Top Awards for Babylon DECA

Forty-one Babylon Junior-Senior High School students qualified to compete at this year’s New York State DECA Career Competition, where they performed extremely well against more than 3,000 other students.

During the event, the students showcased their skills in such areas as travel and tourism, retail merchandising and personal financial literacy. As a result of their demonstrated skills, 12 students placed in the top 10 in their respective categories, with some winning multiple honors.

Ryan Cosgro, who won three top 10 medals in his test, two role-plays and placed in the top 10 (fifth) for Restaurant and Food Service management, qualified to compete in the DECA International Career Development Conference. Emma Rende, Babylon’s DECA Chapter President, was also nominated to participate in the Senior Leadership Academy at the ICDC.

Congratulations to the following Top 10 award winners:

• Owen McCaffrey- Automotive Services Marketing
• Emma Rende- Decision Making- Human Resources
• Michael Logan- 4th Place Test: Travel & Tourism Team
• Jack Corcoran- 4th Place Test: Travel & Tourism Team
• Victoria Buonagara- 4th Place Test- Retail Merchandising
• Teddy Allen- Top 10 Role Play Personal Financial Literacy
• Ryan Cosgro- Top 10 Test, Top 10 Role Play, Top 10 Overall- Restaurant & Food Services Marketing
• TJ Rigelhaupt- Top 10 Role Play -Restaurant & Food Services Marketing
• Emma Shubert- Top 10 Test-Quick Serve Restaurant Management
• AJ Alessi- Top 10 Case Study, Top 10 Overall Financial Services Team Decision Making
• Andrew Szuchy- Top 10 Case Study, Top 10 Overall Financial Services Team Decision Making
• Sophia Sherman- Top 10 Test- Principles of Marketing

Photo provided by the Babylon School District

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