YORK, Pa. — For the fifth consecutive year, students from the Penn State York Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Collegiate group, formerly known as Phi Beta Lambda (PBL), and their adviser, Megan Lorenz, are headed to the FBLA National Leadership Conference to compete. The group will travel to Atlanta, Georgia, thanks to their performance at the state competition, where they brought home 18 awards.
The York group earned eight first-place awards, four second-place awards and six third-place awards. To date, York students have brought home 70 state awards and 32 national awards and hope to add to that national count at the conference on June 22-25. The group heads to Atlanta on June 21 and returns June 26.
“Our first-place wins at states this year were in difficult categories that required much mentoring work on behalf of the students,” said Lorenz, FBLA adviser and lecturer in business administration at Penn State York. “We also won a State Gold Seal Award for our accomplishments as a chapter." Lorenz also noted that there were 20 colleges and universities at the state conference, and it was extremely competitive.
To compete at nationals, students had to place first or second in a presentation event, or first through third in an exam at the state competition.
State competition winners:
1st Place – Business Law
Nhi Nguyen
1st Place – Business Presentation
Caitlan Hevener and Nakhaiya Jacobs
1st Place – Future Business Executive
Ryan Dellinger
1st Place – Marketing Concepts
James Ye
1st Place – Public Speaking
Polina Bolotnikovo
1st Place – Sales Presentation
Ryan Dellinger
1st Place – Small Business Management Plan
Rebecca Mauck and Lawrence Williams
1st Place – Social Media Marketing
Omar Elhasany
2nd Place – Business Law
Caitlan Hevener
2nd Place – Foundations of Finance
Nakhaiya Jacobs
2nd Place – Impromptu Speaking
Isaiah Morales
2nd Place – Project Management
Pradynesh Bhoir
3rd Place – Computer Concepts
Cole Luckenbaugh
3rd Place – Foundations of Accounting
Neerja Patil
3rd Place – Impromptu Speaking
Mary Dizor
3rd Place – Job Interview
Isaiah Morales
3rd Place – Sales Presentation
Neeraj Patil and David Lin
3rd Place – Social Media Marketing
Nhi Nguyen