Georgia DECA 2018 ICDC Winners

DECA International Career Development Conference Held in Atlanta, GA April 21-24, 2018

Overview:

DECA’s high school membership is now over 220,000. Approximately 19,300students and their advisors attended the 72ndand largest annual DECA International Career Development Conference held in Atlanta, GA at the Georgia World Congress Center and Mercedes Benz Stadium. Students participated from all 50 states plus Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, China, Japan, Korea, Spain, Germany,Mexico and Canada. Georgia’s students and advisors made up 775 of the 19,000+ participants.

Summary of Georgia Winners:

1st Place:

7 Students, 5 Events
  1. Morgan Carr, Houston County High School- Accounting Applications Series
  2. Jordan Johnson, North Gwinnett High School- Business Growth Plan
  3. Megan Derusha, West Forsyth High School- Retail Merchandising Series
  4. Liaken Hackemer & Morgan Nale, South Forsyth High School- Franchise Business Plan
  5. Nate Berry & Harrison Smith, West Forsyth High School- Virtual Business Challenge-Restaurant

2nd Place:

3 Students, 1 events
  1. Drew Amerman, Matthew Enny & Imari Hawkins, West Forsyth High School- School Based Enterprise-Retail

5th Place

4 Students, 2 events
  1. Madi Dunlop & Rachel Kneeburg, West Forsyth High School- Virtual Business Challenge- Restaurant
  2. Curtis Newcomb & Gianluca Ramirez, West Forsyth High School- Virtual Business Challenge- Sports

Top 10 Finalists:

32 Georgia Students (21 in 2017)

Top 10 in Oral Presentation:

20 Georgia Students (17 in 2017)

Top 10 in Exam:

8 Georgia Students (6 in 2017)

Top 20 Finalists:

50 Georgia Students (50 in 2017)

6 Scholarship Recipients

(8 in 2017)

Award of Excellence Recipients

(70% or higher on Exam, Role Play, Written, or Presentation)
364 out of 491 competitors

Top 10 Largest Chapters in the World (Georgia is 4th Largest Association)

2. South Forsyth High School
4. West Forsyth High School
6. Lambert High School
8. Forsyth Central High School

Leadership Academy Participants:

Chapter Officers - 40
Leadership - 26
State Officers - 6
Special Campaign - 22
Seniors - 21