Kenton/OHP BPA Students Excel at Regionals, 18 Advance to State Competition

KENTON, OH – Students from the Kenton/OHP Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter delivered an outstanding performance at the BPA Regional Competition held Tuesday, January 13th, at Ohio Northern University. Competing against students from across the region, the chapter secured numerous top placements, with 18 students qualifying to advance to the State Leadership Conference.

“The scale of these competitions and the preparation required is immense,” said Chapter Advisor Wes Goldsmith. “Seeing our students rise to the occasion and perform at such a high level is incredibly rewarding. They have put in massive amounts of work, and it shows in these results.”

The following students have qualified for the BPA State Leadership Conference, which will be held in Columbus this March:

• Presley Wilson – 1st Place, Business Law & Ethics and 4th Place, Medical Coding
• Karyn Hopkins – 1st Place, Computer Modeling
• Anden Goldsmith – 1st Place, Entrepreneurship and 2nd Place, Business Law & Ethics
• Visual Design Team (CJ Newberry, Jaycob Francis, Emori Criner, Anden Goldsmith) – 1st Place
• Computer Animation Team (Jackson Blue, Wade Manns, Jaycob Francis, Zane Styer) – 1st Place
• Brady Cole – 2nd Place, Fundamental Desktop Publishing
• Jamison Clark – 2nd Place, Fundamentals of Web Design
• Lynzze Michel – 2nd Place, Extemporaneous Speech
• Garraden Wirbel – 1st Place, Extemporaneous Speech and 2nd Place, Medical Coding
• Emori Criner – 2nd Place, Health Research Presentation
• CJ Newberry – 3rd Place, Fundamental Desktop Publishing
• Kaylee Barlow – 5th Place, Fundamental Accounting
• Richard Huang – 6th Place, Python Programming

In addition to the state qualifiers, many other Kenton/OHP students earned top regional honors in their respective events:

• Tommy Mustain – 1st Place, Digital Marketing Concepts           
• Jackson Blue – 2nd Place, Computer Modeling
• Global Marketing Team (Ika Sabiashvili, Kiersten Burton, Dominick Wise, Hudson Latimore) – 3rd Place
• Broadcast News Production Team (Ia Esebua, Cale Harshfield, Ethan McNamara, Jack Whitmer) – 3rd Place
• Alyea Brown – 3rd Place, Entrepreneurship
• Patricia Marcos – 4th Place, Health Insurance & Medical Billing
• Luke Doenges – 4th Place, Entrepreneurship
• Mandalee Dyer – 4th Place, Presentation Individual
• Jace Murphy – 4th Place, Payroll Accounting
• Podcast Production Team (Bentley Guyton, Lenna Moore) – 5th Place
• Dylan Hamlin – 5th Place, Entrepreneurship
• Podcast Production Team (Trae Johnson, Carson Gordon, Maddux McFarlin) – 6th Place
• Ava Keel – 6th Place, Entrepreneurship
• Presentation Team (Avery Blue and Maggie Musser) – 6th Place
• Caitlin Lodge – 7th Place, Medical Coding
• Suri Breeding – 7th Place, Graphic Design Promotion
• Lucca Wingfield – 7th Place, Entrepreneurship
• Eli Emerine – 7th Place, Presentation Individual
• Aiden Oreglia – 7th Place, Fundamental Accounting
• Amanda Vanhorn – 8th Place, Interview Skills
• Cole Wyen – 9th Place, Interview Skills
• Meredith Donnely – 9th Place, Prepared Speech

“We are incredibly proud of how these students represented our chapter,” said Advisor Zac Goldsmith. “Their dedication and professionalism were on full display at Ohio Northern, and we are excited to see what our qualifiers will achieve at the state level.”

The chapter’s success is made possible through the generosity of the local business community. The Kenton/OHP BPA chapter wishes to publicly recognize their Platinum Sponsors: Elevation Construction, Quest, Rogers Insurance, and WKTN, for their outstanding commitment.

They also sent their sincere appreciation to their Gold Sponsors: Kenton Times, Hensel Ready Mix, McCullough Industries, and Golden Giant, along with Custom Torso.

Officials thanked them for investing in the future business leaders of our community.