Saints Earn 22 National-Qualifying Awards at State BPA

Congratulations to Mrs. Allard and our XHS Business Professionals of America (BPA) students who had an outstanding showing at the virtual 2021 BPA State Leadership Conference in February! The Saints earned 30 top-ten honors and had 22 national-qualifying performances across multiple events.

National-Qualifying BPA Students:

• Natalie Allen
• Stephanie Allen
• Rylee Beardsworth*
• Britt Bowersox*
• Riley Braksiek
• Kate Burns*
• Jake Dougherty
• Kassidy Drish
• William Grainger*
• Brady Horstmann*
• Faith Karl*
• William Karl*
• Andrew Kleineck*
• Josef Lemker
• Jessica Lyon
• Emma Shimak

*indicates student who qualified for national conference in multiple events

Administrative Support Team:

• 1st place (National Qualifier): Rylee Beardsworth, Britt Bowersox, Kate Burns, & Stephanie Allen
• 2nd place (National Qualifier): Brady Horstmann, Jake Dougherty, William Grainger, & William Karl

Advanced Spreadsheet Applications:

• 1st Place (National Qualifier): Brady Horstmann
• 2nd Place (National Qualifier): Faith Karl
• 3rd Place (National Qualifier): Andrew Kleineck
• 4th Place (National Qualifier): William Grainger

Advanced Word Processing Skills:

• 4th place (National Qualifier): William Karl

C++ Programming:

• 1st Place (National Qualifier): Andrew Kleineck

Computer Programming Concepts:

• 3rd Place: Andrew Kleineck

Database Applications:

• 1st Place (National Qualifier): Brady Horstmann
• 2nd Place (National Qualifier): William Grainger
• 3rd Place (National Qualifier): Jessica Lyon

Ethics & Professionalism:

• 1st Place (National Qualifier): Britt Bowersox

Financial Math & Analysis Concepts:

• 2nd place: Faith Karl
• 6th place: Anee Baumann

Fundamental Accounting:

• 10th Place: Jake Dougherty

Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications:

• 2nd place (National Qualifier): Kate Burns
• 4th place (National Qualifier): Kassidy Drish
• 5th place (National Qualifier): Rylee Beardsworth
• 9th place: Casey Gannon

Fundamental Word Processing:

• 7th place: Kassidy Drish

ICD-10-CM Medical Diagnostic Coding:

• 1st place (National Qualifier): Britt Bowersox

Integrated Office Applications:

• 2nd place (National Qualifier): Josef Lemker

Intermediate Word Processing:

• 1st Place (National Qualifier): Kate Burns
• 3rd Place (National Qualifier): Rylee Beardsworth
• 4th Place (National Qualifier): Riley Braksiek
• 5th Place (National Qualifier): Faith Karl

Podcast Production Team:

• 1st Place (National Qualifier): Natalie Allen & Emma Shimak

Presentation Management Individual:

• 4th Place: Hailey Pfab

Presentation Management Team:

• 3rd place: Anne Baumann, Ella Tallett, Jessica Lyon, & Riley Braksiek

The 2021 BPA National Leadership Conference will be held virtually this Spring.