February 27, 2023

Congrats to Cuthbertson High’s big showing at this year’s DECA state competition

CHS DECA Club

Congratulations to this year’s CHS’ DECA chapter for bringing home the most medalists in CHS DECA history.

Over 4700 kids from all over North Carolina that make up DECA HS chapters competed at the Koury Convention Center.
With even the top-notch competition from larger chapters, our CHS DECA kids definitely upped their game!

6 Top 4 DECA Glass Winners (automatically qualifying them to move on to the international competition in Orlando in April) along with a team of 3 that were 1st Place in the US for a Virtual Business Competition earlier last year.

14 Medalists / Top 10 Finalists –  These students could also possibly move up to the International Competition if winners from other chapters drop out of contention!

If you know any of these students, please congratulate them on just a flat-out INCREDIBLE showing:

  • Srujan Ponnapalli: 1st Place in Business Finance Services: (this student took 1st Place in his 2 Role Plays AND Exam score!)
  • Grady Crumpler: 2nd Place in Business Finance Services Team of Ciaran Burr and Payton Best: Entrepreneurship Team Event
  • Lia Yagnesek: 4 Place in Financial Literacy Project
  • Nick Carelli: 3rd Place in Accounting Applications
  • Medalists (Top 10) in their respective competitions:
    • Carson Tate, Thad Wilkin, Laila Shaqqo, Kaitlyn O’Sullivan, Snigdha Kavuri, Sai Nelluri, Eshan Doultani, Gayatri Bhimanapalli, George Bakirtzis, Daniel Allen, Sanjay Javvadi, Rithik Mamidi, and Daniel Mejia