Cleveland DECA earns gold at SCDC; 8 State Champions

RIO RANCHO — Several dozen Cleveland High School DECA members competed at the New Mexico DECA State Career Development Conference March 3-4.

“We are extremely proud of the 73 students who competed and represented Cleveland High School in varying events, and we loved seeing their hard work pay off,” Cleveland DECA Advisor Erin Carrica said.

Cleveland had 46 state finalists in 34 events, 29 state placers in 19 different events, 33 students qualified for the national conference, eight state champions, and Isabel Mucher became another Storm student to be named a New Mexico state executive officer; she is the new vice president of career development.

As a whole, Cleveland DECA was also awarded the prestigious “Gold Level of Distinction.”

“The level of distinction exemplifies our chapter’s overall success in community awareness, organizational standards, fiscal standards, etc.” Carrica said.

Here are all the Cleveland DECA students who received special recognition at the SCDC:

State championsPax Earwood: Principles of Business Management

Leonel Cisneros: Buying and Merchandising Operations Research

Heyley Granados and Jazmin Martinez: Integrated Marketing Campaign Event

Nathaniel Royba: Integrated Marketing Campaign Product

Devan Fresquez: Integrated Marketing Campaign Service

Lily Goodmacher and Lauren Pinon: Project Management Sales

State placersNoah St. Clair: fourth, Human Resources Management

Malaya Lani-Gomez: third, Principles of Entrepreneurship

Dante Sam: third, Business Services Operations Research

Estevan Maestas and William McNamara: third, Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research

Daniel Martinez: third, Integrated Marketing Campaign Service

Kaedyn Price and Sami Saavedra: third, International Business Plan

Russel Chavez: third, Business Solutions Project

Isabel Mucher and Alexanndra Gerber: third, Career Development Project

Dylan Waymire: third, Sports and Entertainment Marketing Operations Research

Briseis St. John: third, Franchise Business Plan

Rylee Lohr and Briseis St. John: third, Promotional Event

State runners-upEli Roer: secon, Principles of Business Management

Emma Delara: second, Principles of Hospitality and Tourism

Jayden Clawson: second, Business Services Marketing Series

Cohen Closter: second, Sports Entertainment Marketing Series

Carolee Bezuidenhout, Kaitlin Jensen and Elizabeth Vargas: second, Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research