Heartland FBLA attends State Leadership Conference
Kristy Most, FBLA Sponsor
Thirty-five Heartland FBLA members attended the Nebraska State Leadership Conference in Omaha on April 7-9. Fourteen students won 19 awards during the three-day conference. Students attending the conference along with adviser Kristy Most were: (Seniors) Destiny Bloxton, Jason Burhoop, Jule Dane, Camryn Dick, McKenna Friesen, Haley Huebert, Katelyn Janzen, Rebekah Larson, Bailey Monnier, Brendan Ortiz, Jose Romo, Dillon Scheil, Eve Vanderneck and Owen Wurst; (Juniors) Leslie Braun, Kristine Goertzen, Ethan Hall, Megan Kroeker, Mark Perez, Ellie Steingard and Brooke Weisheit; (Sophomores) Aaron Buller, Sadie Carr, Hayes Oswald, Kristan Perez, Bailey Peters, Brittany Quiring, Jaden Regier and Isabelle Vanderneck; and (Freshmen) Carson Amack, Kodjo Atikpohou, Kate Bergen, Audric Bulin, Colton Monnier and Kristina Rowe.
The keynote speaker of the Opening Session was Rhett Laubach. His keynote message encouraged, inspired and challenged the audience to live in the big world of others instead of the little world of self. He addressed the joys of being a leader who knows how to help, serve and support the people and activities in our lives.
The leadership conference was filled with testing, presenting and job interviewing. At the Friday evening Second General Session, the following students won Honorable Mention awards which recognized those who placed in the top 4% of each competitive event:
Jason Burhoop – Personal Finance
Haley Huebert – Economics
Eve Vanderneck – Health Care Administration
Aaron Buller – Accounting I, Introduction to Business and Introduction to Business
Procedures
The top eight winners in each event were announced at the Awards Program on Saturday morning. The students who placed in the top three in each event will represent Nebraska at the National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, this summer. The following students won top eight awards:
1st place
Rebekah Larson – Job Interview
Leslie Braun – Business Law
Leslie Braun, Ellie Steingard and Brooke Weisheit – Sports and Entertainment Management
2nd place
Brittany Quiring – Word Processing
3rd place
Eve Vanderneck – Business Communications and Job Interview
Ethan Hall, Haley Huebert and Owen Wurst – Entrepreneurship
Ethan Hall, Haley Huebert and Owen Wurst – Management Decision Making
Kristine Goertzen – Word Processing
4th place
Camryn Dick, Rebekah Larson and Owen Wurst – E-Business
Leslie Braun – Computer Applications
Leslie Braun, Ellie Steingard and Brooke Weisheit – Website Design
6th place
McKenna Friesen, Haley Huebert and Eve Vanderneck – Graphic Design