Eastland Career Center BPA Chapter Produces 53 State Qualifiers

Eastland Career Center BPA Chapter Produces 53 State Qualifiers

February 22, 2023  |  EFCTS

Of the more than 60 students that competed at the Business Professionals of America (BPA) regional competition for the Eastland Career Center chapter, 40 of those students will be moving on to the next level. This includes 17 students that were tabbed first place in the region for their event.

In late January, students from across Region 14 gathered in one place to showcase their skills as part of the annual BPA local competition. The Eastland Career Center chapter had a highly successful showing which included 17 first-place finishes, 19 second-place finishes, 40 different state qualifiers, and 77 students that placed fifth or better in their respective events.

Programming & Software Development senior Adam Offord (Gahanna Lincoln) will compete in three different events at the upcoming state conference. 

Multiple students will move on to compete in two events at the state competition. Those students include junior Susmita Adhikari (Programming & Software Development, Reynoldsburg), junior Fatimata Baro (Medical Office, Groveport Madison), senior Fatoumata Diallo (Medical Office, Groveport Madison), senior Emily Erlich (Medical Office, Canal Winchester), senior Yakob Getu (Programming & Software Development, Whitehall Yearling), senior Skye Gordon (Medical Office, Liberty Union), senior Tina Johnson (Medical Office, Reynoldsburg), junior Ava Massie (Medical Office, New Albany-Plain Local), senior Tehya Norris (Medical Office, Fairfield Union), senior Audrey Singratsomboune (Groveport Madison), senior Fabrizio Manrique (Programming & Software Development, Groveport Madison) and senior Haley Wells (Medical Office, Hamilton Township).

State qualifiers will fine-tune their projects or presentations for the next level of competition, which will be held March 9, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency Columbus. The awards ceremony will take place the following day at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

A breakdown of student placements can be found below.

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. 

Name, Class, Home School, Program, Rank

Payroll Accounting Audrey Singratsomboune (Sr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 1st place ^ Skye Gordon (Sr., Liberty Union) Medical Office, 2nd place ^ Paige McNeely (Sr., Canal Winchester) Medical Office, 3rd place ^ Tehya Norris (Sr., Fairfield Union) Medical Office, 4th place ^

Banking & Finance Audrey Singratsomboune (Sr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 1st place ^

Personal Financial Management Karan Karra (Jr., New Albany-Plain Local) Programming & Software Development, 4th place ^ Tsiyon Yonas (Jr., Gahanna Lincoln) Programming & Software Development, 5th place

Fundamental Word Ashmita Timsina (Jr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 1st place ^ Ava Massie (Jr., New Albany-Plain Local) Medical Office    , 2nd place ^ Fatimata Baro (Jr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 3rd place ^ Emily Erlich (Sr., Canal Winchester) Medical Office, 4th place ^ Samiya Proctor (Jr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 5th place Hannah     Green (    Sr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 6th place

Intermediate Word Aleya Gunn (Sr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 1st place ^ Zakaria Aden (Sr., Gahanna Lincoln) Medical Office, 2nd place ^

Advanced Word Haley Wells (Sr., Hamilton Twp.) Medical Office, 1st place ^

Basic Office Haley Wells (Sr., Hamilton Twp.) Medical Office, 1st place ^ Tina Johnson(Sr., Reynoldsburg) Medical Office, 2nd place ^ Ella Dean (Jr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 3rd place ^ Fatoumata Diallo (Sr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 4th place ^ Lanyia Perry (Jr., Pickerington North) Medical Office, 5th place Katelyn Bishop (Jr., Reynoldsburg) Medical Office, 6th place

Fundamental Spreadsheet Caden Mesina (Jr., Teays Valley) Programming & Software Development, 1st place ^ Susmita Adhikari (Jr., Reynoldsburg) Programming & Software Development, 2nd place ^ Kaleb Philbrick (Jr., Gahanna Lincoln) Programming & Software Development, 3rd place ^ Fabrizio Manrique (Jr., Groveport Madison, Programming & Software Development, 4th place ^ Paige Ingram (Jr., Bexley) Programming & Software Development, 5th place Graciana Zola (Sr., Groveport Madison) Programming & Software Development, 6th place

Database Applications Moussa     Nikiema (Sr., Groveport Madison) Programming & Software Development, 1st place ^

Administrative Support Team Ava Massie (Jr., New Albany-Plain Local) Medical Office    , 1st place ^ Kyla Saunders (Jr., Amanda-Clearcreek    Medical Office, 1st place ^

