Blackhawk Technical College’s chapter of Business Professionals of America (BPA) attended the BPA State Leadership Conference Feb. 26-27 at Northcentral Technical College in Wausau. A dozen students went, and all returned successful after competing in the annual state competitions.

Here are the results by student:

Lexi Schmidt:
First place - Parliamentary Procedure Concepts
First place - Digital Marketing Concepts
First place - Computer Programming Concepts
First place - Information Technology Concepts
First place - Health Information Concepts
First place - Personal Financial Management
First place - Digital Communication & Design Concepts
First place - Legal Office Procedures
First place - Meeting & Event Planning Concepts
First place - Management, Marketing, and HR Concepts
First place - Business Law & Ethics
Second place - Project Management Concepts
Second place - Health Insurance Medical Billing
Third place - Financial Math & Analysis Concepts
Third place - Administrative Support Concepts

Marcus Evans:
First place - Advanced Interview Skills
Second place - Health Administration Procedures
Second place - Prepared Speech
Second place - Administrative Support Concepts
Second place - Parliamentary Procedure Concepts
Second place - Management, Marketing, and HR Concepts
Third place - Digital Marketing Concepts
Third place - Meeting & Event Planning Concepts

Michael Valdivia:
First place - Financial Analyst Team
Second place - Business Law & Ethics

Lancelot Lacy:
First place - Video Production Team
First place - Device Configuration & Troubleshooting
Second place - Information Technology Concepts

Alexandra Jones:
First place - College Accounting
First place - Financial Analyst Team

Tyler Laatsch:
First place - Video Production Team
Second place - Device Configuration & Troubleshooting

Deven Deegan:
First place - Video Production Team
Second place - Graphic Design Promotion

Aidan Cain:
First place - Human Resource Management
Third place - Small Business Management Team

Aviana Hinkel:
Third place - Small Business Management Team

Richard Jero:
Second place - Small Business Management Team

Le'Niyah Pulliam:
Second place - Small Business Management Team

All these students qualified for the National Leadership Conference that will be held in Nashville May 6-10. Another student, Braunson Dietzman, also qualified in the Prepared Speech competition.

Two of the state officers who helped organize and deliver the conference were from Blackhawk’s chapter: State President Marcus Evans and State Marketing Officer Deven Deegan. In addition to the competition, the conference included a speaker, social event and workshops.