2023-2024 ND DECA Competitive Event Winners
ND Champions!
Congratulations to the top scorers from the North Dakota Career Development Conference! 130+ judges from businesses across the state heard presentations in Bismarck, ND and the top competitors were recognized at the Grand Awards Session on Tuesday, March 12.
Here is just a piece of our 2024 High School DECA State CDC and the event winners are posted below!
Choose the Category
Stock Market Game
Virtual Business Challenge – Accounting
Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship
Virtual Business Challenge – Fashion
Virtual Business Challenge – Hotel Management
Virtual Business Challenge – Personal Finance
Virtual Business Challenge – Restaurant
Virtual Business Challenge – Retail
Virtual Business Challenge – Sports
Business Operations Research Events
Entrepreneurship Events
Integrated Marketing Campaign Events
Project Management Events
Professional Selling and Consulting Events
Principles of Business Administration
Individual Series Events
Team Decision Making Events
Personal Financial Literacy Event
Role Play + Case Study Events
Principles of Business administration Events
Principles of Business Management and Administration
| 1st | Carson Muggli | Jamestown High School |
| 2nd | Kellen Westman | Valley City High School |
| 3rd | Grace Bugbee | Mandan High School |
Principles of Finance
| 1st | Nikita Usatii | Grand Forks Central High School |
| 2nd | Brady Demers | Fargo North High School |
| 3rd | Bridger Fewson | Mandan High School |
Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
| 1st | Maddie Hurly | Rugby High School |
| 2nd | Jaelynn Jackson | Davies High School |
| 3rd | Katherine Mahli | Fargo South High School |
Principles of Marketing
| 1st | Naomi Rahman | Red River High School |
| 2nd | Kate Mccomb | Fargo North High School |
| 3rd | Jacob Artac | Fargo South High School |
Team Decision making events
Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making
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1st |
Annika Erichsen / Carrie Osier |
Fargo North High School |
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2nd |
Alex Cossette / Dylan Elizondo |
Fargo South High School |
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3rd |
Ellecia Cline / Bethany Harris |
Southeast Region Career & Technology Center |
Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making
|
1st |
Grace Gebhard / Olivia Trapnell |
Grand Forks Central High School |
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2nd |
Kennedy Polda / Anya Warne |
Wahpeton High School |
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3rd |
Addison Hovde / Krystal Lopez |
Minto High School |
Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
|
1st |
Mattyson Ertelt / Landon Kurtz |
Lake Area Career & Technology Center |
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2nd |
Nick Hasbargen / Charles Solberg |
Davies High School |
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3rd |
Hannah Moseng / Cailey Moton |
West Fargo High School |
Financial Services Team Decision Making
|
1st |
Asa Berberich / Sam Dvorak |
Red River High School |
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2nd |
Reese Giese / Drake Nostrum |
Sheyenne High School |
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3rd |
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Hospitality Services Team Decision Making
|
1st |
Ava Gulleson / Rebekah Kegley |
Central Cass High School |
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2nd |
Ava Gornowicz / Alexa Schindler |
Red River High School |
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3rd |
Lily Rubash / Autumn Spain |
Grand Forks Central High School |
Marketing Management Team Decision Making
|
1st |
Rowan Durgin / Cullen Klemetson |
Fargo North High School |
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2nd |
Emily Tran / Grace Wehri |
West Fargo High School |
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3rd |
Emmy Beil / Mckenzie Olson |
Fargo North High School |
Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making
|
1st |
Alyssa Smith / Kiara Zepeda |
West Fargo High School |
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2nd |
Hannah Hillman / Maddie Krystosek |
Sheyenne High School |
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3rd |
Asher Lange / Grant Schluchter |
Davies High School |
Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making
|
1st |
