All six Leander ISD high schools competed at DECA’s state competition and a combined 29 teams advanced to the International Career Development Competition (ICDC), the highest level of DECA competition.

At ICDC, Vista Ridge High School’s team made up of Neev Rathod, Zehra Sahin and Krish Patel-Shah were the champions of the Sports and Entertainment Operations Research category. Cedar Park High School’s Zoe Byabagye was named champion of the Quick Service Restaurant Management category. Rouse High School students Saiakshita Epari, Shrenik Reddy and Harshal Dhadu placed third in the Auction Challenge Campaign category, and Rouse’s Dillon Sinha placed third in the Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series.

DECA is an organization focused on raising the next generation of business owners and marketing pofessionals. According to their website, they “prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.”

Congratulations and well done to all of our Leander ISD DECA students!

Apparel and Accessory Marketing

  • Danielle Tran – Cedar Park HS

Accounting Applications Series

  • Tarun Vijay – Rouse HS – Medalist

Business Finance Series

  • Ilaamaran Arunachalam – Rouse HS – Medalist

Business Growth Plan

  • Saniya Oak – Vista Ridge HS
  • Madison Sifuentes – Vista Ridge HS
  • Sydney Ross – Vista Ridge HS

Business Operations Research

  • Nigamanth Balaji – Vista Ridge HS
  • Sanjay Mistry – Vista Ridge HS
  • Ethan Pope – Vista Ridge HS

Auction Challenge Campaign

  • Saiakshita Epari, Shrenik Reddy & Harshal Dhaduk – Rouse HS – 3rd place

Ethical Leadership Campaign

  • Bhuvana Lingineni & Radhika Singh – Rouse HS

Franchise Business Plan

  • Aryan Anarkat, Rushil Mehta & Adhit Eswaramoorthi – Cedar Park HS

Entrepreneurship Series

  • Hansi Kallem – Rouse HS

Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making

  • Uma Menon – Vandegrift HS
  • Tanvi Anugu – Vandegrift HS

Financial Operations Research

  • Aashrith Attelli – Vista Ridge HS
  • Jayachandra Dasari – Vista Ridge HS
  • Anirudh Rao – Vista Ridge HS
  • Abhijay Thunga, Sujith Allur & Nitish Polishetty – Vista Ridge HS – 7th place

Hotel & Tourism Operations Research

  • Anushka Patel, Adithi Aavula & Srivinya Karusala – Vista Ridge HS – 5th place
  • Krishnatejas Vedere – Vista Ridge HS
  • Nathan Kwon – Vista Ridge HS
  • Sanjay Thunga – Vista Ridge HS

International Business Plan

  • Mayank Bharadwaj, Harshal Dhaduk & Pranav Subramanian – Rouse HS – 6th place

Quick Service Restaurant Management

  • Zoe Byabagye – Cedar Park HS – 1st place

Retail Merchandising Series

  • Ryan Shankar – Leander HSD – Medalist

School Based Enterprise

  • Mercedez Benavidez & Spurthi Nannapaneni – Glenn HS
  • Laasya Nadiminti & Srisamarth Kolnati – Rouse HS
  • Atharva Khanolkar – Vista Ridge HS

Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series

  • Dillon Sinha – Rouse HS – 3rd place
  • Yashas Gopal – Rouse HS

Sports and Entertainment Operations Research

  • Neev Rathod, Zehra Sahin & Krish Patel-Shah – Vista Ridge HS – 1st place
  • Kaarthikeya Vedere, Armaan Khatwani & Maxfield Mohney – Vista Ridge HS
  • Gowri Maracany, Tamsyn Lee & Isha Dwivedi – Vista Ridge HS – 5th place
  • Datta Kurapati, Dishant Patel & Shresth Shivashankar – Leander HS

Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making

  • Ashrith Chinta & Gabriel Melo – Rouse HS – Medalist

Virtual Business Challenge: Fashion

  • Yuktasri Kalichetty, Parinitha Karri & Tarini Anantha – Rouse HS

Virtual Business Challenge: Restaurant

  • Zachary Butler, Mihir Gupta & Lucas Roberto – Vandegrift HS