Northshore Students Shine at International DECA Competition

Congratulations to the Northshore students who competed in the DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in April. Nearly 13,000 DECA members participated in the International event, where the best-of-the-best DECA students from North America competed in a business case study competition. 

In each event, there were either 180 individuals or teams. Students presented their case study or plan to judges and the top two from each section advanced to the finals round of the competition based on a combined score of test and presentation. 

Students qualified for the ICDC based on being in the top 7 in their event at the state level. Students prepared in a variety of ways, depending on their event type. All students created a video presentation, then had a video conference meeting a judge for the finals round. Some students also prepared slide presentations or written papers. Students who were named finalists were in the top 20 for their event, and places were awarded to first, second and third. 

The collective results from the Northshore DECA programs are in the top five best results by school districts from across the country. 

Bothell High School 

Finalist 

Professional Selling: Srivanth Doddala

Inglemoor High School

1st Place

Quick Service Restaurant Management: Divya Akkiraju 

3rd Place

Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making: Nicole Chand, Jaclyn Woo

Finalists - Top 10 

Hotel and Lodging Management: Lydia Morgan 
Marketing Communications Series: Sammie Hong 

Finalists 

Business Services Marketing: Harshini Iyer 
Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making: Matthew Ellis, Archer Garey

North Creek High School

Finalists

Hospitality Services Team Decision Making: Chermeen Pithawalla & Yashvi Kumar

Top Presentation Medalists

Human Resources Management: Manasvi Charugundla
Food Marketing event: Noah Curtis 

Woodinville High School 

1st Place

Business Law and Ethics: Will Ruff and Simon Swan

2nd Place

Financial Consulting: Joel Wong

3rd Place

Hotel and Lodging: Makenzie Rogers

Finalists - Top 10

Apparel & Accessories: Tina Zhang

Finalists

Apparel & Accessories: Aaya Anan
Automotive Services: Mia Hughes
Business Law & Ethics: Katie Carroll, Erin Lane
Restaurant & Food Service: Carmen Katsaros
Restaurant & Food Service: Josh Locke

Top Presentation Medalists

Hospitality Professional Selling: Shayla VerValen
Travel & Tourism: Helena Borozan & Anna Harris
Restaurant and Food Service: Naiha Gill
 

To learn more about the event, visit the Washington state DECA website.