Seniors Alexis Limary and Hannah Ceranski capped their DECA careers with a second-place finish in the Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making event at the 2026 DECA International Career Development Conference in Atlanta April 25-28. More than 25,000 high school students, teacher-advisors, business professionals, and alumni came together for the event.
Of the 47 Academy students to qualify for internationals, eight were finalists, representing all of the finalists from New Mexico. In addition to Alexis and Hannah, they were:
- Ajay Keerthy ’28 and Creedence Snyder ’28: Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
- Antonella Begay ’26, Dana Manriquez ’26, and Brooke Ponte ’26: Community Awareness Project
- Lur Jacoby ’27: Entrepreneurship Individual Series (Top Test Score)
“We are very proud of all of our students who made it to ICDC,” said Coach Shawn Ricketts. “This was by far the largest and the most successful group of competitors that the Academy has ever taken to compete at the international level in DECA.”