C# Programming Adam Offord (Sr. Gahanna Lincoln) Programming & Software Development, 1st place ^ Xander Mooney (Jr., Reynoldsburg) Programming & Software Development, 2nd place ^ Jack Kennedy (Jr., Gahanna Lincoln) Programming & Software Development, 3rd place ^ Christopher Kowalewski (Jr., Reynoldsburg) Programming & Software Development, 4th place ^ Ethan Dyckes (Sr., Gahanna Lincoln) Programming & Software Development, 5th place Anmol Acharya (Jr., Reynoldsburg) Programming & Software Development, 6th place

C++ Programming Xander Mooney (Jr., Reynoldsburg) Programming & Software Development, 1st place ^ Anmol Acharya (Sr., Reynoldsburg) Programming & Software Development, 2nd place ^ Adam Offord (Sr., Gahanna Lincoln) Programming & Software Development, 3rd place ^

Java Programming Adam Offord (Sr., Gahanna Lincoln) Programming & Software Development, 1st place ^ Ethan Dyckes (Sr. Gahanna Lincoln) Programming & Software Development, 2nd place ^ Fabrizio Manrique (Sr. Groveport Madison) Programming & Software Development, 3rd place ^ Yakob Getu (Sr., Whitehall) Programming & Software Development, 4th place ^

Linux Operating Jack Kennedy (Jr., Gahanna Lincoln) Programming & Software Development, 5th place

Computer Programming Fabrizio     Manrique (Sr., Groveport Madison) Programming & Software Development, 2nd place

Fundamentals of Web Design Logan Wilson (Sr., Whitehall) Programming & Software Development, 2nd place ^ Yakob Getu (Sr.    Whitehall) Programming & Software Development, 3rd place ^ Corey Davis (Sr., Reynoldsburg) Programming & Software Development, 4th place ^ Keegan Ontko (Sr., Gahanna Lincoln) Programming & Software Development, 5th place Graciana Zola (Sr., Groveport Madison) Programming & Software Development, 6th place

Computer Modeling Jesus Gomez Maza (Sr., Whitehall) Interactive Media, 2nd place ^

Video Production Reagan     Ontko (Sr., Gahanna Lincoln) Interactive Media, 5th place Hannah Shauck (Sr., Gahanna Lincoln) Interactive Media, 5th place

Website Design Team Jeremy Corven (Sr., Pickerington North) Programming & Software Development, 4th place Ryan Kocher-Harper (Sr., Groveport Madison) Programming & Software Development, 4th place Liam Mathis (Sr., Gahanna Lincoln) Programming & Software Development, 4th place Logan Wilson (Sr., Whitehall) Programming & Software Development, 4th place

Computer Animation Team Jerry Angus (Jr., Pickerington North) Interactive Media, 2nd place ^ Ethan Carmichael (Jr., Canal Winchester) Interactive Media, 2nd place ^ Jacob Caron (Jr., Hamilton Twp.) Interactive Media, 2nd place ^ Dayanara Channakhon (Jr., Groveport Madison) Interactive Media, 2nd place ^

Podcast Team Truth Brooks (Jr., Canal Winchester) Interactive Media, 3rd place Brooklynn Childers (Jr., Groveport Madison) Interactive Media, 3rd place Ethan Frontuto (Jr., Reynoldsburg) Interactive Media, 3rd place Jerry Saunders (Jr., Groveport Madison) Interactive Media, 3rd place

Interview Skills Emily Erlich (Sr., Canal Winchester) Medical Office, 2nd place ^ Graciana Zola (Jr., Groveport Madison) Programming & Software Development, 3rd place Dalton Bartholomew (Jr., Groveport Madison) Programming & Software Development, 5th place

Advanced Interview Skills Sophie Coffenberry (Sr., Hamilton Twp.) Programming & Software Development, 3rd place Micah Gilliam (Sr., Hamilton Twp.) Medical Office, 4th place

Extemporaneous Speech Jack Gill (Jr., Teays Valley) Programming & Software Development, 2nd place ^

Human Resource Management Madison Koogler (Sr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 1st place ^

Presentation Individual Susmita Adhikari (Jr., Reynoldsburg) Programming & Software Development, 1st place ^

ICD10 Coding Tehya Norris (Sr., Fairfield Union) Medical Office, 1st place ^

Health Insurance Medical Billing Briara Jackson (Sr., Pickerington Central) Medical Office    , 2nd place ^ Aleya Gunn (Sr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 6th place

Health Administration Skye Gordon (Sr., Liberty Union) Medical Office, 1st place ^ Fatoumata Diallo (Sr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 2nd place ^ Tina Johnson (Sr., Reynoldsburg) Medical Office, 3rd place ^ Fatimata Baro (Sr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 4th place ^ Eva Rhodes (Jr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 5th place Ashmita Timsina (Jr., Groveport Madison) Medical Office, 6th place

^ denotes that the individual(s) will advance to the state competition in March