Maggie Dick / Griffin Terras |
Horace High School |
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2nd |
Carly Bosch / Heidi Unser |
West Fargo High School |
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3rd |
Riley Anderson / Lander Wocken |
Grand Forks Central High School |
individual Series Events
Accounting Applications Series
|
1st |
Preston Geist |
West Fargo |
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2nd |
Reed Petrick |
Mandan |
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3rd |
Taylor Soares |
Surrey |
Apparel and Accessories Marketing Series
|
1st |
Kaden Wass |
Lake Area Career & Technology Center |
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2nd |
Hadley Frueh |
Century High School |
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3rd |
Olivia Thorenson |
Mandan High School |
Automotive Services
|
1st |
Rylen Kautzman |
Mandan High School |
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2nd |
Kellan Wiberg |
Lake Area Career & Technology Center |
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3rd |
Micah Hummel |
Century High School |
Business Finance Series
|
1st |
Stone Thornton |
Central Cass High School |
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2nd |
Isaac Sayler |
Mandan High School |
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3rd |
John Sackman |
Bismarck High School |
Business Services Marketing Series
|
1st |
Braden Ficklin |
Mandan High School |
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2nd |
Irelynd Bartholomay |
Bismarck High School |
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3rd |
Chase Monilaws |
Central Cass High School |
Entrepreneurship Series
|
1st |
Cammie Veldkamp |
Jamestown High School |
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2nd |
Heide Lane |
Minto High School |
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3rd |
Marthalyne Wernor |
Davies High School |
Food Marketing Series
|
1st |
Angela Chen |
Lake Area Career & Technology Center |
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2nd |
Abby Klein |
Century High School |
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3rd |
Michael Loberg |
Bottineau High School |
Hotel and Lodging Management Series
|
1st |
Andrew Ternes |
Lake Area Career & Technology Center |
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2nd |
Aanya Kumar |
Bottineau High School |
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3rd |
Sawyer Heger |
West Fargo High School |
Human Resources Management Series
|
1st |
Hailey Boehme |
West Fargo High School |
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2nd |
Jada Kungel |
Davies High School |
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3rd |
Braiden Pyle |
Central Cass High School |
Marketing Communications Series
|
1st |
Anna Nelson |
Fargo North High School |
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2nd |
Jessie Hamilton |
Minot High School |
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3rd |
Lauren Glennon |
Central Cass High School |
Quick Serve Restaurant Management Series
|
1st |
Olivia Mitchell |
Lake Area Career & Technology Center |
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2nd |
Tommy Schreiner |
Davies High School |
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3rd |
Jamison Symington |
Mandan High School |
Restaurant and Food Service Management Series
|
1st |
Ava Thorenson |
Bottineau High School |
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2nd |
Andrew Davis |
Century High School |
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3rd |
Taye David |
Red River High School |
Retail Merchandising Series
|
1st |
Gina Quamme |
Wahpeton High School |
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2nd |
Bryanna Santiago Davilla |
Mandan High School |
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3rd |
Marissa Werner |
Fargo South High School |
Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series
|
1st |
Tyler Whalen |
Grand Forks Central High School |
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2nd |
Ben Morse |
Fargo South High School |
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3rd |
Quinn Carlson |
Century High School |
Personal Financial Literacy Event
Personal Financial Literacy
|
1st |
Liam Medbery |
Minto High School |
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2nd |
Landry Rygg |
Red River High School |
|
3rd |
Ashton Humble |
Grand Forks Central High School |
Prepared Events
