During the 2022-23 school year, Leander ISD’s exceptional DECA students continued the tradition of taking the business world by storm. Their dedication, hard work and talent propelled them from the Texas State DECA Competition and on to the prestigious DECA International Career Development Conference, where they showcased their skills on the international stage.

Vista Ridge High School advanced 10 teams or individuals to ICDC, Vandegrift High School sent five, Rouse High School sent four, Cedar Park High School sent three and Leander High School sent one. In total, 23 teams or individuals from across the district competed at the international level.

At ICDC, Top 3 finishers included:

  • The Cedar Park team of Ethne Barnes, Claire Poulter and Paisley Schalles, which finished 1st in Integrated Marketing Campaign for a Product
  • Rouse’s Pranav Boopalam, who placed 2nd, in the Professional Selling Event
  • Rouse’s team of Bhavyashree Duggirala, Srisamarth Kolnati and Ayushi Priyadarshani, which placed 2nd in Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, along with winning a $1,000 scholarship

Congratulations to all of our LISD DECA students and teachers on a year of tremendous growth and accomplishments!

LISD International Career Development Conference Competitors

Vista Ridge High School

  • Abhilash Lankalapalli, Atharv Vani and Adith Chandraiah – Business Services Operations
  • Pranav Sarma, Risha Myadala and Sridhanush Mittapalli – Buying and Merchandising Operations
  • The team of Minh Pham, Vinh Pham and Pranav Rao – Finance Operations
  • Anushka Patel, Ridhima Gupta and Zehra Sahin – Hospitality and Tourism Operations
  • Manal Rashid, Daniel Warmerdam and Ayushi Sharma – Hospitality and Tourism Operations
  • Jayachandra Dasari, Aashrith Attelli and Akshat Rohella – Sports and Entertainment
  • Parth Sangani, Aayush Baniya and Kaarthi Vedere – Sports and Entertainment
  • Katie Luu, Gabriel Neibauer and Sriya Chalasani – Business Solutions Project
  • Nishika Bajaj and Rajvi Babaria – Career Development Project
  • Samhita Koganti, Medha Pulluru and Alyssa Miller – Financial Literacy Project

Cedar Park High School

  • Ethne Barnes, Claire Poulter and Paisley Schalles – Integrated Marketing Campaign – Product – 1st Place
  • Danielle Tran – Apparel and Accessories Marketing
  • Eshan Bhardwaj, Gautham Saravanan and Alex Thummalapalli – Knowledge Matters Virtual Business for Personal Finance – 4th Place

Vandegrift High School

  • Samuel Li, Jason Kim and Ryan Chin – Virtual Business – Entrepreneurship 
  • Cynthia Chen – Marketing Communications Services
  • Anvitha Kandula – Professional Selling Event
  • Inaaya Momin – Personal Financial Literacy Event
  • Rasika Patel – Entrepreneurship Series

Rouse High School

  • Pranav Boopalam – Professional Selling Event – 2nd Place
  • Bhavyashree Duggirala, Ayushi Priyadarshini and SriSamarth Kolnati – Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising challenge – 2nd Place
  • Tanushree Duggirala — $1,000 Hilton Scholarship Winner
  • Dillon Shinha – Sport and Entertainment Marketing
  • Saipreetam Earanti and Gabriel Melo – Sport and Entertainment Decision
  • Saatvik Anantha, Sai Katta, Ahan Saripalli, Kaustubh Annavarapu and Dhama Uppuluri – Virtual Business Challenge Sports

Leander High School

Shreyas Ananth and Chloe Rhee – Independent Business Plan

Additional LISD DECA Recognition

  • Leander DECA was recognized for the Texas Two-Step Campaign, Bring-a-Friend Challenge and membership growth
  • Glenn DECA was recognized for the National Membership Campaign, National Community Service Campaign and the National Advocacy Campaign
  • Cedar Park DECA was recognized for the Texas Membership Campaign, Texas Two-Step Campaign, National Membership Campaign and National Community Service Campaign
  • Vista Ridge DECA’s Lynn Kwon held the 2022–23 D5 President Position, Pranav Sarma is the 2023–24 Vice President-Elect, and the school was also recognized with the Century Chapter Award and Membership Campaign Award