Whitehall performed well at last weekend’s Business Professionals of America state competition in Grand Rapids, including qualifying one team to May’s national competition in Chicago.
Natalie Conners, Ryan Goodrich, Allie Van Antwerp and Tyler Van Antwerp took second place in the Financial Analysis field at the state event, punching their ticket to the national competition (top-3 finishers qualify). The quartet previously won the regional championship.
Another foursome - Ryne Christensen, Chloe Jensen, Nolan Taranko and Lucy Zamojcin - also placed, finishing fourth in the Small Business Management portion of the competition.
Other state participants included the Global Marketing team of Kate Beda, Emma Decker, Blake Dennis and Emily VanDam; Lianne Fagan, who competed in Health Administration Concepts; Isabelle Musk in the Interview Skills field; Jensen, who placed sixth in the same field; Molly Beda, in Human Resources Management; Avery Nelson, in Parliamentary Procedures; Tyler Van Antwerp, in Extemporaneous Speech; Ryleigh Hershey, in Business Spelling; and Faith Blamer, in Presentation.