Business operations Research events
Business Services Operations Research
| 1st | Livia Dietrich / Abby Martineck | Valley City High School |
| 2nd | Taylor Kilgore / Annie Schauer | Red River High School |
| 3rd | Rylan Kuntz / Ryan Ward | Red River High School |
Buying and Merchandising Operations Research
| 1st | Betsy Bartholomew / Lila Jackson | Red River High School |
| 2nd | Chloe Bergstrom / Sylvia Strasner | Red River High School |
| 3rd | Gracelyn Bondeson / Shyanne Ell / Olivia Thorenson | Mandan High School |
Finance Operations Research
| 1st | Trevor Miller / Reed Petrick / Isaac Sayler | Mandan High School |
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Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research
| 1st | Keira Botnen / Annika Opsahl | Red River High School |
| 2nd | Rebekah Kegley | Central Cass High School |
| 3rd | Alyssa Thomsen / Hadley Thoreson | Valley City High School |
Sports and Entertainment Marketing Operations Research
| 1st | Sway Bista / Greta Boen | Red River High School |
| 2nd | Kadee Mckenzie | Legacy High School |
| 3rd | Nora Jarombek / Kaitlyn Raaum | Grand Forks Central High School |
Entrepreneurship events
Innovation Plan
| 1st | Emery Holland | Central Cass High School |
| 2nd | Brooke Muscha / Matthew Viscito | Red River High School |
| 3rd | Connor Manske | Sheyenne High School |
Start–Up Business Plan
| 1st | Demarica Arneson / Madison Sistad | Red River High School |
| 2nd | Kennedy Dahme | Legacy High School |
| 3rd | Olivia Thorenson | Mandan High School |
Independent Business Plan
| 1st | Quinn Roberson | Bismarck High School |
| 2nd | Logan Lambl / Landry Rygg | Red River High School |
| 3rd | Harnoor Johal | West Fargo High School |
International Business Plan
| 1st | Maddie Delong / Addison Lommen / Mya Mannausau | Red River High School |
| 2nd | Braden Ficklin / Rylen Kautzman | Mandan High School |
| 3rd | Caitlyn Shawstad | Grand Forks Central High School |
Business Growth Plan
| 1st | Casey Brown | Lake Area Career & Technology Center |
| 2nd | Braxton Balerud | Mandan High School |
| 3rd |
Franchise Business Plan
| 1st | Olivia Mitchell | Lake Area Career & Technology Center |
| 2nd | Asa Berberich / Sam Dvorak | Red River High School |
| 3rd | Madisyn Amundson | Red River High School |
Project Management Events
Business Solutions Project
| 1st | Emma Nowatzki | Grand Forks Central High School |
| 2nd | Ella Nelson | West Fargo High School |
| 3rd | Ellecia Cline / Bethany Harris / Lexi Harris | Southeast Region Career & Technology Center |
Career Development Project
| 1st | Amelia Hawley / Megan Morrissey | Fargo South High School |
| 2nd | Ava Gulleson | Central Cass High School |
| 3rd |
Community Awareness Project
| 1st | Alex Cossette / Dylan Elizondo / Ben Morse | Fargo South High School |
| 2nd | Jessie Hamilton / Jordyn Horton | Minot High School |
| 3rd | Kinsley Smart | Grand Forks Central High School |
Community Giving Project
| 1st | Sawyer Heger | West Fargo High School |
| 2nd | Leah Hoffman / Molly Hoffman | Fargo North High School |
| 3rd | Lily Rubash / Autumn Spain | Grand Forks Central High School |
Financial Literacy Project
| 1st | Graysen Connolly / Riley Moulton / Alessandro Polenzani | Beulah High School |
| 2nd | Ethan Doll / Garrett Meyer | Fargo South High School |
| 3rd |
Sales Project
| 1st | Jordan Guthmiller / Gracelyn Klein | Legacy High School |
| 2nd | Adisyn Skalsky | Mandan High School |
| 3rd | Allison Schultz / Parker Thoreson | West Fargo High School |
Professional Selling Events
Financial Consulting
|
1st |
Landon Kurtz |
Lake Area Career & Technology Center |
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2nd |
Kaden Wass |
Lake Area Career & Technology Center |
|
3rd |
Charles Solberg |
Davies High School |
Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
|
1st |
Andrew Ternes |
Lake Area Career & Technology Center |
|
2nd |
Emery Holland |
Central Cass High School |
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3rd |
Mattyson Ertelt |
Lake Area Career & Technology Center |
Professional Selling
|
1st |
Braden Ficklin |
Mandan High School |
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2nd |
Isabelle Dutchuk |
Central Cass High School |
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3rd |
Phoebe Fan |
Bottineau High School |
Integrated Marketing Events
Integrated Marketing Campaign–Event
|
1st |
Morgan Schweitzer / Ava Thorenson |
Bottineau High School |
|
2nd |
Grace Gebhard / Olivia Trapnell |
