The following Pioneer DECA students won medals in their event at the DECA District Conference at Eastern Michigan University. This year's chapter had over 70% of competing members advance to the state conference in March! Kara Morabito and Brooke McCully are the DECA Advisors at Pioneer.
State Qualifiers – student name and category:
Allison Menge – Advertising Campaign
Jared Holyszko - Apparel & Accessories Marketing
Juliana Collet - Apparel & Accessories Marketing
Marissa Sauve - Apparel & Accessories Marketing
Andrew Marquardt – Automotive Marketing
Joshua Marquardt - Automotive Marketing
Nathanial Dunn - Automotive Marketing
Justin Hsu – Business Finance
Madeline Bacalor– Business Services Marketing
Phoebe Johnson – Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan
Kaycee Siebler – Food Marketing
Gage Sansbury – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Cassandra Woolley– Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Curtis Fang – Human Resource Management
Gabriella Giugiliano – Marketing Management
Lauren Albert – Marketing Management
Ian Ricoy – Marketing Management
Grace Newman– Restaurant & Food Service Management
Spencer Wilkerson – Retail Merchandising
John Kunec – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Daniel Stein – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Ethan Mielock – Principles of Business Management
Mark Boyd – Principles of Finance
Grant McLean – Principles of Marketing
Siva Senthil – Principles of Marketing
Samuel Sugerman – Business Law & Ethics
Henry Taylor – Business Law & Ethics
Madison Andrews – Buying & Merchandising
Lucie Grooters– Buying & Merchandising
Evan Jiang – Hospitality Services
Andrew Meza – Hospitality Services
Aaron Ciarkowski – Marketing Communications
Wouter Ritsema – Marketing Communications
Cameron Beck – Marketing Communications
Jordan Dubreuil - Marketing Communication
Brandon Swofford - Marketing Communications
Jimmy Nguyen - Marketing Communications
Jacob Starman – Travel & Tourism
Cooper Vettorello – Travel & Tourism
Andy Daily - Leadership & Teamwork
Bridget Douglas - Leadership & Teamwork
Yea Joon Lee – Leadership & Teamwork
Sofia Keen – Sports Operations Research
Lauren Ruttenberg - Sports Operations Research
Mackenzie Stoy - Sports Operations Research
Hannah Yao – Buying & Merchandising Operations Research
Annie Perpich - Buying & Merchandising Operations Research
Occupational Exam Winners (Top 5 in Event):
Allison Menge – Advertising Campaign
Jared Holyszko - Apparel & Accessories Marketing
Andrew Marquardt – Automotive Marketing
Joshua Marquardt - Automotive Marketing
Justin Hsu – Business Finance
Madeline Bacalor– Business Services Marketing
Kaycee Siebler – Food Marketing
Gage Sansbury – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Curtis Fang – Human Resource Management
Gabriella Giugiliano – Marketing Management
Lauren Albert – Marketing Management
Bridget Douglas - Restaurant & Food Service Management
Grace Newman– Restaurant & Food Service Management
Spencer Wilkerson – Retail Merchandising
Daniel Stein – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Mark Boyd – Principles of Finance
Sean Lee – Principles of Marketing
Grant McLean – Principles of Marketing
Andrew Meza – Hospitality Services
Calise Wang – Hospitality Services
Wouter Ritsema – Marketing Communications
Jordan Dubreuil - Marketing Communication
Brandon Swofford - Marketing Communications
Jacob Starman – Travel & Tourism
Cooper Vettorello – Travel & Tourism
Yea Joon Lee – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Case Problem Role Play Winners (First Place in Event):
Allison Menge – Advertising Campaign
Joshua Marquardt - Automotive Marketing
Madeline Bacalor– Business Services Marketing
Phoebe Johnson – Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan
Kaycee Siebler – Food Marketing
Gage Sansbury – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
John Kunec – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Daniel Stein – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Mark Boyd – Principles of Finance
Grant McLean – Principles of Marketing
Madison Andrews – Buying & Merchandising
Lucie Grooters– Buying & Merchandising
Evan Jiang – Hospitality Services
Andrew Meza – Hospitality Services
Aaron Ciarkowski – Marketing Communications
Wouter Ritsema – Marketing Communications
