Davenport FBLA competes in virtual state finals

DAVENPORT — This year’s FBLA State Business Leadership Conference looked very different than in years past for Davenport High School FBLA.

Instead of being a four-day conference in Spokane during Spring Break in April, it was a month long virtual conference A total of 14 members chose to continue to compete in the virtual state conference.

The Davenport chapter once again was named a Gold Level Champion Chapter.

The chapter was also awarded the Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit, an award Davenport High School FBLA has received each year since 1978.

Additionally, five chapter members qualified for nationals, which will also be a virtual experience at the end of June, and twelve placed in the top 10!

Gunnar Knutson placed second, qualifying him to compete in the National Leadership Conference in Computer Problem Solving, a test on a variety of technology topics including: operating systems, networks, security, laptop and portable devices, printers and scanners.

Gunnar also placed seventh in Networking Concepts, as well as 10th in Spreadsheet Applications!

The team of Macie Hopkins, Kristof Panke,and Brayden Duff received second place, qualifying them to compete in the National Leadership Conference in Partnership with Business Project for the project titled “Haden’s Aquafaba: Going Global.”

Mathew Boyer placed third, qualifying him to compete in the National Leadership Conference in Accounting II, a test on a variety of accounting principles.

The team of Zack Bruce, Evan Gunning and Jesse Raugust took fifth place in Business Plan.

The team of Gavin Boggs, Tyler Furman and Winston Telford took sixth place in Business Financial Plan.

Zack Bruce placed No. 8 in Introduction to Business Procedures, a test on basic business concepts.

The team of Macie Hopkins and Kristof Panke placed ninth in Marketing, a team test on basic marketing principles.

Ryan Utley placed No. 10 in Website Design.

Also competing at the conference were:

• McKenzie Stevens in Sales and Job Interview

• Josh Ziegler and Zack Bruce in Website Design

• Jesse Raugust in Introduction to FBLA

• Zack Bruce in Introduction to Business Communication and Introduction to Business

•Brayden Duff in Advertising

• Gunnar Knutson in Business Calculations