The Region 2 Leadership Conference for Indiana Business Professionals of America was held at the Warsaw Area Career Center on Dec. 2.
The event was run under the direction of WACC Business Teacher and BPA Regional Advisor Steve Waldeck, according to a provided news release.
Warsaw had a strong showing at the event with 37 team/individual entries qualifying to compete at the BPA State Leadership Conference at the Marriott Downtown Indianapolis, which will be held March 10-12.
First-place finishers included:

    Pictured (L to R) are Brooke Bolinger, Rick Orr and Gabriel Klein, who earned the top three places in extemporaneous speech. Photo Provided.
  

• Luke Ford - Advanced Accounting
• Molly Kissling - Payroll Accounting and Entrepreneurship
• Luke Ford, Patrick Stump, Aidan Sutton, Tyler Swartz - Financial Analyst Team
• Isaac Price - C++ Programming and Python Programming
• Allison Slone - Graphic Design Promotion
• Caden Foster - Fundamentals of Web Design
• Noah Cronin, John Hampton, Ethan McLane, Nolan Stump - Broadcast News Team
• Noah Luce, Joshua Saripalli - Small Business Management Team
• Kristina Kolembe - Interview Skills
• Rick Orr - Extemporaneous Speech
• Brooke Bolinger - Ethics & Professionalism
• Lilia Gustafson - Health Administration Procedures
• Vicente Martinez - Health Research Presentation
Additional qualifiers included Seth Bright, Mary Drummond, Kai Duff, Emily Elliott, Hannah Freiberg, Gabriel Klein, Michael Manes, Clark Meridew, Mattias Niebbia, Noah McPhail, Tyler Mimnaugh, Ian Parrott, Gabriel Quick, Evan Schneider, Rylan Smith, Thomas Solloway and Jackson Winey.
The BPA Chapter at the Warsaw Area Career Center is led by advisors Steve Waldeck and Scott Schramm.

    Pictured is the first-place financial analyst team of (L to R) Luke Ford, Tyler Swartz, Patrick Stump and Aidan Sutton. Photo Provided.