Butler Tech will send 80 students to national competition at the Business Professionals of America (BPA) National Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas, May 9 – 13. The students qualified at state-level competition during the Ohio BPA State Leadership Conference held in Columbus. An additional 35 students placed in the Top 10 of their competitions.
During the conference, it was announced that three Butler Tech students won three of the four available Ohio BPA scholarships. Safa Azad (Financial Services – Northwest), Nicholas Harper (Financial Services – Northwest), and Adam Haynes (Digital Media – Northwest) will each receive a $1,000 scholarship. The scholarships are awarded based on grade point average; intent to pursue a college degree in business, administrative services, management, finance, information technology, marketing, or entrepreneurship; and an interview with judging committee.
“This year, we set a record number for state BPA competitors with 198 students,” said Kristen AbuDakar, Butler Tech BPA administrator. “Their performance at state competition was an amazing showing of the hard work and effort by our students and their teachers.”
Butler Tech instructors and advisors with students involved in BPA include: Steve Chambers and Tom Newman (Butler Tech D. Russel Lee Building); Joni Bachelor, Elias Perdue, and Mike Davis (Fairfield programs); Peter Clark and Rick Yerigan (Northwest programs); Michelle Hadsell and Jim Williams (Colerain programs); Nick Argentati, Rusty Hubbard, and Ken Merchant (Northwest Middle School programs).
NATIONAL QUALIFIERS (BY BUILDING)
Colerain High School
| Michael | Lewis | Advanced Spreadsheets |
| Brittany | Ashcraft | Business Law & Ethics |
| Hunter | Mastlin | Fundamentals of Web Design |
| Ben | Lowry | Medical Office Procedures |
Colerain Middle School
| Adrian | Cook | Digital Game Design Team ML |
| Justin | Rettig | Digital Game Design Team ML |
| Cyrus | McCane | Financial Literacy |
| Dior | Betts | Presentation Management Team ML |
| Grace | Gehner | Presentation Management Team ML |
| Trinyti | Harvey | Presentation Management Team ML |
| Mia | Heibel | Presentation Management Team ML |
| Kaitlyn | Hill | Presentation Management Team ML |
| Avery | Mason | Presentation Management Team ML |
| Becka | Siener | Presentation Management Team ML |
| Samantha | Woytsek | Presentation Management Team ML |
| Alexandra | Harvey | Spreadsheet Applications ML |
| Cole | Kombrinck | Website Design Team |
| Ethan | Stoelt | Website Design Team |
| Brayden | Williams | Website Design Team |
D. Russel Lee Building
| Jacob | Dorow | 325 Network Design Team |
| David | Gillispie | 325 Network Design Team |
| Kaleb | Heinz | 325 Network Design Team |
| Dylan | McKnight | 325 Network Design Team |
Fairfield Freshman School
| Kyle | Giess | Extemporaneous Speech |
| Nathan | Sheriff | ICD-10CM Diagnostic Coding |
| Devery | Smith | ICD-10CM Diagnostic Coding |
Northwest High School
| Jackie | Linville | Advanced Word Processing |
| Patrick | Crockett | Broadcast News Production Team |
| Christian | Jacquillard | Broadcast News Production Team |
| William | Lemmink | Broadcast News Production Team |
| Aaron | Shouse | Broadcast News Production Team |
| Caitlin | Scheib | Digital Publishing |
| Isaiah | Sheilds | Extemporaneous Speech |
| James | Adleta | Financial Analyst Team |
| Jalen | Perry | Financial Analyst Team |
| Melanie | Wilzbach | Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications |
| Miranda | Barton | Fundamental Word Processing |
| Tu | Cao | Fundamental Word Processing |
| Millicent | Boni | Graphic Design Promotion |
| Trinity | Robinson | Human Resource Management |
| Will | Jasper | Intermediate Word Processing |
