Wellsville FBLA Achieves Top Honors
Wellsville FBLA rose to the top once again as it earned the title of the Outstanding Kansas FBLA Chapter for the sixth time in eight years. The award was not presented in 2020 and 2021 during COVID-19. With 91 high school chapters in attendance and over 1,400 Kansas FBLA members competing, Wellsville FBLA had 36 competing itself. Of those 36, Wellsville had 24 members qualify to compete at nationals.
The Outstanding Kansas FBLA Chapter award is earned by the FBLA chapter obtaining a combination of the highest number of points from Top 10 placings received at the Kansas FBLA State Leadership Conference and by the number of activities that the chapter performs throughout the year. There are 70+ business-related events that the students compete in at the conference.
“I am extremely proud of the Wellsville FBLA program and the program that has been built over the past 30 years under my advisership. I have strong expectations for the students when they tell me they want to earn a spot to compete at nationals. I expect the students to have the ability to compete against everyone at the national conference. Whether they are competing against states that have 30,000 members or students from other countries or schools that are 10 times our size, I push the kids to compete against them all. It has been difficult knowing that I am retiring this year, but I still know we have things left to do and things to accomplish. The underclassmen are amazing, and I expect to see great things come from them even after I am gone. As long as they continue their hard work and strive to persevere, they will be successful, and they will continue the success of the Wellsville FBLA chapter.
But my biggest hope is that every student who has been involved with Wellsville FBLA somehow learned a skill or developed a quality that will benefit them personally, in the work force, or in the community, to make them a better individual.” stated Dawn Rottinghaus, Wellsville FBLA adviser for the past 30 years.
Seven senior members were awarded the Quality Member Award—Morgan Adams, Ailie McClellan, Jack Lytle, Jake Richards, Shelby Harter, Elliot Kelley and Maggie Brungardt. While sophomores Mason Lytle and Avery Morin were elected to the 2023-2024 Kansas FBLA State Officer Team as Treasurer and District VII Vice President, respectively.
Although Kansas FBLA allows the Top 4 placings in each event to compete at the National Leadership Conference that will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, this summer from June 26 through June 30, Wellsville FBLA allows only the members who have placed in the Top 2 to compete.
Following are the Wellsville FBLA members who placed in the Top 10 at the Kansas FBLA State Leadership Conference that was held in Topeka, Kansas, at the Stormont Vail Events Center on March 29 through March 31. Although many of them are fortunate enough to choose which event they would like to compete at nationals in, they are only allowed to compete in one event, unless it is a chapter event (American Enterprise Project, Community Service Project, and Local Chapter Annual Business Report). A star indicates the event that Wellsville FBLA members will compete in at the National Leadership Conference. There are a total of 24 Wellsville FBLA members who have qualified to compete this summer.
*American Enterprise Project—1st (Morgan Adams, Jake Richards, Owen Dalton)
Banking & Financial Systems—4th (Elliot Kelley, Mile Reed, Owen Dalton)
*Broadcast Journalism—1st (Maggie Brungardt, Kaileigh Fletcher, Avery Morin)
Business Calculations—2nd (Miles Reed)
*Business Financial Plan—1st (Miles Reed, Hackathorn, Elliot Kelley)
Business Management—1st (Ailie McClellan, Calvin Dwyer, Owen Dalton)
Client Services—Aistin Henry (3rd), Mason Lytle (6th), Maggie Brungardt (7th)
*Community Service Project—1st (Joclynn Johnson, Kelsey Johnson, Mason Lytle)
*Digital Video Production—2nd (Lucy Face, Jack Lytle, Jaylee Kauffman)
*E-Business—1st (Owen Dalton, Calvin Dwyer, Aistin Henry)
Economics—6th (Miles Reed)
Help Desk—1st (Miles Reed)
Hospitality & Event Management—4th (Kendra Kemp, Calvin Dwyer, Mason Lytle)
Impromptu Speaking—9th (Miles Reed)
International Business—2nd (Owen Dalton, Mason Lytle, Miles Reed)
*Introduction to Business Presentation—1st (Oliver Dwyer, Sofia MacDonald, Carter Wilmarth)
Introduction to Event Planning—1st (Oliver Dwyer, Sofia MacDonald, Mason Lytle)
Introduction to FBLA—8th (Mason Lytle)
Job Interview— Kendra Kemp (3rd), Joclynn Johnson (4th)
Journalism—9th (Lucy Face)
*Local Chapter Annual Business Report—1st (Kendra Kemp, Ailie McClellan, Lola Kline)
Management Information Systems—2nd (Miles Reed, Aistin Henry, Owen Dalton)
Marketing—1st (Jack Lytle, Jake Richards, Calvin Dwyer)
Network Design—1st (Miles Reed, Aistin Henry, Owen Dalton)
Networking Infrastructure—3rd (Owen Dalton)
Personal Finance—1st (Miles Reed)
*Publication Design—1st (Kendra Kemp, Ailie McClellan, Morgan Adams)
Supply Chain Management—10th (Elliot Kelley)
*UX Design—2nd (Maci Randel)
*Website Design—1st (Lola Kline, Jake Richards, Mason Lytle)
Future Business Leader—10th (Joclynn Johnson), 8th (Kendra Kemp)
Who’s Who in FBLA—6th (Joclynn Johnson), 7th (Kendra Kemp), 8th (Mason Lytle)
Wellsville FBLA Middle School State FBLA Leadership Conference Results
Annual Chapter Activities Presentation—1st (Emmy Lytle & Kaylee Wood)
Business Etiquette—2nd (Liam Dalton), 5th (Emmy Lytle)
Community Service Presentation—1st (Zarek O’Neil & Ethan Selk)
Critical Thinking—2nd (Liam Dalton, Blake Lyman & Emmy Lytle)
Digital Citizenship—1st (Liam Dalton)
Elevator Speech—1st (Jenna Roberts), 2nd (Emmy Lytle), 3rd (Blake Lyman)
Exploring Computer Science—1st (Blake Lyman)
Exploring Economics—1st (Blake Lyman), 3rd (Josh Toman), 5th (Liam Dalton)
FBLA Concepts—3rd (Kaylee Wood)
FBLA Mission & Pledge—1st (Pete Dorsey), 2nd (Josh Toman), 5th (Mara Dreiling)
Interpersonal Communication—3rd (Josh Toman), 5th (Emmy Lytle)
Multimedia & Web Design—1st (Liam Dalton & Ryker Robertson)
Running an Effective Meeting—5th (Emmy Lytle)
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