Middleton High School’s Distributive Education Clubs of America, or DECA, team had a strong showing at the State Career Development Conference in Lake Geneva: 30 DECA members competed and 25 qualified for the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Orlando, Fla., at the end of April.
At the State Career Development Conference, students performed role plays and took a marketing-related exam to test their knowledge about marketing-related concepts.
"To have 25 out of 30 make it to ICDC just shows how talented these students are," said Bob Hutchison, DECA advisor for Middleton High School. "This will be my largest group of qualifiers going to ICDC. I'm excited to see how they do in Orlando."
Several students double qualified for ICDC, including Middleton High School junior Crystal Huang, who finished first in both of her events.
"Crystal definitely had a great conference," said Hutchison. "I'm really proud of how the students performed. It really is an honor to be the DECA advisor at Middleton High School."
The State Career Development Conference also marked the end of Middleton High School senior Nuha Khatri’s term as state president of Wisconsin DECA. She was elected state president for the 2024-25 school year.
"With this being Nuha's last official duties as state president, it was neat to see the chapter do so well. The students definitely gave her a great send off," said Hutchison.
Below are the results of the DECA team’s showing at the State Career Development Conference. Those who finished in the top four of their events qualified for ICDC. Congratulations to Middleton High School’s talented DECA team!
1st Place
Andrew Wang - Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
Crystal Huang - Marketing Communications and Professional Selling
Elizabeth Kanne - Retail Merchandising
Micah Hees - Financial Consulting
Rishika Kommuri and Punitha Manne - Marketing Management Team
2nd Place
Asha Chakravartula - Apparel and Accessories and Professional Selling
Parin Gouraram and Micah Hees - Financial Services Team
Wilson Tang - Financial Consulting and Personal Financial Literacy
3rd Place
Huda Baloch and Vivian Liang - Business Law and Ethics Team
Kriti Mitra - Financial Consulting
Parin Gouraram - Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
4th Place
Nuha Khatri - Human Resources
Sarah Li - Professional Selling
Srivarenya Jonnalagadda, Chahna Potnuru, and Dhrithi Putti - Start Up Business Plan
5th Place
Huda Baloch - Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
Maggie Kirker and Addison Schink - Marketing Management Team
Tanvi Kulkarni and Ishika Pulimamidi - Buying and Merchandising Team
6th Place
Eric Huang - Principles of Finance
Punitha Manne - Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan
7th Place
Mohith Muchukota and Andrew Wang - Travel and Tourism Team
Honorable Mention
Kaelyn Chen - Human Resources
Shreya Ramesh - Professional Selling