The Willow Springs High School Future Business Leaders of America team competed at FBLA Districts on Jan. 29 in Hartville. Willow students received 50 top-five medals in 29 different events and 20 individual students qualified for state competition. School district officials extend their congratulations to the following FBLA teams and members on their performances: the Graphics Design Team (Sophia and Karis), fifth place; Introduction to Event Planning Team (Karis, Coffman and Emilia), third place; Katy Spence, Introduction to Public Speaking, third place; Introduction to Social Media Strategies Team (Bruning, Johnson and Stuart), fifth place; Marketing Team (Gerasimov, Novykova and Protsenko), fifth place; Dustin Luhers, Sports and Entertainment Management, fifth place; and Andrey Protsenko, Website Design, third place. Congratulations are also extended to the following state qualifiers: Cooper Poor, Agribusiness, fifth place; Madalyn Poor, Agribusiness, first place; Melaina Wilson, Agribusiness, second place; Ian Kurtz, Business Law, fifth place; Nolan Perkins, Business Law, second place; Melaina Wilson, Business Law, third place; Vivi Iacovleva, Computer Problem Solving, fifth place; Ian Kurtz, Economics, second place; Jordan Rutledge, Economics, first place; Kolton Stolba, Economics, fourth place; Jay Dancer, Economics, fifth place; Sophia Barrett, Health Care Administration, first place; Mason Owens, Help Desk, second place; Hospitality & Event Management Team (Nolan, Mason, Rutledge) first place; Luke Mansfield, Impromptu Speaking, second place; Paisley Crudgington, Insurance and Risk Management, fourth place; Bryanna Hurtado, Introduction to Business Communication, first place; Cooper Poor, Introduction to Business Concepts, second place; Daniel Iacovlev, Introduction to Financial Math, fifth place; Daniel Iacovlev, Introduction to Information Technology, first place; Katy Spence, Introduction to Marketing Concepts, second place; Allie Martin, Journalism, fourth place; Madalyn Poor, Organizational Leadership, first place; Luke Mansfield, Personal Finance, fifth place; Madalyn Poor, Personal Finance, first place; Melaina Wilson, Personal Finance, third place; Mason Owens, Public Policy & Advocacy, fourth place; Sales Presentation Team (Perkins, Moritz, Lee) first place; Jordan Rutledge, Securities and Investments, second place; Social Media Strategies Team (Leija, Martin) second place; and Cooper Poor, Supply Chain Management, third place.
COURTESY / Willow Springs Schools