{"id":191127,"date":"2024-05-07T14:08:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T21:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/irvington\/news\/2024-deca-international-conference\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T14:16:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T21:16:39","slug":"2024-deca-international-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/irvington\/news\/2024-deca-international-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremont Unified Students Take Top Prizes at 2024 DECA International Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>More than 23,000 attendees from around the world met in Anaheim in April 2024 for the DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC).<\/p>\r\n<p>DECA is a global organization, with school-sponsored chapters at some Fremont Unified high schools, that prepares students to be leaders and entrepreneurs in various fields, including marketing, finance, hospitality and management.<\/p>\r\n<p>ICDC is the culmination of the DECA year, with finalists from around the world competing to be named an international champion in their competitive event.<\/p>\r\n<p>Fremont Unified students did not disappoint, with teams from Mission San Jose, Washington and Irvington high schools placing in the top of their events in this international competition!<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_191130\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191130\" src=\"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/irvington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/05\/IMG_7065-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"DECA world champions\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-191130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1st Place Champions Nathan Ko &amp; Anson Lam, Mission San Jose High School<\/p><\/div>\r\n<h3>Top 3 In the World<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>1st Place &#8211; <strong>Nathan Ko<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Anson Lam<\/strong> (Mission San Jose) &#8211; Virtual Business Challenge Restaurant<\/li>\r\n<li>2nd Place &#8211; <strong>Aviram Jithesh<\/strong>, <strong>Ryan Hsu<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Aavyan Paramel<\/strong> (Washington) &#8211; Virtual Business Challenge Accounting<\/li>\r\n<li>2nd Place &#8211; <strong>Bhavya Mehta<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Abeer Saboo<\/strong> (Washington) &#8211; Career Development Project<\/li>\r\n<li>3rd Place &#8211; <strong>Rishi Ranga<\/strong>, <strong>Rohan Ranga<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Roshan Ramesh<\/strong> (Washington) &#8211; Virtual Business Challenge Accounting<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Top 10 in the World<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>4th Place &#8211; <strong>Adam Le<\/strong> (Irvington) &#8211; Business Growth Plan<\/li>\r\n<li>5th Place &#8211; <strong>Mihira Murthy<\/strong> &amp; <strong>William Namgyal<\/strong> (Irvington) &#8211; Buying &amp; Merchandising Operations Research<\/li>\r\n<li>6th Place &#8211; <strong>Om Dadlani<\/strong>, <strong>Devansh Daxini<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Anish Polakala<\/strong> (Washington) &#8211; Business Solutions Project<\/li>\r\n<li>7th Place &#8211; <strong>Asvin Aravindan<\/strong>, <strong>Faraz Khan<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Vivek Krovvidi<\/strong> (Washington) &#8211; Virtual Business Challenge Entrepreneurship<\/li>\r\n<li>7th Place &#8211; <strong>Aarav Jagtiani<\/strong> (Mission San Jose) &#8211; Virtual Business Challenge Sports<\/li>\r\n<li>7th Place &#8211; <strong>Lawrence Jia<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Karan Raina<\/strong> (Irvington) &#8211; Business Law &amp; Ethics Team Decision Making<\/li>\r\n<li>7th Place &#8211; <strong>Ameya Ravi<\/strong> (Washington) &#8211; Principles of Hospitality &amp; Tourism<\/li>\r\n<li>8th Place &#8211; <strong>Megha Hedge<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Anya Kapoor<\/strong> (Mission San Jose) &#8211; Business Growth Plan<\/li>\r\n<li>9th Place &#8211; <strong>Vendatman Duhoon<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Shubham Patil<\/strong> (Mission San Jose) &#8211; Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_191129\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191129\" src=\"https:\/\/fremontunified.org\/irvington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/05\/WHS-DECA.jpg\" alt=\"WHS DECA team\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-191129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Washington High School DECA at 2024 ICDC<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p>Congratulations to all the competitors, and thank you to the advisors (<strong>Jorge Ballado<\/strong> at Irvington, <strong>Bellamy Liu<\/strong> at Mission San Jose, and <strong>Vincent Wu<\/strong> at Washington) and the many others who supported students on their path to ICDC.<\/p>\r\n<p>Learn more about DECA at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deca.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.deca.org<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.decadirect.org\/articles\/congratulations-to-the-2024-deca-icdc-competitive-event-champions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find the full list of 2024 DECA ICDC Competitive Event Champions<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 23,000 attendees from around the world met in Anaheim in April 2024 for the DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC). 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