Grand Forks Central High School |
|
3rd |
Michael Schill |
Grand Forks Central High School |
Integrated Marketing Campaign–Product
|
1st |
Jacob Benjamin |
Red River High School |
|
2nd |
Anneliese Duong / Landen Oehlke |
Red River High School |
|
3rd |
Nikita Usatii |
Grand Forks Central High School |
Integrated Marketing Campaign–Service
|
1st |
Tyler Whalen |
Grand Forks Central High School |
|
2nd |
Neeva Nordhougen / Ava Watson |
Davies High School |
|
3rd |
Hannah Moseng / Cailey Moton / Grace Wehri |
West Fargo High School |
Online Simulations
Stock Market Game
|
1st |
Abby Klein |
Century High School |
|
2nd |
Mike Hopping |
Southeast Region Career & Technology Center |
|
3rd |
Gerald Bossert |
Legacy High School |
|
4th |
Devin Halling |
Southeast Region Career & Technology Center |
Virtual Business Challenge
Virtual Business Challenge–Accounting
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Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
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1st |
Jenna Wandler – Mandan |
Bryanna Santiago, Davilla Jackson & Autumn Jackson – Mandan |
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2nd |
Owen Nelson – Mandan |
Olivia Thorenson – Mandan |
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3rd |
Rylen Kautzman / Braden Ficklin – Mandan |
Isaac Sayler / Reed Petrick – Mandan |
Virtual Business Challenge–Entrepreneurship
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Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
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1st |
Cammie Veldkamp / Colin Conway – Jamestown |
Jonas Braun / Noah Richter Beulah |
|
2nd |
Michael Ness – Lake Area CTC |
Cammie Veldkamp / Colin Conway – Jamestown |
|
3rd |
Rock Fang – Lake Area CTC |
Bella Entze – Baulah |
Virtual Business Challenge–Fashion
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Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
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1st |
Olivia Thorenson – Mandan |
Olivia Thorenson – Mandan |
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2nd |
Owen Nelson – Mandan |
Shyanne Ell / Gracelyn Bondeson – Mandan |
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3rd |
Aaron Gray – Braden Ficklin – Mandan |
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Virtual Business Challenge–Hotel Management
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Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
|
1st |
Trevor Anderson – Mandan |
Trevor Anderson – Mandan |
|
2nd |
Lily Rubash / Autumn Spain – Grand Forks Central |
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3rd |
Andrew Ternes – Lake Area CTC |
Ethan Samuelson / Jamison Symington – Mandan |
Virtual Business Challenge–Personal Finance
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Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
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1st |
Isaac Sayler / Reed Patrick – Mandan |
Gavin Fry – Mandan |
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2nd |
Gavin Fry – Mandan |
Reed Petirck – Mandan |
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3rd |
Rylen Kautzman / Braden Ficklin – Mandan |
Evan Erickson / Logan Nelson – Horace |
Virtual Business Challenge–Restaurant
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Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
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1st |
Owen Nelson – Mandan |
Trevor Miller – Mandan |
|
2nd |
Cooper Anderson / Mason Brew – Mandan |
Olivia Thorenson – Mandan |
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3rd |
Olivia Thorenson – Mandan |
Aspen Humes / Carson Muggli – Jamestown |
Virtual Business Challenge–Retail
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Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
|
1st |
Owen Nelson – Mandan |
Josh Severson – Mandan |
|
2nd |
Landry Rygg – Grand Forks Red River |
Adrian Liang – Mandan |
|
3rd |
Connor Manske – Sheyenne |
Marshall Horst – Mandan |
Virtual Business Challenge–Sports
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Semester 1 |
Semester 2 |
|
1st |
Connor Manske / Carter Zink – Sheyenne |
Matt Viscito – Grand Forks Red River |
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2nd |
Eva Christiansen – Sheyenne |
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3rd |
Levi Trevithick / Braxton Perkins / Cody Veldkamp – Jamestown |
Levi Trevithick / Braxton Perkins / Cody Veldkamp – Jamestown |