panjabi	4th Economic Research Team
Reema Gameel	4th Database Applications
Hemanth Tavane	2nd Digital Media Production
Hahjin Oh	7th Fundamentals of Web Design
Aditya Muli	5th Global Marketing Team
Vivek Tewari	5th Global Marketing Team
Richa Narrapa	5th Global Marketing Team
Misko Pawlicki	5th Global Marketing Team
Jerry Yang	1st Personal Financial Management
Sean Miao	2nd Personal Financial Management
Kriya Jaiganesh	7th Prepared Speech
Peter Schwendeman	1st Python Programming ​1st Small Business Management Team
Ain Hasdi Rodzmann	6th Website Design Team
Rudradip Ray	6th Website Design Team
Amelia Wu	6th Website Design Team

Nationals Winners

Congratulations to our members who competed in the 2023 BPA National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California! Incredibly, 7 people from Huron placed in the top 10 of their event(s)!

Armaan Kamat	2nd Small Business Management Team ​3rd Advanced Interview Skills
​Sean Miao	7th Personal Financial Management
Bradley Spector	8th Personal Financial Management
Anirudh Venkat	10th ​Computer Security-IT Specialist Network Security
Anthony Varkey	2nd Small Business Management Team 10th C++ Programming
Varshini Kashyap	2nd Small Business Management Team
Peter Schwendeman	2nd Small Business Management Team