Students placing at the region level in individual contests include, by name, place, contest and high school (Thirty-one of the eligible competitors will compete at the state level in Columbus on March 18-19. * — eligible to advance to state):
*Zachery LeMaster, second, Fundamental Accounting, Sidney.
Nikki Cassara, third, Fundamental Accounting, Troy.
Brandon Pittman, fifth, Fundamental Accounting, Piqua.
*Erica Fornshil, first, Computerized Accounting, Piqua.
*Cody Wagner, second, Payroll Accounting, Sidney.
Erica Fornshil, third, Payroll Accounting, Piqua.
Ashlie Hurley, fourth, Payroll Accounting, Sidney.
Christina Carver, fifth, Payroll Accounting, Newton.
*Melanie Mescher, first, Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications, Ft. Loramie.
Tiffany Neves, fifth, Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications, Piqua.
*Taylor Johnson, fifth, Banking & Finance, Houston.
Marissa Elrod, sixth, Keyboarding Production, Tipp City.
*Jessica Scott, first, Fundamental Word Processing Skills, Sidney.
Lacey Summers, sixth, Fundamental Word Processing Skills, Piqua.
Shelby Dawson, fourth, Fundamental Word Processing Skills, Troy.
*Kristina Diehl, first, Advanced Office Systems, Houston.
*Bethany Martin, second, Advanced Office Systems, Sidney.
*Nathan Stump, first, Network Administrative, Houston.
*Trey Miller, second, C++ Programming, Anna.
*Zach Richards, second, VB.NET Programming, Jackson Center.
*Joseph Pulfer, second, Fundamentals of Web Design, Sidney.
Justin McCrossin, third, PC Servicing & Troubleshooting, Troy.
*Brendan McBride, first, Computer Security, Sidney.
Shelby Owens, second, Digital Media, Troy.
Channing Murphy, third, Digital Media, Covington.
Brandon Pittman, third, Entrepreneurship, Piqua.
Josh Burger, fourth, Entrepreneurship, Bradford.
Crystal Ferguson, second, Graphic Design Promotion, Botkins.
Heather Francis, third, Graphic Design Promotion, Houston.
Christopher Collins, fifth, Graphic Design Promotion, Piqua.
*Hillary Devinney, first, Prepared Speech, Sidney.
Those students from the JVS placing in team competitions include:
Administrative Support: *First – Kristina Diehl of Houston and Bethany Martin of Sidney. Third – Lacey Summers of Piqua and Stephanie Oliver of Miami East. Fourth – Ciara Reynolds of Troy, Shelby Dawson of Troy, Jessica Hull of Sidney and Krystal Leet of Troy. Fifth – Marissa Elrod of Tipp City, Larry Minkins of Piqua, Kayla Waddle of Troy and Cody Odom of Troy.
Software Engineering Team: *First – Trey Miller of Anna, Ryan Koeller of Troy and Logan Looker of Troy.
Small Business Management Team: Fourth – Kayla Eilerman of Ft. Loramie and Melanie Mescher of Ft. Loramie. Fifth – Cody Wagner of Sidney, Marcus Story of Sidney, Ashlie Hurley of Sidney and Christina Carver of Newton.
Computer Animation Team: Second – Chelsea Nix of Troy, Derrick Brownlee of Troy, Sam Fox of Troy and Paul Carnahan of Troy.
Video Production Team: Second – Tiffany Smith of Piqua, Emilie Oakes of Newton and Lacy Hamilton of Piqua. Third – kate Heckaman of Sidney, Dylan Hemm of Piqua, Ashley Frey of Newton and Sara Otherson of Troy. Fifth – Alishia Patterson of Houston, Olivia Wright of Jackson Center, Shawn Farley of Troy and Kaleb Brown of Piqua. Sixth – Daniella Goetze-Lambes of Piqua, Brian Reder of Sidney and Courtney Ferryman of Piqua Christian.
Web Site Design Team: Second – Taylor Jacob of Troy and Jade Wilson of Jackson Center.
Web Application Team: Third – Kyle Muhlenkamp of Russia, Justin McCrossin of Troy and Brett Casey of Troy.
Students and teams from JVS satellites also earned top places:
Sidney High School – Computer Information Systems
Individual
Luke Roberts, fourth, Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications
*Ethan Headings, second, Database Applications
Alex Lochard, fourth, Database Applications
*Earl Bell, first, C++ Programming
Andrew Young, third, C++ Programming
Bradley Jones, fourth, C++ Programming
Jacob Hickman, fifth, C++ Programming
Jacob Oldiges, sixth, C++ Programming
*Christopher Gaier, third, VB.NET Programming
Mark Otto, fifth, VB.NET Programming
*Ethan Langhorst, first, JAVA Programming
*Andrew Spurgeon, second, JAVA Programming
Donavan Krueger, third, JAVA Programming
Evan Goubeaux, sixth, Fundamentals of Web Design.
Team
Software Engineering: Second – Christopher Gaier and Keoni Gredvig
Web Site Design Team: Third – Mark Otto, Jacob Hickman, Evan Goubeaux and Cody Freisthler.
Web Application Team: Fourth – Gavin Spangler, Alex Lochard, Bradley Jones and Ethan Headings.
Troy High School – Information Technology
Individual
Jon Bramlette, sixth, Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications.
Dillon Cromes, third, Advanced Spreadsheet Applications.
Devin Bolton, fourth, Advanced Spreadsheet Applications.
Alicia Simpson, sixth, Banking & Finance.
*Priya Patel, first, Integrated Office Applications.
*Alicia Simpson, second, Integrated Office Applications.
*Ellen Schaefer, first, Desktop Publishing.
Nichole Terry, third, Desktop Publishing.
*Ian Geer, first, Database Applications.
Justin Miller, sixth, VB.NET Programming.
Priya Patel, fourth, VB.NET Programming.
*Josh Rowland, first, VB.NET Programming.
Matthew Steffens, sixth, Computer Security.
Jon Bramlette, third, Interview Skills.
*Chris Basil, first, Advanced Interview.
Team
Web Site Design Team: Fourth – Joe Winner, Kyle Toy and Douglas Burchfield. Sixth – Aoyang Yu, Matthew Steffens and Kyle Tucker.
Small Business Management Team: Sixth – Nathan Fair and Kyle Terando.
Presentation Management Team: Third – Tyler Burton and Christopher Ullery.
Web Application Team: *First – Joshua Rowland, Justin Miller, Victoria Le and Nicole Terry.
State contest participants will join more than 2,000 BPA members from 18 regions across the state in Columbus. Awards will be presented March 19. Top winners will advance to national competition May 5-9 in Anaheim, Calif.
Advisers for the students are: Lucy Bailey, Troy; Carol Baughman, Ansonia; David Blackmore, Dayton; David Briggs, Piqua; Susan Caudill, St. Paris; Shellie Gyetvai; Tipp City; Connie Keim, Casstown; Sue Phillis, Troy; and Joe Spangler, Sidney.
Students from Springfield Clark CTC, Greene County Career Center, Tolles Career and Technical Center and school satellites also participated in the competition. The top finishers in each event received a plaque and/or a medallion for their effort.