​States Winners

CONGRATULATIONS to the members of Huron’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) Chapter!
Jonathan Cook, Christy Garrett, Allison Andres, Melissa Gordon, and 52 dedicated student members represented Huron at the 2026 BPA State Leadership Conference, held March 12–15. Competing against schools from across Michigan, the chapter achieved outstanding results.
Huron’s BPA chapter brought home an impressive total of 178 awards, including six 1st place awards, five 2nd place awards, two 3rd place awards, ten 4th place awards, two 5th place awards, six 6th place awards, and three 7th place awards.

Name	Event
Aakash Gopal	1st Financial Analyst Team
Abby Whitehead	7th Business Law & Ethics
Abhi Velivela	4th Small Business Management Team 7th Entrepreneurship
Asia Shi	2nd Business Law & Ethics 2nd Digital Marketing Concepts-Open
Caleb Nixon	6th Economic Research Team
Caroline Yeh	1st Health Insurance & Medical Billing
Dohyoun Lee	4th Small Business Management Team
Eva Wang	4th Website Design Team
Hemanth Tavane	2nd Entrepreneurship 4th Small Business Management Team
Jayani Tavane	4th Small Business Management Team
Joell Sathe	4th Graphic Design Promotion
Juna Sakamoto	7th Database Applications 6th Health Insurance & Medical Billing
Kanishka Gupta	5th Economic Research Individual 4th Personal Financial Management
Lakshya Jaiganesh	5th Advanced Interview Skills
Lucas Long	1st Financial Analyst Team
Nandinshagai Erdenebat	4th Website Design Team
Rebecca Bang	4th Medical Coding
Ryan John	4th Prepared Speech
Sahan Ihalaranaweera	6th Economic Research Team
Sean Miao	1st Financial Analyst Team 3rd Personal Financial Management
Senith Rathnayake Mudiyanselage	6th Economic Research Team
Smrithi Arcot	1st Interview Skills
Thisali Bandaranayake	1st Medical Coding
Will He	2nd Advanced Word Processing 3rd Business Spelling-Open
William Ye	6th Economic Research Team
Yuan-Xi Zhao	2nd Health Administration Procedures 6th Medical Coding

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​Regionals Winners

CONGRATULATIONS to the members of Huron’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) Chapter!
Christy Garrett, Jonathan Cook, Allison Andres, Melissa Gordon, and student members traveled to Kellogg Community College on Friday, December 12, 2025, to compete against 11 other schools at the MIBPA Regional 2 Leadership Conference.
The Huron chapter earned an outstanding total of 280 awards, including forty-one 1st place awards, twenty-two 2nd place awards, twenty-one 3rd place awards, sixteen 4th place awards, fourteen 5th place awards, and twelve 6th place awards. A remarkable 60 students qualified to advance to this year’s State Leadership Conference!
Below, we proudly recognize each award winner for their outstanding performance at the Regional Leadership Conference.

