Business Professionals of America held its 51st National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida, from May 9 to 14. Students from Davenport’s Lettinga and Lansing campuses represented the University and earned 12 national championships, eight runner-up finishes, and 8 third-place finishes! Overall, the University placed 69 finalists in the Top Ten. Over the last nine years, Davenport students’ have earned 112 national titles!
There were numerous highlights for Davenport students. Grace McCullick and Thomas Devries were both double national champions! McCullick claimed the top spot in both Interview Skills and Presentation Management-Team. Devries captured the national championship in both C++ Programming and C# Programming. The Presentation Management Team (Rebecca Bosch, Rachael Bylsma, Brittany Cassidy, and Melanie Ryles) rebounded from a second place finish at the State Leadership Conference to claim the championship! The University dominated both C++ Programming and C# Programming, capturing the top 3 places in both events! In addition to their outstanding work in the competitive events, the students’ earned 10 industry certifications during the conference.
These students captured a national championship this year in Orlando: Adam Vance (Management, Marketing, and Human Resources Concepts), Aidan Fairman (Computer Programming Concepts), Collin McCullick (Advanced Interview Skills), Grace McCullick (Interview Skills), Jonathon Gaydos (Computer Security), Luke Grzybowski (Advanced Word Processing), Michael Trinh (Java Programming), Team Bylsma: Brittany Cassidy, Rebecca Bosch, Rachael Bylsma, Melanie Ryles (Presentation Management-Team), Team Herioux: Grace McCullick, Grant Adrianson, Jonathan Herioux (Small Business Management Team), Thomas Devries (C++ Programming), and Thomas Devries (C# Programming) and Team Trinh: Michael Trihn, Joshua Estrada, Dalton Jones (Web Applications Development-Team).
Congratulations to all Davenport University BPA students!
| Name | Event | Place |
| Adam Vance | Business Meeting Management Concepts | Top 10 |
| Adam Vance | Information Technology Concepts | Top 10 |
| Adam Vance | Management, Marketing, and Human Resources Concepts | 1 |
| Aidan Fairman | C++ Programming | 3 |
| Aidan Fairman | Computer Programming Concepts | 1 |
| Aidan Fairman | Information Technology Concepts | Top 10 |
| Aidan Fairman | Management, Marketing, and Human Resources Concepts | Top 10 |
| Aidan Fairman | Project Management Concepts | Top 10 |
| Aidan Fairman | Visual Basic/C# Programming-MTA | 3 |
| Austin Rohr | Federal Income Tax Accounting | Top 10 |
| Austin Rohr | Personal Financial Management | 2 |
| Brittany Cassidy | College Accounting | Top 10 |
| Brittney TerBeek | Advanced College Accounting | Top 10 |
| Charissa Elmer | Advanced Office Systems & Procedures | 3 |
| Collin McCullick | Advanced Interview Skills | 1 |
| Collin McCullick | Computer Network Technology | Top 10 |
| Collin McCullick | PC Servicing & Troubleshooting | Top 10 |
| Gavin Stewart | Computer Programming Concepts | Top 10 |
| Gavin Stewart | Computer Security /MTA Security Fundamentals | 3 |
| Gavin Stewart | Information Technology Concepts | Top 10 |
| Gavin Stewart | Network Administration Using Microsoft | 3 |
| Gavin Stewart | PC Servicing & Troubleshooting | Top 10 |
| Grace McCullick | Interview Skills | 1 |
| Grant Adrianson | Management, Marketing, and Human Resources Concepts | Top 10 |
| Jon Herioux | Financial Math & Analysis Concepts | Top 10 |
| Jonathon Gaydos | Computer Security /MTA Security Fundamentals | 1 |
| Jonathon Gaydos | Fundamentals of Web Design | 2 |
| Jonathon Gaydos | SQL Database Fundamentals | 3 |
| Joshua Estrada | C++ Programming | 2 |
| Kurtis Jones | Visual Basic/C# Programming-MTA | Top 10 |
| Luke Grzybowski | Advanced Word Processing | 1 |
| Luke Grzybowski | Basic Office Systems & Procedures | Top 10 |
| Luke Grzybowski | Legal Office Procedures | 2 |
| Luke Kloosterman | Contemporary Issues | Top 10 |
| Luke Kloosterman | Entrepreneurship | Top 10 |
| Luke Kloosterman | Prepared Speech | Top 10 |
| Makaila Spencer | Administrative Support Concepts | Top 10 |
| Makaila Spencer | Financial Math & Analysis Concepts | Top 10 |
| Makaila Spencer | Managerial Accounting | Top 10 |
| Makaila Spencer | Personal Financial Management | Top 10 |
| Megan Blauwkamp | Legal Office Procedures | v |
| Michael Brown | Federal Income Tax Accounting | Top 10 |
| Michael Trinh | C++ Programming | Top 10 |
| Michael Trinh | JAVA Programming | 1 |
| Michael Trinh | Project Management Concepts | Top 10 |
| Michael Trinh | Visual Basic/C# Programming-MTA | 2 |
| Rachael Bylsma | Advanced Spreadsheet Applications | Top 10 |
| Rachael Bylsma | Business Meeting Management Concepts | Top 10 |
| Rebecca Bosch | Administrative Support Concepts | Top 10 |
| Rebecca Bosch | Advanced Spreadsheet Applications | Top 10 |
| Rebecca Bosch | Financial Math & Analysis Concepts | Top 10 |
| Robert Novak | Computer Programming Concepts | Top 10 |
| Robert Novak | JAVA Programming | Top 10 |
| Robert Novak | Project Management Concepts | 3 |
| Robert Novak | Visual Basic/C# Programming-MTA | Top 10 |
| Ronald Maddox | Ethics & Professionalism | Top 10 |
| Ronald Maddox | Management, Marketing, and Human Resources Concepts | Top 10 |
| Savannah Potgeter | Administrative Support Concepts | Top 10 |
| Savannah Potgeter | Fundamental Word Processing | 2 |
| Team Bylsma | Presentation Management-Team | 1 |
| Team Herioux | Small Business Management Team | 1 |
| Team TerBeek | Financial Analyst Team | 2 |
| Team Woodhead | Web Application Team | Top 10 |
| Thomas Devries | C++ Programming | 1 |
| Thomas Devries | Computer Programming Concepts | 2 |
| Thomas Devries | Fundamentals of Web Design | Top 10 |
| Thomas Devries | Information Technology Concepts | 3 |
| Thomas Devries | Visual Basic/C# Programming-MTA | 1 |
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