Eastland-Fairfield Qualifies 91 BPA Students for State Competition

Following the recent BPA Region 14 competition, 91 students from BPA chapters at Eastland Career Center, Fairfield Career Center, and its satellite locations have qualified to compete at the state conference.

February 13, 2024
From the Eastland-Fairfield Career Center

Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools students in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) career technical student organization showed well at the Region 14 held during the first week of February. More than 90 students qualified to compete at the BPA state conference. Of the 91 total students that will compete at the state conference, 39 walked away as first-place finishers in their respective events.

Twenty-seven of those event winners came from the Multimedia satellite program hosted at Pickerington High School North, including three team victories. The remaining winners and state qualifiers are students from the Programming & Software Design, Medical Office, or Interactive Media programs housed at Eastland Career Center. Students who qualify for the BPA State Leadership Conference will compete on March 10 and March 11 for the opportunity to advance to the BPA National Leadership Conference.

The following is a list of students who won their respective events and/or qualified for the BPA State
Conference.

Video Production Team – Gabe Garcia (Junior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Jack Spear (Senior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Jacob Hoover (Senior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Cai Watts (Senior, Pickerington North, Multimedia) – 1st place
User Experience (UX) Design Team – Caden Scarberry (Senior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Lucas Schalmo (Senior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Lincoln Purcell (Senio, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Aidan Montei (Senio, Pickerington North, Multimedia) – 1st place
Web Design Team – Hanan Adem (Senior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Caleb Creviston (Junior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Nick Smith (Junior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Brayden Snipes (Junior, Pickerington North, Multimedia) – 2nd place
Broadcast News Production Team – Nicholas Markle (Junior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Brady Kreinbrink (Junior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Zach Ayers (Junior, Pickerington North, Multimedia) – 2nd place
Broadcast News Production Team – Isaiah Williams (Senior, Pickerington Central, Multimedia), Aaron Graves (Senior, Gahanna Lincoln, Multimedia) – 3rd place
Podcast Production Team – Malcolm Maccarthy (Senior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Kamaryn Reedus (Senior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Skyler Lowe (Senior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Leah Duff (Senior, Pickerington North, Multimedia) – 1st place
Podcast Production Team – Jeremiah Davis (Junior, Pickerington North, Multimedia), Darrell Ferrell (Junior, Canal Winchester, Multimedia), Matthew Wymer (Junior, Pickerington North, Multimedia) – 2nd place
Fundamental Word Processing – Samantha Hamilton (Senior, Reynoldsburg, Medical Office) – 1st place
Fundamental Word Processing – Brooklyn Moses (Senior, Groveport Madison, Medical Office) – 2nd place
Fundamental Word Processing – Sarai Blevins (Senior, Gahanna Lincoln, Medical Office) – 3rd place
Fundamental Word Processing – Gabriella Castillo (Junior, Pickerington Central, Medical Office) – 6th place
Fundamental Word Processing – Seray Sidibay (Junior, Canal Winchester, Medical Office) – 7th place
Fundamental Word Processing – Josaulyn Orton (Junior, Canal Winchester, Medical Office) – 8th place
Intermediate Word Processing – Arlette Feliz (Senior, Canal Winchester, Medical Office) – 1st place
Intermediate Word Processing – Alaya Franklin – (Senior, Gahanna Lincoln, Medical Office) – 4th place
Intermediate Word Processing – Tessah Anastasia (Senior, Groveport Madison, Medical Office) – 5th place
Intermediate Word Processing – Pamela Cortes Garcia (Senior, Whitehall-Yearling, Medical Office) – 7th place
Intermediate Word Processing – Zyonne Lindsay (Senior, Gahanna Lincoln, Medical Office) – 8th place
Intermediate Word Processing – Sydnie White (Senior, Groveport Madison, Medical Office) – 9th place
Basic Office Systems & Procedures – Lesly Rangel Gutierrez (Junior, Whitehall-Yearling, Medical Office) – 1st place
Basic Office Systems & Procedures – Tania Duran Garcia (Junior, Reynoldsburg, Medical Office) – 3rd place
Basic Office Systems & Procedures – Durati Liban (Senior, Hamilton Twp., Medical Office) – 4th place
Fundamental Spreadsheets – Promad Pokhrel (Junior, Pickerington North, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Fundamental Spreadsheets – Liam Weaver (Junior, BEX, Programming & Software Development) – 2nd place
Fundamental Spreadsheets – Zahrya Cruz Diaz (Junior, Whitehall-Yearling, Programming & Software Development) – 4th place
Fundamental Spreadsheets – Jesse Parrilla (Junior, Pickerington North, Programming & Software Development) – 6th place
Fundamental Spreadsheets – Peter Msami (Junior, Canal Winchester, Programming & Software Development) – 8th place
Fundamental Spreadsheets – Assane Ba (Junior, Groveport Madison, Programming & Software Development) – 10th place
Advanced Spreadsheets – Blessing Mensah (Senior, Groveport Madison, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Advanced Spreadsheets – Violet McGraw (Senior, Hamilton Twp., Programming & Software Development) – 3rd place
Advanced Spreadsheets – Owen Gilligan (Senior, Pickerington Central, Programming & Software Development) – 4th place
Advanced Spreadsheets – Binan Magar (Senior, Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development) – 5th place
Advanced Spreadsheets – Tamara Gruevska (Senior, Gahanna Lincoln, Programming & Software Development) – 6th place
Advanced Spreadsheets – Karim Basse (Senior, Canal Winchester, Programming & Software Development) – 7th place
Database Applications – Violet McGraw (Senior, Hamilton Twp., Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Administration Support Team – Selah Dean (Junior, Pickerington North, Medical Office), Shylee Knight (Junior, Canal Winchester, Medical Office), Zahyra Cruz Diaz (Junior, Whitehall-Yearling, Programming & Software Design), Kaylia Chung (Junior, Canal Winchester, Programming & Software Design), Brayden McMillen (Junior, Hamilton Twp., Programming & Software Design) – 1st place
Administration Support Team – Cory Barr (Junior, Teays Valley, Medical Office), Xavier Brandel (Junior, Pickerington North, Programming & Software Design), Jaida Miller (Junior, Pickerington Central, Programming & Software Design), Lilah Mwansa (Junior Canal Winchester, Medical Office), Binisha Adhikari (Junior, Pickerington Central, Programming & Software Design) – 2nd place
Brooke Sargent (Junior, Fairfield Union, Medical Office), Melania Budzevska (Junior, Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Design), Lauren Dickensheets (Junior, Groveport Madison, Programming & Software Design), Adrienne Woods (Junior, Groveport Madison, Medical Office) – 4th place
C# Programming – Owen Gilligan (Senior, Pickerington Central, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
C# Programming – Shawn Theobald (Junior, Teays Valley, Programming & Software Development) – 3rd place
C++ Programming – Elijah Crye (Senior, Teays Valley, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Java Programming – Binam Magar (Senior, Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Java Programming – Gabriel Llewellyn (Senior, Groveport Madison, Programming & Software Development) – 3rd place
Java Programming – Matt Kuhn (Senior, Teays Valley, Programming & Software Development) – 4th place
Java Programming – Haben Andemariam (Senior, Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development) – 5th place
Java Programming – Baslel Etissa (Senior, Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development) –7th place
Fundamentals of Web Design – Aditi Pyakurel (Jr., Reynoldsburg, Multimedia) – 1st place
Fundamentals of Web Design – Lucas Schalmo (Sr., Pickerington North, Multimedia) – 2nd place
Fundamentals of Web Design – Sarah Tadres (Sr., Pickerington North, Multimedia) – 3rd place
Kelise Smith (Sr., Groveport Madison, Programming & Software Development) – 4th place
Digital Media Production
Jolie Kingrey (Sr., Groveport Madison, Interactive Media) – 1st place
Jeremia Bambu (Jr., Pickerington Central, Multimedia) – 3rd place
Solomon Mccray (Jr., Groveport Madison, Multimedia) – 4th place
Website Design Team
Aidien Gooden (Sr., Whitehall-Yearling, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Jabari Hill (Sr., Gahanna Lincoln, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Sean Kalb (Sr., Hamilton Twp., Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Gabriel Zeigler (Sr., Gahanna Lincoln, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Digital Communications & Design Concepts (Open)
Micchon Moorehead (Sr., Groveport Madison, Interactive Media) – 1st place ^

