Congratulations to GCISD’s 129 DECA students who are advancing to compete at the State Career Development Conference to be held February 19-21 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas. Students from Colleyville Heritage High School, Grapevine High School and iUniversity Prep qualified for state after competing at the Texas DECA District 12 competition on January 14. Texas DECA empowers emerging student leaders through real-world experiences in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. Students competed in individual or team events. 

Individual Events

Automotive Services Marketing:

Spencer Smith, GHS

Business Growth Plan: 

Madison Burkhart, GHS 

Sofiya Malyshchak, GHS

Business Services Marketing:  

Brice Jiang, CHHS

Buying and Merchandising Operations Research: 

Afrah Mohammed, iUP

Food Marketing:  

Priso Ndumbe, iUP

Brandon Orth, GHS 

Xavier Salaices, CHHS

Amshu Vemula, iUP

Hotel and Lodging Management:  

Rishabh Agarwal, CHHS

Anshi Donepudi, CHHS

Nathan Jones, GHS 

Human Resources Management:  

Chaeyoon “Clara” Chung, GHS 

Kayla Hyun, CHHS

Srikari Kolli, CHHS

Innovation Plan:  

Avika Taneja, iUP

Integrated Marketing Campaign Service:  

Starlyn Little, iUP 

Marketing Communications:  

Ricardo Burciaga, CHHS

Principles of Marketing:  

Rhys McGarry, GHS

Quick Serve Restaurant Management:  

Adam Bordovsky, GHS

Sohum Punj, CHHS

Restaurant and Food Service Management:  

Thomas dePetra, iUP

Nicole Huang, CHHS

Laine Kemp, iUP 

Sanjay Raghunath, GHS

Sobia Surani, CHHS

Retail Management:  

Brooklyn Medina, GHS

Retail Merchandising:  

Debra Campbell, CHHS

Sophie Dang, CHHS

Aadit Shetty, iUP

Sports and Entertainment Marketing Operations Research:  

Safa Fatima, GHS

Madison Martins, CHHS

Start Up Business Plan:  

Jaxon Radcliff, iUP

Team Events 

Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making:  

Benjamin Alexander and Keegan O’Haughtery, GHS

Andrew DeYoung and Sohan Patel, GHS

Business Services Operations Research:  

Aahil Akbar and Aayan Hasam, CHHS 

Business Solutions Project:  

Benicio Pinero Razeto 

Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making:  

Marc Genis and Matthew Ventura, GHS

Neyland Harris and Taylor Kirkman, CHHS

Jack Langley and Darren Yang, GHS 

Max Lucero and Hunter Lux, GHS 

Buying and Merchandising Operations Research:  

Sophia Barba and Samantha Cheung, CHHS

Aly Bharwani, Alyaan Manjiyani and Arish Sarfani, CHHS

Community Awareness Project:  

Melody Ding and Mina Waldrip, CHHS

Community Giving Project:  

Rohail Parveez and Hannah Wu, CHHS

Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making:  

Ipsita Acharya and Hasit Reddy, CHHS

Aarush Akkineni and Tyler Thompson, GHS

Finance Operations Research:  

Viraat Reddy Jangaon, Sahan Mallampati and Shrey Sedhain, CHHS

Financial Literacy Project:  

Chloe Ojeda and Imaani Thachenkary, CHHS 

Financial Services Team Decision Making:  

Siddharth Lakkireddy, iUP 

Ryan Bansal and Zachary Widmer, GHS

Connor Dutton and Carter Miller, CHHS

Lillian Mehan and Blake Richey, GHS

Franchise Business Plan:  

Eleyi Ojile, CHHS

Hospitality Services Team Decision Making:  

Raley Cerpanya and Eva Hammer, GHS 

William Feng and Jake Wu, GHS

Eva Kalmanovich, CHHS

Innovation Plan:  

Rebekah Bulmahn and Amy Wang, GHS 

Integrated Marketing Campaign Event : 

Morgan Brown and Parker Riski, CHHS

Reese Gartman and Taylor Lemerand, CHHS 

Marketing Management Team Decision Making:  

Aubrey Cunningham and Brooke Turner, GHS 

Marketing Management Team Decision Making:  

Ethan Boukalik, GHS

Victor Bravo and Craig Civale, GHS

Project Management Community Giving:  

Heayoon Chung and Dishita Gupta, GHS

Jamie Lucas, GHS

Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making:  

Bea Daugette and Campbell Estes, GHS

Molly Hackbarth and Blake Johnson, GHS 

Hailey Kwon and Trisha Patel, CHHS

Sales Project:  

Zoe Fang and Zachary Truong, CHHS

Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making:  

Jonaire Boktour, GHS

Maddox Broyles and Noah Kodat, GHS

Manar Elmahi and Khe Masker, GHS 

*Not all DECA students who are advancing to state have permission for information to be shared in GCISD communications. If your student competed in DECA and is moving on to state and you would like their information added, please reach out to the Communications Department at info@gcisd.net.