Two area high schools brought home statewide honors for team and individual events at the DECA South Carolina Career Development Conference held February 20-22 in Charleston. DECA is a student association for grades 9 - 12 that teaches civic consciousness, social awareness, and leadership development.
Academy for Technology and Academics:
- 1st Place – Quinten Dottin, Kenisha Frinks, and Seth Gainforth for The Learn and Earn Project
- 1st Place – Caitlyn Subbert for Hotel and Lodging Management
- 1st Place – Ashley Kronenwetter for the Chapter Awards Project
- 3rd Place – Lindsy Dodson for Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan
- 3rd Place – Khalif Clayton for Entrepreneurship
- Honorable Mention – Kolby Floyd and Alley Quiroga for Internet Marketing Management Team
- Honorable Mention – Bryana Evans for the Marketing Management Series
- Honorable Mention – Oba Mubarak and Michael Rovetto for Entrepreneurship Written
- Top Ten – Cody Stacy for Technical Sales
Socastee High School:
- 2nd Place – Tina Abbasi for Marketing Management
- 2nd Place – Jessica Richards for Quick Serve Restaurant Management
- Honorable Mention – Taylor West for Quick Serve Restaurant Management
- Honorable Mention – Connor Santacroce for Restaurant and Food Service Management
- Honorable Mention – Deanna Miller for Apparel and Accessories Marketing
- Honorable Mention – Chelsea McKinney for Retail Merchandising
- Cassady Jones-French Memorial Scholarship Recipient – Taylor West
- Quiz Bowl All Star – Courtnay Bourque
- Gold Award for Chapter Scrapbook – Jessica Ward, Kristen McCulloch and Alex Poe
- Top Ten – Kate Parris for Food Marketing
- Top Ten – Alley Cuozzo for Food Marketing
- Top Ten – Meredith Neely for Food Marketing
- Top Ten – Alexis Bunting for Food Marketing
- Top Ten – Felia Daye for Retail Merchandising
- Top Ten – Carli Crocker for Business 101
- Top Ten – Anna Bournakis for Restaurant and Food Service Management
- Top Ten – Cloie Ballard for Restaurant and Food Management
- Top Ten – Taylor Keating & Taylor Rich for Buying and Merchandising Management Team
- Top Ten – Kristen McCulloch for Quick Serve Restaurant Management