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FRHS, KHS and TCHS DECA Students Headed to State Competition

FRHS, KHS and TCHS DECA Students Headed to State Competition

Keller ISD is thrilled to announce that 46 outstanding students from Fossil Ridge High School, Keller High School, and Timber Creek High School have advanced to the DECA State Career Development Conference this March in Dallas.

These talented students showcased their skills at the District 12 DECA Career and Development Conference on January 15 at the Irving Convention Center. The following students have qualified to represent their schools at the state level:

Fossil Ridge High School
FRHS DECA Advisor: SD "Coach" Hogan
Noah Matos - Business Finance Series Event
Sambridhi Adhikari - Entrepreneurship Series
Kathy Luc - Project Management Community Awareness (Team)
Maeen Ababneh - Project Management Community Awareness (Team)
Hailey DiMarco - Restaurant and Food Service Management Series
Andre LaPointe - Apparel & Accessories Marketing Series

FRHS DECA state qualifiers

FRHS DECA State Qualifiers


Keller High School
KHS DECA Advisor: Stephanie Neal
Lucy Bouck - Hotel and Lodging Management Series
Eilin Safdar - Hotel and Lodging Management Series
Addison Forte - Human Resources Management Series
Payton Adams - Integrated Marketing Campaign, Product
Chloe Huynh - Integrated Marketing Campaign, Product
Noor Sindhu - Integrated Marketing Campaign, Product
Holly Gasper - Integrated Marketing Campaign, Product
Macy Jan - Integrated Marketing Campaign, Product
Daniela Furbeck - Marketing Communications Series
Katherine Spooner - Marketing Communications Series
Orla Geary - Project Management Business Solutions
Sophie Lynch - Project Management Business Solutions
Brilynn Bowling - Project Management Community Giving
Evan Dyniewski - Financial Services Team Decision Making
Thomas McQuietor - Financial Services Team Decision Making
Jacob Short - Automotive Services Marketing Series
Jayden Gobalakrishna - Automotive Services Marketing Series
Nimit Satwah - Business Finance Series Event
Ananya Sharma - Business Finance Series Event
Julia Hanson - Business Services Operations Research Event
Finlee Macmahon - Business Services Operations Research Event
Mia Wainwright - Business Services Operations Research Event
Ria Gupta - Business Services Operations Research Event
Luke Folmar - Start Up Business Plan
Ankur Rao - Start Up Business Plan
Ajit Vankineni - Start Up Business Plan
Dylan Anderson - Food Marketing Series
Asim Fazal - Food Marketing Series
Gideon Milam -  Professional Selling Event

KHS DECA state qualifiers

KHS DECA State Qualifiers


Timber Creek High School
TCHS DECA Advisor: Peggy Strong-Johnson 
Inaaya Answer - Restaurant Food Service
Mariana Trevino Ramirez - Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
Madelyn Wood - Principles of Entrepreneurship
Alexis White - Restaurant Food Service
Andre Arrata - Independent Business Plan
Dylan Patel - Principles of Finance
Lucas Vazquez - Bayo Sports and Entertainment Marketing
Mason Stewart - Retail Merchandising
Shaun Farr - Professional Selling
Joseph Wegman - Professional Selling
Abraham Garabete - Personal Finance Literacy

TCHS DECA state qualifiers

TCHS DECA State Qualifiers


DECA is a career and technical student organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs with a career interest in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. DECA enhances the preparation for college and careers by providing co-curricular programs that integrate into classroom instruction, apply learning, connect to business and promote competition. DECA student members leverage their DECA experience to become academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leaders. DECA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with nearly 250,000 members in 4,000 high school and college chapters in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Germany.