Fairmont’s CTC students qualify for state

The Fairmont Career Tech Center had a record number of students place high enough in district competitions to qualify for state competition. Forty-seven in Fairmont’s Marketing Tech Prep program are headed to state after placing at the district DECA competition, including:

■ Nick Brown (Principles of Business Management & Administration), Hadley Short (Principles of Hospitality & Tourism), Nicole Bryan (Principles of Marketing), Daniel Potyrala, Kiera Warren and Jacob Profitt (Accounting Applications Series), Austin Wilson (Automotive Services Series);

■ Katie Elam (Business Finance Series), Abigail Decker (Business Services) Jadyn Stargel and Mitchell Counts (Entrepreneurship Series), Connor Rouse (Food Marketing Series), Maggie Aldridge (Hotel & Lodging Series), Rebecca Ball (Human Resources Management Series), Aimee Haskins (Quick Serve Restaurant Series), Jacob Barattini and Jake Kollars (Restaurant & Food Service Management Series) Emmy Friel & Lily Bodary and Andrew Forman & Cade Morgan (Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making);

■ Brennan Shanesy (Sports & Entertainment Marketing Series), Alec Kane & Daniel Kane (Business Law & Ethics Team), Brandon Newberry & Marisol Perez, Cameron Knopp & Wyatt Taylor and Brendan Fanjoy & Caleb Smith (Financial Services Team), Keirsten Eck & Emma Kane and Gabe Berlean & Cole Reed (Hospitality Services Team), Cameron Cumberland and Jonas Zupanic (Marketing Management Team), Zach Dupler & Jackson Renshaw (Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team), Jared Feltner & Nadji Guezouz (Travel & Tourism Team), Trinity Petrey (Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling), Peter Connelly (Financial Consulting Event) and Jerome Seubert & Aubin Izere (Financial Literacy Event).

Ten students in Fairmont’s Digital Design and Information Technology tech prep programs qualified for state competition through the Business Professionals of America, including Ethan Webb (IT Concepts), David Sangrey & Hunter Seitz (Computer Network Technology), Ethan Webb & Cameron Trevion (PC Servicing and Troubleshooting), Doug Baker, Tyler Filbrun & Richard Buckner (Systems Administration using CISCO), Sydney McElroy (Graphic Design Production) and Madeline Crume and Benjamin Jahn (Digital Publishing).

Rounding out the field of accomplished Fairmont Career Tech students are the Interactive Media Tech Prep students who are finalists in the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Awards program. Those include:

■ Connor Simon (Best Use of Graphics), Alana O’Ryan (Best Variety Program), Ethan Minchew (Best News Report), Colleen Freeze & Alana O’Ryan (Best Specialty Show & Best Radio Drama), Paul Carpenter (Best Commercial Spot & Best Video Promotion);

■ Cameron Combs (Best Radio Station ID), Brett Kent (Best Radio Sweeper), Colleen Freeze (Best Community News Coverage), C.J. Oldaker & Colleen Freeze (Best Use of Video for a Radio Program), Makenna Kramer & Colleen Freeze (Best Use of Twitter, Instagram, & YouTube.) The media students are among finalists from across the nation with the IBS announcing the national winners in March.