Business Contest Winners

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 5, 2006
Contact: Dr. Beverly Block
(417) 625-9319


 

JOPLIN , MO (SNS) Approximately 750 high school students visited the Missouri Southern campus Wednesday, April 5 for the 28th Business Contest. The students represented 31 schools in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

 

Beginning at 9 a.m., the students tested in categories including Beginning Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Business Communication, Business Law, Business Math, Computer Concepts, Economics, Free Enterprise, General Business, Keyboarding I & II, Management, and Marketing.


An awards ceremony took place at 1 p.m. in Taylor Performing Arts Center. Dr. Beverly Block, Professor of Business, coordinated the contest.

 

Dr. Block presented Dean’s Performance Awards and Dr. Brad Kleindl, Dean, School of Business Administration, presented Sweepstakes Trophies.

 

Participating high schools included Afton, Baxter Springs, Carl Junction, Cassville, Chetopa, Clever, Columbus, Dadeville, Diamond, East Newton, Frontenac, Galena, Girard, Gravette, Jasper, Joplin Schools Kickapoo, Labette County, Liberal, Marionville, McDonald County, Monett, Neosho, Northeast, Ozark Mountain Tech. Center, Pierce City, Purdy, Sarcoxie, Sheldon, Verona, and Welch.

 

2006 BUSINESS CONTEST RESULTS

 

TEST

 

1 ST PLACE

 

2 ND PLACE

 

3 RD PLACE

Division I

TROPHY

Div. II

TROPHY

Division III

TROPHY

Advanced Accounting

Rebecca Barrientos (Cassville)

Courtney Overstreet (McDonald Cty)

Satyam Sthapit (Kickapoo)

McDonald

***

Verona

Beginning Accounting

Ravika Persaud (Kickapoo)

Sienna Morrow (Liberal)

Sara Lewis ( Joplin)

Kickapoo

Clever

Liberal

Business Communication

Scott Jett (Welch)

Lisa Curran (Girard)

Hilary Dorland (Kickapoo)

Kickapoo

Pierce City

Welch

Business Law

Lee Jones (Monett)

Andy Jenkins (Monett)

Staci Ball ( Joplin)

Monett

***

Chetopa

Business Math

Alicia Bradley (Diamond)

Michael Boeving (Kickapoo)

Jeremiah Harris (Cassville)

Joplin

Diamond

Welch

Computer Concepts

Steven Myers (Carl Junction)

John Carter ( Ozark Mountain Tech)

Logan Collins (Northeast)

Kickapoo

Girard

Northeast

Economics

Luke Jones (Monett)

Sasha Tindall (Kickapoo)

Jeremiah Harris (Cassville)

Kickapoo

Diamond

Verona

Free Enterprise-Poster

Morgan Kelley (Monett)

Angela Cossou ( East Newton)

Jennifer Hance ( Joplin)

East Newton

Galena

Jasper

Free Enterprise-Public Speaking

Carley Adams ( Neosho)

Caroline Gear (Kickapoo)

Charlie Stevens (Kickapoo)

Kickapoo

Sarcoxie

Liberal

General Business

Alan Liu ( Joplin)

Luke Jones (Monett)

Dustin Franklin (Sarcoxie)

Joplin

Sarcoxie

***

Keyboarding I

Michael Miller (Carl Junction )

Sidra Zaidi ( Joplin)

Aimee Pong (Kickapoo)

Carl Junction

Girard

Afton

Keyboarding II

Stephanie Bilderback (Labette Cty)

Steven Follis (Kickapoo)

Cassie Miller ( Afton)

Labette

 

Girard

 

Afton

 

Management

Matt Boles (Cassville)

Corey Dutra (Purdy)

Jared Velten ( Pierce City)

Cassville

Purdy

***

Marketing

Amy Saumders (Gravette)

Michael Boeving (Kickapoo)

Adam Brown (Cassville)

Gravette

Pierce City

Dadeville

Office Procedures

Rebecca Lewis (Sarcoxie)

Savannah Harris (Cassville)

Amanda Scott ( Joplin)

Kickapoo

Purdy

Verona

 

SWEEEPSTAKES AWARD

 Division I (more than 400 enrolled)

 

 

 

Kickapoo

 

DEAN’S PERFORMANCE AWARD

 

Division I (more than 400 enrolled)

 

 

 

 

 

Columbus

 

 

Division II (200-400 enrolled)

 

Pierce City

 

Division II (200-400 enrolled)

 

Sarcoxie

 

 

Division III (less than 200 enrolled)

 

Verona

 

Division III (less than 200 enrolled)

 

Welch

 

 

 

 

 

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