Oak Ridge FBLA Qualifies for State Competition

Four FBLA members qualified and will be advancing to FBLA state competition April 17-19 in Columbia, MO. To qualify for state, a member must place 1st in a performance event or 1st or 2nd in a written event; except in Jacob Light's situation, the 2nd place competitor stepped down, so the achievement gets passed on to the next placed competitor. Fifth place winners have even attended state due to other circumstances. Dustin Oehl, 1st Spreadsheet Applications and 2nd Technology Concepts; Breanna McClellan, 2nd Personal Finance; Stephen Bolen, 1st Business Procedures; and Jacob Light, 3rd Networking Concepts are the four members that will be competing at FBLA state.

The following FBLA members placed in the top 10: Morgan Smith - 2nd Computer Applications; Dakota Oehl and Ethan Siemer -- 4th , Business Ethics; Caleb Elam -- 5th , Computer Applications; Joe Piper -- 3rd , Cyber Security; Vernon Schoen -- 5th, Cyber Security; Kaleb Berkbigler and Dillon Myers -- 5th , Emerging Business Issues; Joe Pieper and Zach Huffmann -- 4th, Global Business; Monica Kester and Chelsea Kirn -- 4th, Entrepreneurship; Kaycie Seyer -- 4th, Kirsten Johnston -- 3rd, both HealthCare Administration; Kaycie Seyer -- 8th , Hospitality Management; Jake LeGrand -- 5th Intro to Business; Morgan Smith -- 6th and Andrew Puchbauer -- 9th , Intro to Business Communications; Amanda Wunderlich -- 6th, Job Interview; Brett Thomas -- 4th , Networking Concepts; Alisha Seyer -- 9th , Rae Ann Haven -- 10th, Sports Management; Kyle Rohde -- 7th , Technology Concepts; and Hunter Metji and Cody Myers -- 2nd , Website Design.