Four individual event winners pace business performances
The Daily Inter Lake
Local students captured four first-place finishes in the state Business Professionals of America conference recently at Flathead Valley Community College.
High-school students from across Montana competed in the three-day tournament. Local schools that competed include Flathead, Glacier, Libby, Polson and Ronan high schools.
Individual winners were Jeff Rudolph of Flathead in Database Applications, Matt Schwager of Glacier in Extemporaneous Speech, Amanda Keller of Glacier in Medical Office Procedures and the team of Jackie Mee and Scottie Harlow of Libby for Web Site Design.
Winners are eligible to compete in the National Leadership Conference May 6 through 10 in Dallas.
Local results are as follows:
Administrative Support Research Project, Individual - 6. Nick Riley, Flathead
Administrative Support Team - 6. Calli Toth, Kaylyn Schlegel and McCall Smith, Flathead; 12. Brittney Osborne, Jake Matelich and Jeff Rudolph, Flathead
Advanced Spreadsheet Applications - 15. Amy Kollmann, Glacier
Advanced Accounting - 13. Scott Sutherland, Glacier
Advanced Office Systems and Procedures - 15. (tie) Nikki Abbrescia, Flathead; Mario Venturini, Glacier; Amanda Keller, Glacier
Advanced Word Processing Skills - 5. Ashley Barnett, Libby; 7. Christine Vennes, Libby
Banking and Finance - 4. Hailey Ford, Glacier
Basic Office Systems and Procedures - 10. Meghann Fladager, Flathead C++ Programming - 5. Scottie Harlow, Libby
Computer Animation Team - 5. Jeff Rudolph and Madison Evans, Flathead
Computer Security Concepts - 10. Miles Sorlie, Flathead
Computerized Accounting - 3. Scott Sutherland, Glacier
Database Applications - 1. Jeff Rudolph, Flathead; 2. Jackie Mee, Libby; 3. Andrea Spicher, Glacier; 12. Makayla Mitchell, Glacier; 16. Ashley Barnett, Libby
Desktop Publishing - 9. Taylor Barton, Libby; 11. Brittney Osborne, Flathead
Digital Media Production - 5. Heather Hoff, Glacier
Economic Research Project, Individual - 8. Luke Riley, Flathead; 11. Hailey Ford, Glacier
Economic Research Project, Team - 14. Cece Balcom, Christyne Hanson and Katie Newman, Flathead
Extemporaneous Speech - 1. Matt Schwager, Glacier; 19. Laura Johnson, Flathead
Financial Analyst Team - 6. Bryce Stacy, Kaylyn Schlegel and McCall Smith, Flathead
Fundamental Spreadsheet Application and Analysis - 13. Alex Rudolph, Flathead; 16. Mario Venturini, Glacier
Fundamental Word Processing Skills - 13. Matt Schwager, Glacier; 16. Taylor Barton, Libby
Fundamentals of XHTML - 9. Austin Bowen, Flathead
Global Marketing Team - 6. Amanda Keller, Amy Kollman and Chris Jellison, Glacier
Graphic Design Promotion - 3. Lars Thorderson, Flathead
Human Resources Management - 10. Larissa Hanson, Polson; 11. Bryce Stacy, Flathead
Integrated Office Applications - 15. Andrea Spicher, Glacier
Interview Skills - 11. Heather Hoff, Glacier
Keyboarding Production - 16. Laura Johnson, Flathead
Medical Office Procedures - 1. Amanda Keller, Glacier
Microsoft Network Administration - 3. Miles Sorlie, Flathead
Parliamentary Procedure Team - 7. Alex Dulmes, Amber Tabor and Brittney Drake, Ronan
Payroll Accounting - 16. Kaila Forester, Libby
PC Servicing and Troubleshooting - 2. Miles Sorlie, Flathead
Prepared Speech - 11. Jonathan Hammett, Glacier
Presentation Management, Individual - 7. Amy Kollman, Glacier
Presentation Management, Team - 5. Chelsea Shuman, Christyne Hanson and Madison Evans, Flathead; 7. Karli Kusler and Katie Draper, Flathead
Small Business Management, Team - 10. Andrea Spicher, Chris Jellison and Katie Weber, Glacier
Video Production Team - 7. Heather Hoff and Matt Schwager, Glacier
Web Site Design Team - 1. Jackie Mee and Scottie Harlow, Libby; Alex Rudolph, Austin Bowen and Jake Matelich, Flathead
Students from several schools also competed in Financial Math and Analysis at the conference. Competitors, who were not ranked, include:
Jake Matelich, Christyne Hanson, Katie Newman, Aspen Donnelly, Alex Rudolph, Meghann Fladager, McCall Smith, Tanner Beaman, Kaylyn Schlegel, Bryce Stacy, Luke Riley and Cece Balcom, Flathead; Amber Tabor, Sireena Fortenberry, Joe Leafty, Alex Dulmes and Brittney Drake, Ronan; Brandi Mirador, Cassi Moog, Jason Schikora and Christine Vennes, Libby; Nina Araos, Sabrina Nystrom, Amanda James, Larissa Hanson and Lilia Ramos, Polson