DECA Shines at District Competition

Posted January 18, 2024

O'Dea High School

O’Dea’s DECA Team recently attended the District Competition in Lynwood. Thirty-one (A new O’Dea record) young men qualified for the State Competition! Our students competed against nearly 900 other students to finish in the top 10 of their respective categories including 7 students finishing in the top 2! Congratulations to our DECA participants on your hard work and impressive showing. Onto State!

Restaurant & Food Services (Indiv.)

  • Zach Schuyler (2nd Place)

Quick Service Restaurant (Indiv.)

  • Dylan Pignotti (5th)

Human Resources (Indiv.)

  • Carter Gribble (9th)

Entrepreneurship (Indiv.)

  • Dane Fournier (10th)

Business Services (Indiv.)

  • Briggs Ellis (10th)

Automotive Services (Indiv.)

  • William Dacy (10th)
  • Phineas Petersen (9th)
  • Alexander Bannerman (5th)

Travel & Tourism Team

  • Ryan Toomey & Kobe Williams (6th)

Hospitality Services Team

  • Enzo Roth & Miko Van Wollen (9th)

Financial Services Team

  • Finn Evans & Matteo Tropea (8th)
  • Jack Higgins & Henry Paloy (6th)
  • Kaleb Carr & Cooper Gissing (4th)
  • Ousman Dibba & Henry Wing (2nd)

Entrepreneurship Team

  • Joseph Lynch & Elijah Palmer (4th)
  • Jacob Newman & Dylan Smith  (1st)

Buying & Merchandising Team

  • Nicholas Behrens & Cormac Hummel (6th)
  • Adam Kloeppel & Oscar Osten (2nd)

Integrated Marketing Project Service Team

  • Colin Jones & Maksimilian Karman & Hudson White (9th)