Name	Event
Aakash Gopal	1st Financial Analyst Team
Aarav Tirumali	1st Administrative Support Team
Aarna Desai	2nd Administrative Support Concepts-Open 4th Health Administration Concepts-Open 3rd Health Insurance & Medical Billing
Abdalla Omar	3rd Administrative Support Concepts-Open 2nd Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications
Abhi Velivela	2nd Entrepreneurship 2nd Small Business Management Team
Aditi Wasnik	3rd Entrepreneurship 5th Health Administration Concepts-Open 6th Legal Office Procedures
Alan Shan	3rd Fundamental Word Processing
Amogh Velivela	3rd Digital Media Production 2nd Fundamentals of Web Design
Amy Yang	1st Presentation Individual
Anatoli Nesvizhskiy	2nd Global Marketing Team 6th Payroll Accounting
Andrew Long	4th Business Spelling-Open 6th Presentation Individual
Anna Yin	1st Linux Operating System Fundamentals 1st Website Design Team
Asia Shi	5th Administrative Support Concepts-Open 1st Business Law & Ethics 5th Digital Communication & Design Concepts-Open 2nd Digital Marketing Concepts-Open 3rd Management, Marketing & Human Resources Concepts-Open 6th Meeting & Event Planning Concepts-Open
Bhaavna Senthil Kumar	4th Administrative Support Concepts-Open 4th Digital Communication & Design Concepts-Open 4th Financial Math & Analysis-Open 3rd Information Technology Concepts-Open 1st Java Programming 5th Parliamentary Procedure Concepts-Open 3rd Payroll Accounting
Caleb Nixon	1st Economic Research Team
Caroline Yeh	4th Health Insurance & Medical Billing
Claire Wei	2nd Financial Math & Analysis-Open 3rd Presentation Team​
Deborah Song	2nd Server Administration Using Microsoft​
Deekshitha Ravu	1st Digital Media Production​
Dohyoun Lee	6th Health Insurance & Medical Billing 2nd Small Business Management Team​
Erin Yim	2nd Health Administration Procedures​
Erlang Hu	1st Administrative Support Team 6th Entrepreneurship​
Eva Wang	3rd Basic Office Systems & Procedures 1st Website Design Team​
Hemanth Tavane	1st Digital Marketing Concepts-Open 1st Entrepreneurship 1st Management, Marketing & Human Resources Concepts-Open 2nd Small Business Management Team​
Irene Kim	2nd Digital Media Production 5th Health Administration Procedures​
Isabella Choi	5th Business Law & Ethics 3rd Extemporaneous Speech 5th Meeting & Event Planning Concepts-Open​
Janet Yang	3rd Presentation Team​
Jayani Tavane	3rd Presentation Team​
Jenny Zhang	6th Business Law & Ethics​
Jiajia Huang	1st SQL Database Fundamentals​
Joell Sathe	4th Banking & Finance 2nd Graphic Design Promotion​
Juna Sakamoto	4th Database Applications 1st Health Insurance & Medical Billing​
Kanishka Gupta	1st Economic Research Individual 1st Personal Financial Management​
Kelly Bae	1st Podcast Production Team​
Kenny Chen	2nd Global Marketing Team​
Keunhyung Cho	4th Video Production Team​
Kyle Chen	2nd Global Marketing Team​
Lakshya Jaiganesh	5th Advanced Interview Skills 5th Prepared Speech​
Lauren Zeng	3rd Presentation Team​
Lucas Long	3rd Banking & Finance 1st Financial Analyst Team​
Methuja Don	1st Administrative Support Team 1st Business Spelling-Open 1st Computer Programming Concepts-Open 5th Management, Marketing & Human Resources Concepts-Open​
Nandinshagai Erdenebat	2nd Fundamental Desktop Publishing 1st Website Design Team​
Nasser Diarra	4th Video Production Team​
Nicolas Mercado	4th Video Production Team​
Olivia Liao	3rd Business Spelling-Open 4th Graphic Design Promotion 4th Management, Marketing & Human Resources Concepts-Open 1st Podcast Production Team​
Olivia Riegle	1st Advanced Spreadsheet Applications
Raviv Finks	6th Management, Marketing & Human Resources Concepts-Open​
Rebecca Bang	2nd Medical Coding​
Rebekah Muthyala	2nd Global Marketing Team 2nd Presentation Individual​
Reema Gameel	6th Human Resource Management 1st Podcast Production Team​
Sahan Ihalaranaweera	1st Economic Research Team 3rd Presentation Individual​
Samuel Butler	4th Video Production Team​
Sarah Zheng	2nd Legal Office Procedures 3rd Meeting & Event Planning Concepts-Open​
Sean Miao	1st Financial Analyst Team 2nd Personal Financial Management
Senith Rathnayake Mudiyanselage	1st Economic Research Team
Smrithi Arcot	1st Interview Skills 1st Podcast Production Team
Sridevi Kurisetty	5th Linux Operating System Fundamentals 1st Website Design Team
Tarun Iyer	1st Financial Analyst Team
Terrian Sun	3rd Computer Programming Concepts-Open 1st Computer Security 1st Information Technology Concepts-Open 1st Meeting & Event Planning Concepts-Open
Thisali Bandaranayake	4th Health Administration Procedures 4th Medical Coding
Will He	1st Advanced Office Systems & Procedures 1st Advanced Word Processing 5th Business Spelling-Open 6th Computer Programming Concepts-Open 6th Digital Marketing Concepts-Open 6th Financial Math & Analysis-Open
William Ye	1st Economic Research Team
Yuan-Xi Zhao	5th Financial Math & Analysis-Open 3rd Health Administration Procedures 3rd Medical Coding
Zimou Z	1st Administrative Support Team 5th Extemporaneous Speech