Polk County Public Schools
The following students won awards at the local Future Business Leaders of America Leadership Conference held at Polk Community College in Winter Haven.
FBLA is a business education program in secondary schools for students to develop vocational and career competencies. FBLA also works to promote civic and personal responsibility. FBLA events include accounting, business communication, cyber security, database design, digital video, marketing and parliamentary procedure.
Each student winning a local award qualified to compete at the state leadership conference being held April 27 to 30 in Orlando.
Local FBLA award winners are listed according to school.
Auburndale High: Racquel Bernard, Meleny Bhageloe, Alyssa Bingaman, Jordan Cox, Bobby Henigsmith, Jeehoon Kim, Tyler Knapp, Aaron McElwee, Trenton Moore, Alma Olvera, Jason Pemberton, Kassandhra Reyes, Megan Wiggins, Ashley Woodard.
Bartow High: Rafael Aricheta, Janelle Botardo, Joel Botardo, Pranali Dalvi, Prachiti Dalvi, Allison DiGioia, Graham Foreman, Alexa Jordan, Ambily Joseph, Julie Mahoney, Alexander Kerns, T.J. Konkol-Bennett, Jessica Lewis, Michael Lyons, Bobby Nelson, Sabab Osmani, Chandni Patel, Nathaniel Phen, Leena Philip, Kristin Reecer, Jaree Reid, Theresa Rowe, Margeling Santiago, Magda Schmitzberger, Hercules Stancil, David Stark, Dino Teskeredzic, Emily Trogolo, Jenny Claire Valenti.
Frostproof High: Adilene Alvarez, Brett Baerhold, Jordan Barker, Melissa Bass, Lora Bass, Kenneth Brewer, Samantha Brock, Dylan Denney, Brittany Donaldson, Shalom Gildin, Colleen Hatt, Tyler Heath, Charlie Hurst, Kalani Hutto, Kati Hutto, Nichole Knighten, Lauren Roberts, Omar Rodriguez, J. MiChelle Smith, Laura Stuck, Madison Yungmann.
Gause Academy (Bartow): Antonio Darden, Jade Greenwood, Laurelee Hart, Krystal Johnson, Mairym Martinez, Cassie Morris, Sterling Rossier, Amanda Schofield, Morris Wesley.
George Jenkins High (Lakeland): Mitchell Barnes, Stephanie Bishop, Brittany Boudinot, Valerie Dennis, Alexis Gonzalez, Lindsie Herring, Kristina Holder, Aymee Hyndman, Derek Keller, Tanya Lekhram, Jaqua’ Lewis, Frederick Menditto, Fabienne Missial, Sarah Moberg, Mercedez Ocasio, Lindsay Orr, Nisha Patel, Dharti Patel, Roshni Patel, Rodney Richardson, Jeremy Riley, Rachel Rollins, Christian Santana, Adam Sipe, Stephen Todd, Andrew Van Emden, Justene Viera, Robert Walters, David Ward, Will Wynn, Rachel Wynn, Ryan Yarbrough, Alexander Yarbrough.
Kathleen High (Lakeland): Jennifer Pate, Karresa Tarver, Jasmine Turner.
Lake Gibson High (Lakeland): Trent Almon, Brian Berry, Amanda Cain, Zoe Chin Loy, Rodney Culiver, Angel De Leon, Cameron Dixon, Elizabeth Funcheon, Deanna Gieseman, Allison Gulledge, Ashley Johnson, Jasmine Johnson, Maryann Klein, Raymond Light, Alexandra Lowe, Vanessa Maikisch, Matthew McBrayer, Ashley McGinnis, Jimmy Meeks, Stephan Mercado, Andrew Miller, Kaley Nesvacil, Abbey Nolan, Matthew Olsen, Krishawn Owens, Sarah Pack, Alex Ripley, Shanelle Soldiew, Juan Soto, Shelby Spires, Dion Spires, Autumn Tinsley, Elizabeth Toseland, Sarah Wise.
Lake Region High (Eagle Lake): Joshua Hart, Dakota Johns, Leah Lehman, Hunter McCormick, Krista Parsons, Priyanka Patel, Trishna Patel, Neal Patel, Parth Patel, Jordan Rowley, Amanda Supiran, Kendell Vincent, Tera Williford, Eunise Zamora.
Lake Wales High: Brianna Bell, Yanina Beltran, Lisa Bretch, Chris Collins, Yirel Fuerte, David Harden, Jared Horne, Amber Johnson, Alex Jones, Charlin Olivo,, Leslie Rodarte, Kevin Shields, Amanda Sikes, Kevin Sullivan, Emily Tonjes, Angel Velasco, Andrew Vigna, Geoffrey West, Allyson Wheeler.
Lakeland High: Brandon Bejacmar, Jaronn Goodman, Ciara Latimer, Nerissa Rickman, Tyauna Woods.
McKeel Academy (Lakeland): Brooklynne Atwell, Victoria Hargrove, Miranda Mays, Amelia Soura, Darrell Thornton.
Mulberry High: Soroya Beckford, Nicol Brito-Salaberrios, Leah Burroughs, Celinda Flores, Lauren Fowler, Melanie Haygood, Anequa Haynes, Teri Hess, Ilzamara Leite, Vekisha McCall, Nancy Parker, Jessica Parker, Cory Paul, Amber Phillips, Anthony Raborn, Laroya Rourk, Alacia Stancil, Randy Swiger, Shereen Taylor, Ciara Vasquez, Melanie Walker.
Ridge Community High (Davenport): Sarah Brescia, Stephanie Chu, Kimberly Chung, Valerie Fullins, Ashley Greene, Kaitlyn Johnson, Kenneth Pascascio, Diedra Rodriguez, Meghan Russell.
Winter Haven High: Kayla Anderson, Katie Baggett, Kaitlyn Bice, Lauren Brocklesby, Parker Brown, Robin Cai, Brittaney Cox, Ray Daugherty, Lindsey DeArmond, Lauren DeLeon, Jake Floto, Chris Humphrey, Enrique Lara, Vanessa Leon, Yakira Mason, Kevin Nehila, Chuong Nguyen, Joe Ragsdale, Jenifer Rugay, Cedriss Saint-Louis, Arlene Shi, Jordan Silvey, Marie-France Toussaint, Christopher Tucker, Wilson Waddell, Courtney Wallace.