Phi Beta Lambda High School Business Competition Winners Announced Today

Janet Lear
lecturer, Department of Economics, 308.865.8482

Business students from 17 Nebraska high schools took part in the 17th annual Phi Beta Lambda Business Competition Day this week at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

The competition consisted of 17 different contests including: accounting, business English, business law, business math, business systems and procedures, computer literacy, economics, filing, general business, keyboarding, marketing, parliamentary procedure and spelling.

According to Janet Lear, Phi Beta Lambda adviser, “Phi Beta Lambda is the collegiate division of Future Business Leaders of America. Membership is open to all UNK students with an interest in business.”

A list of contest winners, and their hometowns, follows:

ACCOUNTING I

1st        Charles Burns, York
2nd     Lisa Minnick, Cambridge
3rd     Brianna Zauha, Shickley
4th     Andrew Powell, Kearney
5th     Kyle Boysen, Grand Island NW
6th     Justine Erb, Heartland

ACCOUNTING II

1st        Alexa McQuistan, York
2nd     Heather Teel, Southwest
3rd     John Zegers, York
4th     Barrett Hahn, Aurora
5th     Ashley, McCarthy
6th     Darren Davis, Shickley

BUSINESS ENGLISH

1st      Michael Rickert, Wood River
2nd     Sarah Arthur, Aurora
3rd     Laura Henke, Centennial
4th     Carly Kroeker, Heartland
5th     Tie: Mary Shinn, Sandhills and Megan Black, Kearney High
6th     Katie Lichti, Shickley

BUSINESS LAW

1st        Brandon Rader, Heartland
2nd     Jussica Luethje, Heartland
3rd     Jim Carraher, Spaulding
4th     Ashley McCarthy, Aurora
5th     Miles Morgan, Southwest
6th     Tie: Tim Kliewer, Heartland and Jennifer Lehmer, Aurora

BUSINESS MATH

1st        Jenny Unick, Litchfield
2nd     Kent Sheldon, York
3rd     Marylou Andrews, Aurora
4th     Nathan Ritz, Ravenna
5th     Marshall Fischer, Maywood
6th     Emily Chloupeck, Harvard

BUSINESS SYSTEMS & PROCEDURES

1st        Lisa Minnick, Cambridge
2nd     Sarah Rogers, Sandhills
3rd     Laura Henke, Centennial
4th     Tyler Teichmeier, Ravenna
5th     Alysia Mowry, Cambridge
6th     Blake Thompson, Sandhills

COMPUTER LITERACY

1st        Tie:  Brandon Rader, Heartland and Ray Williams, Ravenna
2nd     Jim DeBoer, York
3rd     Karinne Deaver, Cambridge
4th     Alan Holt, Sandhills
5th     Logan Epp, Sandhills
6th     Joe Johnson, Clay Center

ECONOMICS

1st        Garret Koester, Maywood
2nd     Emily Moyer, Aurora
3rd     Jennifer Lehmer, Aurora
4th     Aaron Bradley, Aurora
5th     Brad Luce, Centennial
6th     Kari Briggs, York

FILING

1st        Sarah Roger, Sandhills
2nd     Ana Sanchez, Wood River
3rd     Amber Duval, Maywood
4th     Tie: Amber Macek, Ravenna and Brooke Howard, Litchfield
5th     Teri Johnston, Sandhills
6th     Daniel Roth, Wood River

GENERAL BUSINESS

1st        Lauren Braun, Heartland
2nd     John Zegers, York
3rd     Aaron Bradley, Aurora
4th     Erica Slocum, Litchfield
5th     Bronson Soucie, Cambridge
6th     Tie:  Peggy Beale, Clay Center and Lauren Klute, Heartland

KEYBOARDING I KNOWLEDGE

1st        Janine Woolery, Litchfield
2nd     Brandon Siegel, Litchfield
3rd     Stephanie Powell, Clay Center
4th     Lauren Brown, Heartland
5th     Abby Bittman, Kearney High
6th     Audree Sorensen, Centennial

KEYBOARDING I PRODUCTION

1st        Lauren Klute, Heartland
2nd     Carly Wegner, Kearney High
3rd     Andrea Eck, Heartland
4th     Kristen Sherman, Sandhills
5th     Whitney Rice, Cambridge
6th     Janine Woolery, Litchfield

KEYBOARDING II PRODUCTION

1st        Justine Erb, Heartland
2nd     Jessica Harris, Heartland
3rd     Mary Shinn, Sandhills
4th     Catie Schall, Litchfield
5th     Erica Slocum, Litchfield
6th     Amber Duval, Maywood

KEYBOARDING I SPEED

1st        Amy Bittman, Kearney High
2nd     Lauren Klute, Heartland
3rd     Audree Sorensen, Centennial
4th     Andrea Eck, Heartland
5th     Tie:  Tiffany Harders, Wood River and Carly Wegner, Kearney High
6th     Gabby Gross, Centennial

MARKETING

1st        Tyler Keyser, Cambridge
2nd     Jenny Unick, Litchfield
3rd     Emily Moyer, Aurora
4th     Jim DeBoer, York
5th     Kari Briggs, York
6th     Andy May, Grand Island NW

PARLIMENTARY PROCEDURE

1st        Alexa McQuistan, York
2nd     Lauren Stamm, York
3rd     Conley Straight, Shickley
4th     Barrett Hahn, Aurora
5th     Kyle Custer, Cambridge
6th     Jamie Warren, Kearney High

SPELLING

1st        Sarah Arthur, Aurora
2nd     John Ring, Grand Island NW
3rd     Emily Chloupek, Harvard
4th     Charles Burns, York
5th     Katie Lichti, Shickley
6th     Janine Woolery, Litchfield