July 8, 2008
NEBRASKA FBLA STUDENTS RECEIVE NATIONAL AWARDS
Forty-nine Nebraska Future Business Leaders of America students recently received 26 of the Top 10 Awards at a national leadership conference in Atlanta.
Students placing first, second or third in state competition competed June 26-29 at the national conference.
Justin Schultis of Fairbury High School was elected Mountain Plains Vice President, one of nine FBLA national offices.
The Top 10 award winners are:
Second Place
- Clint Kroeker of Heartland High School, Accounting II
- Tori Bittinger of Heartland High School, Word Processing I
Third Place
- Brianna Rader of Heartland High School, Accounting II
- Brian Brazeal of Bellevue West High School, Introduction to Technology Concepts
- Trent Shrader, Marcus Winter and Jon Luetchens of Elmwood-Murdock High School, Partnership with Business Project
- Ben Versaw of Northwest High School in Grand Island, Technology Concepts
Fourth Place
- Will Scheideler of Lincoln East High School, Economics
Fifth Place
- Adam Pillard of Lincoln East High School, Accounting I
- Jordan Kadlecek and Dianne Norris of Raymond Central High School, Management Decision Making
- Nancy Seeman of Stanton High School, Public Speaking I
Sixth Place
- Erin Anderson, Sierra Ronhovde and Alex Ulmer of Elmwood-Murdock High School, Business Ethics
- Cory Fischman of Gretna High School, Business Law
- Tyson Johnson, Andrew Rohr and Reid VanWestern of Meridian High School, Business Plan
- William Raun and Ashley Wood of Minden High School, Business Presentation
- Erika Baltzell and Abby Royle of Pleasanton High School, Desktop Publishing
Seventh Place
- Spencer Choquette of Minden High School, Job Interview
Eighth Place
- Blaine Muhle and Brea Muhle of Lakeview High School, Desktop Publishing
- Shayna Dwyer and Molly Zimmerman of Elmwood-Murdock High School, E-business
- Lacy Nunnenkamp, Michaela Ziola and Ashlyn Lackore of Aurora High School, Emerging Business Issues
- Connor Jensen, Evin Lackore and Janet Morris of Aurora High School, Entrepreneurship
- Jenna Woitaszewski of Wood River High School, Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure
Ninth Place
- Alex Shaner, Caitlin Moore and Phillip Boon of Fillmore Central High School, American Enterprise Project
- Abbie Davis, Katrina Timmerman and Martin Rodriguez of Wood River High School and Richard Chen of Gibbon High School, Parliamentary Procedure
Tenth Place
- Nolan Gauthier and Robyn Johnson of Aurora High School, Business Ethics
- Samantha Lathrop and Tori Lindley of Arlington High School, Business Financial Plan
- Lance McCoy and Jordan Schmidt of Johnson County Central High School, Network Design
The following received awards in other national competition:
- Trent Shrader of Elmwood-Murdock High School received a $1,000 Distinguished Business Leader scholarship and Who’s Who in FBLA recognition.
- Sherry Marks of Wilber-Clatonia High School was recognized as Nebraska’s Outstanding Local Adviser.
National Business Achievement Awards – America Level (top award in this four-level program)
- Keri Novacek of Cedar Rapids High School
- Sarah Wellman of Syracuse High School
- Kim Johnson, Melissa Kietzke, Rachel Longtin, Courtney Mahoney, Breana Prososki, Lauren Swertzic and Meshelle Urban of Twin River High School
March of Dimes Fundraising
- Fifth Place, Nebraska FBLA
Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit
Arlington High School, Blair High School, Dundy County-Stratton High School, Elmwood-Murdock High School, Fairbury High School, Fillmore Central High School, Gibbon High School, Lakeview High School, Litchfield High School, Lyons-Decatur Northeast High School, Minden High School, Omaha Northwest High School, Pleasanton High School, Raymond Central High School, Sandhills High School, Syracuse High School, Tri County High School, Twin River High School, Waverly High School and Wilber-Clatonia High School
Mountain Plains Region Recognitions
Second Place: Wausa High School, Marketshare Award
Second Place, Twin River High School, Largest Local Chapter Professional Membership
Second Place, Nebraska FBLA, Largest State Chapter Professional Membership
Second Place, Nebraska FBLA, Recruitment of Chapters
Second Place, Nebraska FBLA, Largest State Chapter Membership
