Heartland FBLA Wins 27 Awards at SLC [PHOTOS]

Heartland FBLA members attended the Nebraska FBLA State Leadership Conference in Omaha on April 3-5.  Heartland students won 27 awards during the three-day conference.  Students attending the conference along with Adviser Kristy Most were:  (Seniors) Allison Braun, Alessandra Canetta, Bailey Carr, Aubrey DeBraal, Sidney Dick, Jonathan Larson and Morgan Michel; (Juniors) Rachelle Allen, Tyler Brown, Tierney Casper, Gina Grady, Cody Kroeker, Kaelia Lundstrom, Kaitlyn Quiring, Sheppard Ruybalid and Colton Siebert; (Sophomores) Camryn Dick, McKenna Friesen, Haley Huebert, Rebekah Larson, Bailey Monnier, Dillon Scheil, Eve Vanderneck and Owen Wurst; and (Freshmen) Leslie Braun, Ethan Hall, Sidney Hurlbut, Megan Kroeker, Ryne Mierau, Mark Perez, Ellie Steingard, Brooke Weisheit and MaKayla Windle.

The keynote speaker of the Opening General Session was Layman Hicks.  His message was titled “Get Up, Get Out, Go Get It!”  Energy, empowerment, motivation and strategy:  Layman led us through the most powerful life principles we need to pursue our dreams and goals.  He shared his own unique story—no holds barred—connects with our core and showed us how his personal epiphanies can positively spin our world around and change our lives forever.  The Opening Session concluded with the campaign speeches of 17 candidates running for six state officer positions.

The leadership conference was filled with competitive events and workshops.  The Second General Session was held Friday evening where Honorable Mention awards were announced recognizing those who placed in the top 4% of each event.

The Awards Program held Saturday morning announced the top eight winners in each event and revealed who would represent Nebraska at the National Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, this summer.  Only the top three from each event earn the honor to compete on the national level.

Students earning awards were:  Allison Braun:  1^st Word Processing, 2^nd Accounting II, 2^nd Entrepreneurship, 4^th Business Communication, 10^th Job Interview, Who’s Who in Nebraska FBLA and All-State Quality Member Award; Alessandra Canetta:  3^rd Marketing; Bailey Carr:  3^rd Marketing; Aubrey DeBraal 5^th Digital Design and Promotion; Tyler Brown:  3^rd Marketing and 3^rd Accounting II; Cody Kroeker:  2^nd Entrepreneurship; Kaitlyn Quiring:  3^rd Word Processing, 8^th Business Law and Honorable Mention Business Communication; Colton Siebert:  1^st Accounting II, 2^nd Entrepreneurship, 3^rd Business Procedures, 7^th Word Processing, Honorable Mention Business Calculations and Honorable Mention Business Communication; Camryn Dick:  7^th Global Business; McKenna Friesen:  5^th Digital Design and Promotion; Haley Huebert:  7^th Global Business, Honorable Mention Business Math and Honorable Mention Keyboarding Knowledge; Rebekah Larson:  5^th Digital Desgin and Promotion and 5^th Public Service Announcement; Eve Vanderneck:  5^th Public Service Announcement and 8^th Introduction to Business Communication; Owen Wurst:  5^th Public Service Announcement and 7^th Global Business; Leslie Braun:  2^nd Introduction to Business, 2^nd Computer Applications and Honorable Mention Business Math; Ethan Hall:  3^rd Introduction to Business Communication, 5^th Introduction to Business and Honorable Mention Business Math.

Written by Kristy Most