| Gabby | Mahar | Interview Skills |
| Keith | Love | Legal Office Procedures |
| Kieron | Harrell Mays | National Officer Campaign Manager |
| Nicholas | Harper | National Officer Candidate |
| Robert | Roach | Personal Financial Management |
| Safa | Azad | State Officer |
| Brennan | Gehring | Sub: Financial Analyst Team |
| Diajah | Kidd | Sub: Financial Analyst Team |
| Adam | Haynes | Voting Delegate – still awaiting State Response |
Pleasant Run Middle School
| Josh | Armor | Administrative Support Team ML |
| Steven | Bidleman | Administrative Support Team ML |
| Sam | Brecher | Administrative Support Team ML |
| Steven | Harrington | Administrative Support Team ML |
| Ethan | Gibson | Extemporaneous Speech ML |
| Michael | Posey | Extemporaneous Speech ML |
| Sierra | Goldick | Graphic Design Promotion ML |
| Hanna | Baker | Intro to Video Production Team ML |
| Myles | Blackwell | Intro to Video Production Team ML |
| Emerson | Cancinos | Intro to Video Production Team ML |
| Noah | Denson | Intro to Video Production Team ML |
| Lexi | Keys | Intro to Video Production Team ML |
| Mathias | Yohannes | Intro to Video Production Team ML |
| Lauren | Humphrey | Prepared Speech ML |
| Haley | Meece | Spreadsheet Applications |
White Oak Middle School
| Makyla | Grace | Administrative Support Team ML |
| Alexia | Griffs | Administrative Support Team ML |
| Holly | Leininger | Administrative Support Team ML |
| Makayla | Robinson | Administrative Support Team ML |
| Bethany | Strecker | Digital Game Design Team ML |
| Savannah | Swancer | Digital Game Design Team ML |
| Nate | Perkins | Graphic Design Promotion ML |
| Khamilah | Abdul-Waheed | Keyboarding Production ML |
| Thierno | Diallo | Prepared Speech ML |
| Gavin | Heid | Website Design Team ML |
| Daniel | Stojanovski | Website Design Team ML |
TOP 10 PLACEMENT AT STATE (BY BUILDING)
D. Russel Lee Building
| Dylan | McKnight | 391 Information Technology Concepts-Open |
| Nicholas | Tomlinson | 391 Information Technology Concepts-Open |
| Logan | Jodrey | 510 Small Business Management Team |
| Elian | Manzueta Nivar | 510 Small Business Management Team |
| Dayvon | Simley | 510 Small Business Management Team |
| Dylan | Stenski | 520 Advanced Interview Skills |
| Dakota | Carter | 591 Management, Marketing and Human Resources – Open |
Fairfield Freshman School
| David | Albrecht | Financial Analyst Team |
| Nathan | Hershner | Financial Analyst Team |
| Kayli | Bell | Website Design Team |
| Jada | Boyer | Website Design Team |
Fairfield High School
| Paola | Alcantara-Arias | Advanced Spreadsheet Apps. |
| Haley | Gale | Economic Research-Individual |
| Parminder | Kaur | Entrepreneurship |
| Mackenzie | Spurlock | Global Marketing Team |
| Kally | Spurlock | Global Marketing Team |
| Hailey | Planert | Personal Financial Management |
| Daniel | Partlow | Presentation Management Individual |
| Kyle | Hoover | SQL Database Fundamentals |
Northwest High School
| Safa | Azad | Financial Analyst Team |
| Nicholas | Harper | Financial Analyst Team |
| Diego | Neri | Economic Research Team |
| David | Russell | Economic Research Team |
| Austin | Sellers | Economic Research Team |
| Arthur | Tilman | Economic Research Team |
| Brandon | Bennett | Fundamental Desktop Publishing |
| Brennan | Gehring | Personal Financial Management |
| Carleigh | Boyd | Small Business Management Team |
| Daija | Brown | Small Business Management Team |
| Serenity | Robertson | Small Business Management Team |
| Lauryn | Russell | Small Business Management Team |
| Bryce | Baldock | Video Production Team |
| Kieron | Harrell Mays | Video Production Team |
| Adam | Haynes | Video Production Team |
| David | Scott | Video Production Team |