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 200,000 students in the high school division. There are approximately 250 Michigan High Schools that offer DECA as part of their high school curriculum. Since Pioneer DECA was established in 1980, there have been 167 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:
Allison Menge – Advertising Campaign
Jared Holyszko - Apparel & Accessories Marketing
Juliana Collet - Apparel & Accessories Marketing
Marissa Sauve - Apparel & Accessories Marketing
Andrew Marquardt – Automotive Marketing
Joshua Marquardt - Automotive Marketing
Nathanial Dunn - Automotive Marketing
Justin Hsu – Business Finance
Madeline Bacalor– Business Services Marketing
Phoebe Johnson – Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan
Kaycee Siebler – Food Marketing
Gage Sansbury – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Cassandra Woolley– Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Curtis Fang – Human Resource Management
Gabriella Giugiliano – Marketing Management
Lauren Albert – Marketing Management
Ian Ricoy – Marketing Management
Grace Newman– Restaurant & Food Service Management
Spencer Wilkerson – Retail Merchandising
John Kunec – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Daniel Stein – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Ethan Mielock – Principles of Business Management
Mark Boyd – Principles of Finance
Grant McLean – Principles of Marketing
Siva Senthil – Principles of Marketing
Samuel Sugerman – Business Law & Ethics
Henry Taylor – Business Law & Ethics
Madison Andrews – Buying & Merchandising
Lucie Grooters– Buying & Merchandising
Evan Jiang – Hospitality Services
Andrew Meza – Hospitality Services
Aaron Ciarkowski – Marketing Communications
Wouter Ritsema – Marketing Communications
Cameron Beck – Marketing Communications
Jordan Dubreuil - Marketing Communication
Brandon Swofford - Marketing Communications
Jimmy Nguyen - Marketing Communications
Jacob Starman – Travel & Tourism
Cooper Vettorello – Travel & Tourism
Andy Daily - Leadership & Teamwork
Bridget Douglas - Leadership & Teamwork
Yea Joon Lee – Leadership & Teamwork
Sofia Keen – Sports Operations Research
Lauren Ruttenberg - Sports Operations Research
Mackenzie Stoy - Sports Operations Research
Hannah Yao – Buying & Merchandising Operations Research
Annie Perpich - Buying & Merchandising Operations Research
Occupational Exam Winners (Top 5 in Event):
Allison Menge – Advertising Campaign
Jared Holyszko - Apparel & Accessories Marketing
Andrew Marquardt – Automotive Marketing
Joshua Marquardt - Automotive Marketing
Justin Hsu – Business Finance
Madeline Bacalor– Business Services Marketing
Kaycee Siebler – Food Marketing
Gage Sansbury – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
Curtis Fang – Human Resource Management
Gabriella Giugiliano – Marketing Management
Lauren Albert – Marketing Management
Bridget Douglas - Restaurant & Food Service Management
Grace Newman– Restaurant & Food Service Management
Spencer Wilkerson – Retail Merchandising
Daniel Stein – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Mark Boyd – Principles of Finance
Sean Lee – Principles of Marketing
Grant McLean – Principles of Marketing
Andrew Meza – Hospitality Services
Calise Wang – Hospitality Services
Wouter Ritsema – Marketing Communications
Jordan Dubreuil - Marketing Communication
Brandon Swofford - Marketing Communications
Jacob Starman – Travel & Tourism
Cooper Vettorello – Travel & Tourism
Yea Joon Lee – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Case Problem Role Play Winners (First Place in Event):
Allison Menge – Advertising Campaign
Joshua Marquardt - Automotive Marketing
Madeline Bacalor– Business Services Marketing
Phoebe Johnson – Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan
Kaycee Siebler – Food Marketing
Gage Sansbury – Hotel & Lodging Marketing
John Kunec – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Daniel Stein – Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Mark Boyd – Principles of Finance
Grant McLean – Principles of Marketing
Madison Andrews – Buying & Merchandising
Lucie Grooters– Buying & Merchandising
Evan Jiang – Hospitality Services
Andrew Meza – Hospitality Services
Aaron Ciarkowski – Marketing Communications
Wouter Ritsema – Marketing Communications
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 200,000 students in the high school division. There are approximately 250 Michigan High Schools that offer DECA as part of their high school curriculum. Since Pioneer DECA was established in 1980, there have been 167 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