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VHHS FBLA Members Qualify for National Competition

The Vernon Hills High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Club participated in the 66th Annual FBLA State competition held March 27-28 in Springfield. Sixty students competed in 40 different events, with 47 finishing in the top 10 for their event. Twenty students qualified for FBLA Nationals to be held June 29 - July 2 in Chicago.

With 87 club members, the VHHS FBLA chapter was honored at the conference as the 10th Largest Chapter in the State of Illinois. The club is sponsored by Adam Lueken, Jennifer Neri and Diane Phillips.

VHHS FBLA team members received the following group and individual honors:

Individual event winners:

Jolie Boulos - Accounting I, 10th place

Mani Sundararajan - Accounting II, 4th place

Crystal Shang - Agribusiness, 7th place

Ryan Curtis - Business Calculations, 3rd place - National Qualifier

Aakash Setty - Business Math, 1st place - National Qualifier

Isabella Kosoglaz - Business Procedures, 10th place

Vaibhov Shastry - Client Service, 3rd place - National Qualifier

Aiden Kang - Computer Applications, 2nd place - National Qualifier

Alex Yang - Computer Problem Solving, 8th place

Lesley Mun - Cyber Security, 7th place

Justin Yim - Economics, 2nd place - National Qualifier

Abhay Ram - Impromptu Speaking, 6th place

Julie Yoon - Insurance & Risk Management, 4th place - National Qualifier

Nikki Flora - Introduction to Business, 7th place

Ankit Agrawal - Job Interview, 2nd place - National Qualifier

Grace Gao - Networking Concepts, 2nd place - National Qualifier

Naren Akurati - Sales Presentation, 6th place

Gita Bhardwaj - Website Design, 8th place

Kevin Yoon - Word Processing, 10th place

Aditya Alluri - Securities & Investment, 4th place - National Qualifier

Team event winners:

Aparajitha Adiraju, Ashwini Deshpande, Pavani Pandravada - Business Ethics, 2nd place - National Qualifier

Sneha Cyriac, Lauren Lum - Digital Video Production, 4th place

Anmol Parande, Nikhil Mangtani - E-Business, 5th place

Oliver Leung, Michael Kokkines, Derek Zhang - Emerging Business Issues, 2nd place - National Qualifier

Christine Tsai, Andrea Lum - Global Business , 1st place - National Qualifier

Yulia Kornikova, Sophia Li, Gina Liu - Hospitality Management, 7th place

Calub Ju, Jordan Martin - Management Decision Making, 9th place

Noah Cho, Shubham Patel, Alex Lao - Management Information Systems, 2nd place - National Qualifier

Garima Arora, Olivia Jazbutis - Public Service Announcement, 7th place

Ella Petrariu, Reya Arora, Helen Jung - Social Media, 9th place

Nathan Ju, Harsha Namburi - Sports & Entertainment Management, 9th place

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