YORK, Pa. — Twenty-seven Penn State York students competed in the FBLA State Leadership Conference, earning 34 state placements, including nine first-place awards. The chapter was also honored with the gold seal award, and their State Chapter Presentation earned the title of “most recognized chapter in the state.”
The gold seal award represents a chapter’s efforts and accomplishments throughout the year through compiled documentation of every event and activity, which is submitted for judging.
The state of the chapter award is similar to the gold seal award in that it showcases the group’s accomplishments from the year, but is presented live to judges, rather than submitted as documentation.
Rebecca Mauck, student competitor, explained, “One thing that really set our chapter apart from others is that we go to one of the smallest schools, as far as student count is concerned, yet we brought the highest number of students to the conference this year and we have one of the largest chapters in Pennsylvania. At the awards ceremony, I heard several people say, ‘Penn State York just wins everything!’”
Fifteen students plan to compete in Orlando, Florida for the 2024 FBLA Collegiate National Leadership Conference, scheduled for June 24-27. The group’s faculty adviser, Megan Lorenz, assistant teaching professor of business, will accompany them.
To compete at nationals, students had to place first through fourth place in a presentation event or exam at the state competition in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which took place on Saturday, April 13.
State competition winners:
1st Place – Business Ethics
- Ryan Dellinger
1st Place – Business Presentation
- Katelyn Ottaviano and Nhi Nguyen
1st Place – Emerging Business Issues
- Ryan Dellinger
1st Place – Entrepreneurship Pitch
- Polina Bolotnikova and Rebecca Mauck
1st Place – Finance Case Study
- Polina Bolotnikova
1st Place – Foundations of Hospitality Management
- Chase Wentz
1st Place – Foundations of Management
- Sanatanu Kute
1st Place – Foundations of Technology
- Ibrahim Hobrom
1st Place – Future Business Executive
- Rebecca Mauck
1st Place – State of the Chapter
- Polina Bolotnikova, Rebecca Mauck, and Ryan Dellinger
2nd Place – Business Ethics
- Kavya Shah and Lawrence Williams
2nd Place – Foundations of Entrepreneurship
- Tanish Parekh
2nd Place – Foundations of Finance
- Nakhaiya Jacobs
2nd Place – Foundations of Selling
- Lucas Blodgett
2nd Place – Foundations of Technology
- Neeraj Patil
2nd Place – Impromptu Speaking
- Olivia Giltner
2nd Place – Management Case Study
- Kately Ottaviano and Nhi Nguyen
2nd Place – Project Management
- Kunal Rele
2nd Place – Public Speaking
- Lawrence Williams
3rd Place – Foundations of Accounting
- Colin Heaps
3rd Place – Foundations of Entrepreneurship
- Nakhaiya Jacobs
3rd Place – Foundations of Finance
- Tanish Parekh
3rd Place – Foundations of Marketing
- Chase Wentz
3rd Place – Marketing, Sales, Case Comp
- Ezequiel Adames
3rd Place – Project Management
- Ibrahim Hobrom
3rd Place – Public Speaking
- Liam Christopherson
4th Place – Foundations of Accounting
- Gabe Snediker
4th Place – Foundations of Economics
- Colin Heaps
4th Place – Foundations of Finance
- Gabe Snediker
4th Place – Foundations of Management
- Kunal Rele
4th Place – Foundations of Marketing
- Makayla Dyson
4th Place – Organizational Leadership and Behavior
- Domenic Sciortino
4th Place – Public Speaking
- Domenic Sciortino
4th Place – Sports Management and Marketing
- Eli Weigle
For more information about the Future Business Leaders of America, Collegiate chapter at Penn State York, contact Megan Lorenz at mal489@psu.edu.