Hinsdale Central BPA Students Bring Home One National Championship and Nine Top-10 Finishes

Submitted by Hinsdale Township High School District 86. Photo: The Hinsdale Central BPA National Qualifiers

Hinsdale Township High School District 86 congratulates students from the Hinsdale Central High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) group for their performances at the BPA national competition in Anaheim, California. Steven Chun won first place for Extemporaneous Speech. The club also received the National Community Service Award for service efforts throughout the year. Matt Medick was also named a BPA Merit Scholar. He and Sara Watkiss were also recognized with the National Ambassador Award for their leadership efforts.

“This year was a record membership year with 107 students competing at our regional event, and from those students, 76 made it to the state competition,” said Jennifer Jaczak, business teacher and BPA adviser. “Of the 76 state competitors we had this year, 30 qualified for the national competition. Twenty-six students attended the National Leadership Conference in order to compete and attend various leadership sessions. Congratulations to the entire club for a great year both in service and in competition!”

Other top 10 winners include:

Matt Medick 4th Place
Financial Math & Analysis

Ankush Bajaj 6th Place
Medical Office Procedures

Shafer Nelson 6th Place
Entrepreneurship

Izi Anastassoff, Simran Jobanputran, Satya Krishnan, John Bomba
6th Place
Small Business Management Team

Carolyn Chun, Kunal Jobanputran, Meera Krishnan
7th Place
Global Marketing Team

Satya Krishnan 7th Place
PC Servicing & Troubleshooting

Simran Jobanputran 8th Place
Business Meeting Management Concepts

Colleen Sharp 8th Place
Fundamental Desktop Publishing

Brandon Counts 8th Place
Presentation Management

Business Professionals of America (BPA) is a career and technical student organization for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology and other related career fields. BPA has 43,000 members in over 2,300 chapters in 23 states. BPA is a co-curricular organization that supports business and information technology educators by offering co-curricular exercises based on national standards.

The national qualifiers were Isabella Anastassoff, Ankush Bajaj, John Bomba, Alex Brown, Betty Chang, Carolyn Chun, Steven Chun, Brandon Counts, Will DeAngelis, Jeremy Drexler, Colton Giammanco, Nick Giammanco, Emmett Grundberg, Jake Heiser, Collin Jay, Kunal Jobanputran, Simran Jobanputran, Liam Jones, Meera Krishnan, Satya Krishnan, Morgan McLaughlin, Payton McLaughlin, Matthew Medick, Shafer Nelson, Will Rennehan, Colleen Sharp, Hadi Shiraz, Mike Schaub and Veena Sundar.

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