Twenty-seven Entries Qualify for National DECA Competition

Nearly three-quarters of the Academy DECA team that competed at state qualified to represent New Mexico at the national competition. Of the 39 students registered for the DECA state competition, two are advancing to leadership academies, and 27 qualified for nationals.

First
Individual Events
Harper Craig ’24
Luke Dolan ’24
Dante Lucero ’24
Spencer Lyon ’23
Landen Martinez ’23 (2)
Erik Youngberg-Aspelin ’23

Team Events
Chloe Carey ’24 and Hana Centenera ’24
Julian Gopal ’24 and Isaiah Hashimoto  ’24
Serlha Kundeling ’24 and Alex Patton ’24
Izy Rubin ’23 and Sierra Wang ’23

Second
Individual Events
Felipe Canaca ’24
Masuma Rizvi ’25
William Stein ’23
Ava Stein ’25

Team Events
George Rule ’23 and Jamal Witter ’24

Third
Individual Events
AJ Rivera ’23
Roman Romero ’23

Team Events
Olivia Davis ’24 and Kaeli Kampschmidt ’23

Fourth
Zach Fisher ’25
Anna Kerschbaumsteiner ’24

While the team is waiting on role play scores, it was announced that Spencer Lyon received the highest score in the state on his written presentation. Landen Martinez qualified through the stock market game. He placed 16^th in the region, which gave him automatic advancement to nationals. He also chose to compete and got first place in his category through testing and role plays.