CONTACT
Ryan Gasser
Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools
Coordinator of Communications and Marketing
614-856-4522 | rgasser@efcts.us

For general inquiries or more information, please contact
Ryan Gasser at rgasser@efcts.us or 614-836-4522.
Small Business Management Team
Xavier Brandel (Jr., Pickerington North, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Melania Budzevska (Jr., Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Ashmin Siwakoti (Jr., Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Brenden Woodfork (Jr., Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Extemporaneous Speech
Auset Griffin (Jr., Pickerington North, Programming & Software Development) – 3rd place
Human Resources Management
Blessing Mensah Abrampah (Sr., Groveport Madison, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place
Health Administration
Puja Biswa (Jr., Reynoldsburg, Medical Office) – 1st place
Dresden Smith (Jr., Reynoldsburg, Medical Office) – 2nd place
Mariam Doucoure (Jr., Groveport Madison, Medical Office) – 3rd place
Andrea Greyer (Jr., Hamilton Twp., Medical Office) – 4th place
Mary Camara (Jr., Reynoldsburg, Medical Office) – 5th place
Alix Davis (Jr., Fairfield Union, Medical Office) – 9th place
Health Administration Concepts (Open)
Pamela Cortes Garcia (Sr., Whitehall-Yearling, Medical Office) – 1st place ^

^ indicates that the student declined to participate in this event at States or the event was not eligible for state competition

indicates that the student will serve as a substitute on this team at the state competition

About BPA
Business Professionals of America (BPA) is the premier career and technical student organization for students
pursuing careers in business management, information technology, finance, office administration, health
administration, and other related career fields. With 45,000 members in over 1,800 chapters across 25 states and
Puerto Rico, as well as an international presence in China, Haiti, and Peru, BPA is an organization that supports
business and information technology educators by offering co-curricular exercises based on national standards.

About Eastland-Fairfield
Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools is the seventh-largest career and technical education district, geographically, in the State of
Ohio. We serve more than 5,000 students in 16 school districts throughout Franklin, Fairfield and Pickaway counties. Eastland-Fairfield
provides more than 35 high school and adult training programs that enroll more than 1,700 students. The district has two main campuses —
Eastland Career Center in Groveport and Fairfield Career Center in Carroll, four satellite locations, and middle school programming housed in
10 different middle schools around the EFCTS district. Eastland-Fairfield also partners with various businesses to provide students career
advancement through specific programming or experiences.
Founded in 1969, Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools’ mission is to engage, enrich, and equip students every day in every
experience. We prepare students to pursue their life’s next E: Employment, Enlistment, Entrepreneurship, and/or additional Education. Visit
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