Louisburg FBLA ready for state competition after strong district showing
Forty-eight students from Louisburg High School will attend the FBLA state convention this week in Topeka.
Attendance will be down at Louisburg High School towards the end of this week, but that is not a bad thing.
In fact, several Wildcat students will be making the trip to Topeka on Wednesday for the FBLA State Convention after a strong showing at the district competition earlier this year.
Louisburg will send 48 students to the state event as several qualified in multiple events at the district competition in Pittsburg.
“This year was our first year to compete at an actual district leadership conference since the 2019-20 school year,” Louisburg FBLA sponsor Adrianne Lane said. “It was a great experience for the students to be able to travel to an actual conference versus having a virtual one. They did great at districts and they all worked very hard to compete and place.”
Louisburg earned 14 district titles during that competition, while the top 10 in each event or test qualified for a spot to compete at state.
It was a year’s worth of preparation that led to a successful outing for the Wildcat program.
“The students spend a lot of time preparing the competition,” Lane said. “We had work nights weekly leading up to the competition so the students could be prepared and ready to compete.”
As much success as they had at districts, competition will ramp up this week at state in Topeka as several students will try to earn a spot at nationals. The top four in each event will qualify for the national competition in Atlanta in late June.
“(State) is a very big and competitive competition as chapters from all around the state of Kansas will be there,” Lane said. “This year we had 48 students qualify to compete and I am very excited to see how we will do this year..”
District Awards 2023
First Place
William Hutsell- Accounting 2
Erin Apple- Advertising
Jackson Rooney, Kaitlyn Vest, Lindsay Keaton- Broadcast Journalism
Carson Wade- Business Calculations
Erin Apple- Business Communications
Nathan Apple- Cyber Security
Erin Apple- Economics
Carson Wade, Ethan Ptacek, Jerynce Brings-Plenty- Entrepreneurship
Brianna Messer Rylee Hickey, Sophie Katzer- Hospitality and Event Management
Erin Apple and Izzy Moreland- International Business
Sabra Brueggen, Ashlyn Kuhlman, Ally Brown- Intro to Social Media Strategy
Nathan Apple, Nathan Vincent- Management Information Systems
Emmett White- Personal Finance
Ethan Ptacek- Securities and Investments
Second Place
Carson Wade- Accounting 2
Izzy Moreland & Erin Apple- Banking and Financial
Layne Ryals, Jackson Rooney, Brock Varns- Business Management
Jenna Cauthon and Ashley Moreau- Data Analysis
Elizabth George and Maddie O’Keefe- Hospitality and Event Management
Jackson Rooney, Layne Ryals, Brock Varns- International Business
Julia Dover and Cricket McIntire- Intro to Business Presentation
Evan Moreland- Intro to Business Procedures
Presley Yows- Intro to Public Speaking
Sami Lane, Mackenzie Rooney and Elizabeth Rooney- Intro to Social Media Strategy
Nathan Apple- Networking Infrastructures
Adyson Ross, Brianne Kuhlman, Nathan Vincent- Social Media Strategies
Carson Wade, Ethan Ptacek, Jerynce Brings-Plenty- Sports and Entertainment Management
Third Place
Nathan Vincent- Advertising
Brianen Kuhlman, Adyson Ross, Alexis Hampton- Business Ethics
Blake Amren- Client Services
Nova Ptacek- Economics
Emmett White- Intro to Marketing Concepts
Julia Dover- Intro to Financial Math
Lindsay Keaton & Brylee Diederich- Marketing
Blake Amren- Personal Finance
Erin Apple- Political Science
Brianne Messer, Rylee Hickey, Kate Frederick- Publication Design
Elizabeth George & Maddie O’Keefe- Sales Presentation
Claire Brown- Supply Chain Management
Fourth Place
Julia Dover- Advertising
William Hutsell- Entrepreneurship
Jenna Cauton- Healthcare Administration
Elizabeth George- Help Desk
Evan Moreland- Intro to Information Technology
Josh Hotlzen & Emmett White- Marketing
Wyatt Holland, Sophie Katzer, Alexis Hampton- Sales Presentation
Fifth Place
Blake Amren- Business Communications
Alexis Hampton- Economics
Blake Amren- Impromptu Speaking
Sixth Place
Megan Quinn- Accounting 1
Brylee Diederich- Accounting 2
Elizabeth George and Maddie O’Keefe- Banking and Financial Systems
Brianne Kuhlman, Bryles Diederich, Kaitlyn Vest- Business Management
Sami Lane- Intro to Business Communication
Josh Holtzen- Intro to Financial Math
Josh Holtzen- Personal Finance
Seventh Place
Bronwynn Williams- Accounting 1
Ethan Ptacek- Insurance and Risk Management
Adyson Ross- Journalism
Eighth Place
Nathan Vincent- Accounting 2
Sophie Katzer- Business Law
Rylee Hickey- Cyber Security
Madison Smith- Human Resource Management
Presley Yows- Job Interview
Ninth Place
Sophie Katzer- Accounting 1
Jacob Bentz- Agribusiness
Jerynce Brings-Plenty- Client Services
Ashley Moreau- Healthcare Administration
Jerynce Brings-Plenty- Impromptu Speaking
Evan Moreland- Intro to Business Concepts
Sabra Brueggen- Intro to Financial Math
Josh Holtzen- Job Interview
Bronwynn Williams- Political Science
Ayden Mckain- Public Speaking
Tenth Place
Jordan Brown- Accounting 1
Ayden McKain- Cyber Security
Sami Lane and Megan Quinn- Graphic Design
Brooklyn Harmon- Job Interview
Ayden McKain- Securities and Investments
Claire Brown- Organizational Leadership