Penn-Trafford High School’s ‘Future Business Leaders of America’ (FBLA) participants wrapped up their season with great results. At the regional competition held in December, Penn-Trafford had twenty-two students place in their events with sixteen of them qualifying for the state competition which was held in April at Penn-Trafford High School. There, three of Penn-Trafford’s state contenders finished at the top of their event and were recognized as state finalists.
State Finalists
Kayla Ferguson – 5th PLACE – Human Resources Management
Ryan Litzinger – 6th PLACE - Networking Infrastructures
Marielle Wilson – 8th PLACE – Introduction to Information Technology
State Qualifiers and Regional Winners:
1st Place Winners:
Sydney Andrews - UX Design
Jessie Bridge - Business Ethics
Kayla Ferguson - Human Resource Management
Ryan Litzinger - Networking Infrastructures
Mya Malloy - Introduction to Public Speaking
Ally Moraca - Introduction to Event Planning
Ben Pratkanis - Business Calculations
Marielle Wilson - Introduction to Information Technology
Dannica Wukich - Introduction to Business Concepts
2nd Place Winners:
Sophia Green - Cybersecurity
Mark Harris - Political Science
Gabrielle Leslie - Entrepreneurship
Emily Truong - Introduction to Public Speaking
3rd Place Winners:
Lydia Anderson - Business Law
Ella Coy - Journalism
Dom Hackenberg, Andrew Sansonetti, Sam Townsend - Business Ethics
Emily Lenart - Business Communications
Berkley Olszewski - Job Interview
4th Place Winners:
Sydney Herrmann - Healthcare Administration
6th Place Winners:
Noah Davis - Advertising
7th Place Winners:
Andy Dong - Business Law
Alaina Shaw - Advertising
Some of the winners gathered for a photo; (Back) Dannica Wukich, Marielle Wilson, Ally Moraca, Mya Malloy, Kayla Ferguson, Mark Harris, Sophia Green, Emily Lenart, Gabrielle Leslie, (Front) Sam Townsend, Dom Hackenberg, and Andrew Sansonetti