Pioneer DECA wins BIG at district competition!
The following Pioneer DECA students won medals in their event at the DECA District Conference at Eastern Michigan University. The students in the Financial Services event set a new Pioneer record when they swept the test awards in that category. Those students are Hannah Wang, Joshua Sherick, Lee Criso, Boris Burman and Billy Kryska. This year's chapter had over 50% of competing members advance to the state conference in March! Kara Morabito is the DECA Advisor at Pioneer.
State Qualifiers – student name and category:
Jasmin Trice - Apparel & Accessories Marketing
Nick Swafford – Automotive Marketing
Adi Bajaj – Business Services Marketing
Ali Fawaz – Business Services Marketing
Chase Masten – Food Marketing
Dominick Defazio – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Abby Raver – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Gurjeet Singh – Marketing Management
Conrad Stoerker – Marketing Management
Max Shpilband – Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Keaira Banks – Restaurant & Food Service Management
Cedric Gin – Retail Merchandising
Jeffery Duart-Digon – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Joshua Packard – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
George Batog – Principles of Finance
Sierre Wolfkostin – Principles of Finance
Gary Zakarian – Principles of Marketing
Neil McLean – Principles of Marketing
Billy Cobb Gulley – Business Law & Ethics
Joe Titus – Business Law & Ethics
Romina Potter – Buying & Merchandising
Lorriane Rasmussen – Buying & Merchandising
Billy Kryska – Financial Services
Stacy Richmond – Financial Services
Joshua Sherick – Financial Services
Hannah Wang – Financial Services
Boris Burman – Financial Services
Lee Criso – Financial Services
Matthew Faunce – Hospitality Services
Ethan Spencer – Hospitality Services
Duane Richmond – Hospitality Services
Tevis Robinson – Hospitality Services
Brandon Bertoia – Marketing Communications
Mackenzie O’Connor – Marketing Communications
Gina Choe – Travel & Tourism
Katie Hochrein – Travel & Tourism
Zach Delph - Travel & Tourism
Zach Weber - Travel & Tourism
Shrikar Thodla - Leadership & Teamwork
Rob Frakes - Leadership & Teamwork
Occupational Exam Winners (Top 5 in Event):
Nick Swafford – Automotive Marketing
Dominick Defazio – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Rob Frakes – Human Resource Management
Conrad Stoerker – Marketing Management
Cedric Gin – Retail Merchandising
Sierre Wolfkostin – Principles of Finance
Neil McLean – Principles of Marketing
Romina Potter – Buying & Merchandising
Billy Kryska – Financial Services
Joshua Sherick – Financial Services
Hannah Wang – Financial Services
Boris Burman – Financial Services
Lee Criso – Financial Services
Matthew Faunce – Hospitality Services
Sarah Stasiak – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Zach Webber – Travel & Tourism
Case Problem Role Play Winners (First Place in Event):
Nick Swafford – Automotive Marketing
Adi Bajaj – Business Services Marketing
Ali Fawaz – Business Services Marketing
Chase Masten – Food Marketing
Dominick Defazio – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Abby Raver – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Gurjeet Singh – Marketing Management
Conrad Stoerker – Marketing Management
D’Ante Olive – Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Max Shpilband – Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Cedric Gin – Retail Merchandising
George Batog – Principles of Finance
Sierre Wolfkostin – Principles of Finance
Neil McLean – Principles of Marketing
Billy Cobb Gulley – Business Law & Ethics
Joe Titus – Business Law & Ethics
Joshua Sherick – Financial Services
Hannah Wang – Financial Services
Boris Burman – Financial Services
Lee Criso – Financial Services
Matthew Faunce – Hospitality Services
Ethan Spencer – Hospitality Services
Duane Richmond – Hospitality Services
Tevis Robinson – Hospitality Services
DECA is an association of marketing students that conducts academic games competitions and educational field trips for students interested in management, marketing, and entrepreneurial careers. DECA is one of the largest youth organizations in The United States with a membership of approximately 180,000 students in the high school division. There are approximately 160 Michigan High Schools that offer DECA as part of their high school curriculum. Since Pioneer DECA was established in 1980, there have been 155 Pioneer Michigan State DECA Champions who qualified for and participated in the International DECA Championship in various U.S. cities.
DECA is a co-curricular activity specifically designed to challenge and motivate high school marketing and business students. DECA at Pioneer High School is a part of the marketing, sports marketing, and entrepreneurship education’s curriculum. Impromptu role-plays of business case problems or defending written business plans with volunteer business professionals serving as judges are the main focus of the conferences that Pioneer will enter. All role-plays will be based upon oral presentation and problem-solving skills taught in Pioneer’s Marketing and Business classrooms. Some of the role-plays have involved such situations at job interviews, sales presentations, customer complaints, advertising campaigns, marketing strategies, employee motivation, business proposals, and financial analysis. Students must also score well on online examinations based upon topics taught in their marketing, sports marketing, and entrepreneurship classrooms. Students prepare for DECA competition by enrolling in Pioneer’s Marketing Education class, Sports and Entertainment Marketing class, Business Education classes, and/or enrolling in the Cooperative Occupational (C.O.E.) Program where they can experience many of the situations at a paid work experience.
