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Students Compete in BPA Event and Advance to Next Level

Twenty-eight students qualify to compete at the state BPA competition to be held in March.

Aniya Qualls, (Midview), smiles with her first award and certificate for the Prepared Speech event.
Lorain County JVS students in the Business and Marketing Academy competed in the Business Professional of America (BPA) regional competition with twenty-eight students qualifying to compete at the state competition in March.

Junior and senior students from the Lorain County JVS Cybersecurity and Networking, Digital Media Arts, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, and Web and Graphic Design programs competed in a wide variety of events that included computer security, fundamental desktop publishing, graphic design promotion, and video production. 

Tina Krosse, Lorain County JVS Web and Graphic Design instructor and BPA advisor, shared her excitement for this year’s competitions. “It is great to see so many students be a part of the events this year and have so many students advance to the next level of competition.” 

The students that have qualified to compete at the state level are listed below by their associate school.

Amherst
Yennessa Otero, Digital Media Arts senior, placed first in the Podcast Production Team event; Valyn Survance, Web and Graphic Design junior, placed first in the Visual Design Team event.

Avon
Peyton Stefanich, Web and Graphic Design senior, placed first in the Broadcast News Production Team event.

Avon Lake
Ambriea Bristow, Marketing and Entrepreneurship junior, placed first in the Human Resource Management event; Jeremy Lee, Marketing and Entrepreneurship senior, placed first in the Broadcast News Production Team event; Robert Simms, Web and Graphic Design senior, placed first in the Extemporaneous Speech event and second in the Advanced Desktop Publishing event.
 
Clearview
Siddalee Tindale, Web and Graphic Design junior, placed first in the Visual Design Team event; Jason Thomas, Web and Graphic Design senior, placed first in the Advanced Interview Skills event. 
 
Columbia
Calder Jessen, Digital Media Arts junior, placed first in the Digital Media Production event; Gabrielle Kalin, Web and Graphic Design senior, placed first in the Graphic Design Promotion event.
 
Firelands
Logan Bober, Web and Graphic Design senior, placed first in the Broadcast News Production Team event and second in the Fundamentals of Web Design event.
 
Keystone
Gaige Agurkis, Cybersecurity and Networking senior, placed first in the Broadcast News Production Team event; Pietra Parensa, Marketing and Entrepreneurship senior, placed first in the Ethics and Professionalism event; Olivia Rounds, Web and Graphic Design junior, placed first in the Visual Design Team event.
 
Midview
Aniya Qualls, Cybersecurity and Networking senior, placed first in the Prepared Speech event and second in the Network Administration Using Cisco event; Lucas Schupp, Marketing and Entrepreneurship junior, placed first in the Small Business Management Team event; Anthony Worthing, Web and Graphic Design senior, placed first in the Fundamental Desktop Publishing event.
 
North Ridgeville
James Clarke, Digital Media Arts senior, placed first in the Video Production Team event; Anthony March, Cybersecurity and Networking senior, placed first in the Network Administration Using Cisco event; Jack Harrington, Web and Graphic Design senior, placed first in the Fundamentals of Web Design event; Kylie Horne, Marketing and Entrepreneurship junior, placed first in the Small Business Management Team event; Eric Jurina, Cybersecurity and Networking senior placed first in the Linux Operating System Fundamentals event and first in the Python Programming event; Olivia Medina, Marketing and Entrepreneurship junior, placed first in the Small Business Management Team event; Aidan Shumay, Cybersecurity and Networking junior, placed first in the Device Configuration and Troubleshooting event and first in the Small Business Management Team event.
 
Wellington
Joseph Danesi, Cybersecurity and Networking senior, placed second in the Device Configuration and Troubleshooting event and second in the Computer Security event; Cooper McConnell, Cybersecurity and Networking senior placed first in the Computer Security event; Quintin McKenna, Web and Graphic Design senior, placed first in the Podcast Production Team event; Sadie Willis, Web and Graphic Design senior, placed first in the Advanced Desktop Publishing event.

Posted Wednesday, February 1, 2023