State Qualifiers – student name and category:
Jasmin Trice - Apparel & Accessories Marketing
Nick Swafford – Automotive Marketing
Adi Bajaj – Business Services Marketing
Ali Fawaz – Business Services Marketing
Chase Masten – Food Marketing
Dominick Defazio – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Abby Raver – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Gurjeet Singh – Marketing Management
Conrad Stoerker – Marketing Management
Max Shpilband – Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Keaira Banks – Restaurant & Food Service Management
Cedric Gin – Retail Merchandising
Jeffery Duart-Digon – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Joshua Packard – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
George Batog – Principles of Finance
Sierre Wolfkostin – Principles of Finance
Gary Zakarian – Principles of Marketing
Neil McLean – Principles of Marketing
Billy Cobb Gulley – Business Law & Ethics
Joe Titus – Business Law & Ethics
Romina Potter – Buying & Merchandising
Lorriane Rasmussen – Buying & Merchandising
Billy Kryska – Financial Services
Stacy Richmond – Financial Services
Joshua Sherick – Financial Services
Hannah Wang – Financial Services
Boris Burman – Financial Services
Lee Criso – Financial Services
Matthew Faunce – Hospitality Services
Ethan Spencer – Hospitality Services
Duane Richmond – Hospitality Services
Tevis Robinson – Hospitality Services
Brandon Bertoia – Marketing Communications
Mackenzie O’Connor – Marketing Communications
Gina Choe – Travel & Tourism
Katie Hochrein – Travel & Tourism
Zach Delph - Travel & Tourism
Zach Weber - Travel & Tourism
Shrikar Thodla - Leadership & Teamwork
Rob Frakes - Leadership & Teamwork
Occupational Exam Winners (Top 5 in Event):
Nick Swafford – Automotive Marketing
Dominick Defazio – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Rob Frakes – Human Resource Management
Conrad Stoerker – Marketing Management
Cedric Gin – Retail Merchandising
Sierre Wolfkostin – Principles of Finance
Neil McLean – Principles of Marketing
Romina Potter – Buying & Merchandising
Billy Kryska – Financial Services
Joshua Sherick – Financial Services
Hannah Wang – Financial Services
Boris Burman – Financial Services
Lee Criso – Financial Services
Matthew Faunce – Hospitality Services
Sarah Stasiak – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Zach Webber – Travel & Tourism
Case Problem Role Play Winners (First Place in Event):
Nick Swafford – Automotive Marketing
Adi Bajaj – Business Services Marketing
Ali Fawaz – Business Services Marketing
Chase Masten – Food Marketing
Dominick Defazio – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Abby Raver – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Gurjeet Singh – Marketing Management
Conrad Stoerker – Marketing Management
D’Ante Olive – Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Max Shpilband – Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Cedric Gin – Retail Merchandising
George Batog – Principles of Finance
Sierre Wolfkostin – Principles of Finance
Neil McLean – Principles of Marketing
Billy Cobb Gulley – Business Law & Ethics
Joe Titus – Business Law & Ethics
Joshua Sherick – Financial Services
Hannah Wang – Financial Services
Boris Burman – Financial Services
Lee Criso – Financial Services
Matthew Faunce – Hospitality Services
Ethan Spencer – Hospitality Services
Duane Richmond – Hospitality Services
Tevis Robinson – Hospitality Services
DECA is an association of marketing students that conducts academic games competitions and educational field trips for students interested in management, marketing, and entrepreneurial careers. DECA is one of the largest youth organizations in The United States with a membership of approximately 180,000 students in the high school division. There are approximately 160 Michigan High Schools that offer DECA as part of their high school curriculum. Since Pioneer DECA was established in 1980, there have been 155 Pioneer Michigan State DECA Champions who qualified for and participated in the International DECA Championship in various U.S. cities.
DECA is a co-curricular activity specifically designed to challenge and motivate high school marketing and business students. DECA at Pioneer High School is a part of the marketing, sports marketing, and entrepreneurship education’s curriculum. Impromptu role-plays of business case problems or defending written business plans with volunteer business professionals serving as judges are the main focus of the conferences that Pioneer will enter. All role-plays will be based upon oral presentation and problem-solving skills taught in Pioneer’s Marketing and Business classrooms. Some of the role-plays have involved such situations at job interviews, sales presentations, customer complaints, advertising campaigns, marketing strategies, employee motivation, business proposals, and financial analysis. Students must also score well on online examinations based upon topics taught in their marketing, sports marketing, and entrepreneurship classrooms. Students prepare for DECA competition by enrolling in Pioneer’s Marketing Education class, Sports and Entertainment Marketing class, Business Education classes, and/or enrolling in the Cooperative Occupational (C.O.E.) Program where they can experience many of the situations at a paid work experience.