California DECA’s State Officer Team had an amazing time in Salt Lake City, UT this past July for the DECA Inc. Emerging Leaders Summit. They had the opportunity to network with leaders from all across North America, with chartered associations as far away as Ontario, Florida, and Michigan attending. State President Daniel Dolan, Vice President of Leadership Nitin Jaladanki, and Vice President of Southern California Brayden Lou all enjoyed great experiences as they learned from experienced trainers like Ryan Underwood and Bryant Collier, developing their skills in project management, public speaking, workshop development, advocacy, and business partnerships. 

Our state officers also enjoyed the chance to speak with JSerra DuPont Business Magnet, a California DECA chapter that attended the Summit and got the chance to maximize their chapter’s leadership abilities for the upcoming year. They participated in DECA Inc.’s Elevate track of workshops, and learned many strategies that can be put to work to make their chapter #CAGOLD this year.

Overall, California DECA greatly maximized their leadership skills at this conference, and looks forward to putting everything they’ve learned to work in aiding California DECA’s members, advisors, and chapters for the 2022-2023 year.

Hello California DECA! DECA ICDC’s Grand Awards session saw 119 California DECA students recognized for either placing in the top 10 of their event internationally, or receiving coveted DECA Glass for placing top 3! We are very proud of all of our California DECA ICDC delegation, and look forward to continued competitive success next year! Once again, if you know any of our winners, be sure to congratulate them on their success!

First Place

1. ACT – Akaash Babu, Quarry Lane HS
2. BFS – Nathaniel Shin, North Hollywood HS
3. ETDM – Olivia Ho and Riya Ranjan, Monta Vista HS
4. FMS – Diane Zhou, Torrey Pines HS
5. FTDM – Christopher Sun and Philip Chiu, Monta Vista HS
6. HTDM – Divya Balaji and Saivashnavi Enduri, Lynbrook HS
7. MTDM – Annmaria Antony and Grace Hoang, The Harker School
8. PMK – Shivank Dhamija, Monta Vista HS
9. QSRM – Tim Jing, Lynbrook HS
10. VBCAC – Matthew Chandler, Washington HS
11. VBCEN – Aashrith Bandaru, Aman Rampure, and Sambhav Mehta, Washington HS

Second Place

1. FMS – Nitin Jaladanki, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
2. IMCP – Avani Kulshreshtha, Christine Xu, and Daniel Wu, Monta Vista HS
3. PMBS – Alizah Nauman, Sanjana Moturi, and Shubham Shroff, Irvington HS
4. VBCHM – Esha Dasari, Jeffrey Su, and Selena Yuan, Lynbrook HS
5. VBCRT – Adit Mittal, Aum Narkar, and Jack Yin, Mission San Jose HS

Third Place

1. BLTDM – Jason Yu and Michael Zong, Foothill HS
2. BOR – Nosheen Ullah, Trisha Nair, and Yashvi Patel, Irvington HS
3. HTDM – Sonia Swamy and Yas Sardar Ghandchi, Monta Vista HS
4. PFN – Milad Rasoli, Carlmont HS
5. PHT – Ashwit Mathur, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
6. SEOR – Tamanna Gandhi, Washington HS
7. SMG – Rahul Punji, Monta Vista HS
8. VBCAC – Leon Yee, Spencer He, and Tevin Wang, Valley Christian HS
9. VBCPF – Andrew Wang, Ashtoon Lee, and Jason Zhang, Mission San Jose HS
10. VBCRT – Manan Patel, Washington HS

Top 10 Finalists

1. ASM – Chloe Chan, Irvington HS
2. BFS – Sarah Zhang, Amador Valley HS
3. BLTDM – Pranav Batra and Shameet Sharma, Mission San Jose HS
4. BOR – Jayden Lim and Maggie Yang, Monta Vista HS
5. BOR – Amanda Lai, Irvington HS
6. BSM – Claire Luo, The Harker School
7. BTDM – Anushka Parandekar and Trisha Reddy, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
8. EBG – Aaryan Shah and Harshith Yallampalli, Irvington HS
9. EIB – Neha Suresh and Siri Manthapuri, Irvington HS
10. ENT – Ellen Xu, Del Norte HS
11. ESB – Indigo Lee, The Harker School
12. ETDM – Emily Tan and Emily Zhou, The Harker School
13. FCE – Katherine Yu, Carlmont HS
14. FTDM – Prithvi Maddi and Sujith Sridhar, Irvington HS
15. FTDM – Aditya Iyengar and Ronit Kapoor, Washington HS
16. HRM – Sammi Rangarajan, Adrian Wilcox HS
17. HTDM – Gabriella Currie and Karen Pham, Irvington HS
18. HTPS – Krish Vazirani, Lynbrook HS
19. IMCP – Jocelyn Liu, Irvington HS
20. MCS – Rhea Jain, Washington HS
21. PBM – Vivien Wang, Valley Christian HS
22. PMCD – Ramya Subramanian and Sanjana Nagwekar, Irvington HS
23. PMCG – Hita Gangadharan and Keshna Sheth, Washington HS
24. PMFL – Emma He and Shriya Gupta, Dublin HS
25. PSE – Sanaa Bhorkar, The Harker School
26. QSRM – Sujith Pakala, The Harker School
27. RFSM – Zain Vakath, The Harker School
28. RMS – Rohan Gorti, The Harker School
29. SBEF – Jessica Yu, Katie Tang, and Ryan Liu, Mission San Jose HS
30. SEOR – Blake Tretter, Chelsey Wang, and Mia Zhang, Valley Christian HS
31. SMG – Pranay Banka, Sean Lin, and Tristian Xu, Irvington HS
32. SMG – Ashley Hong, Evan Matvey, and Ramit Goyal, The Harker School
33. STDM – Keshitha Upadhyay and Suhani Vakhariya, Monta Vista HS
34. TTDM – Maanya Raghuram and Tanvi Kapse, Foothill HS
35. TTDM – Athena Nguyen and Siyona Roychoudhury, Valley Christian HS
36. VBCEN – Cindy Wang, Cynthia Zhi, and Michelle Sun, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
37. VBCEN – Elaine Liu and Kenneth Xu, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
38. VBCFA – Omar Haq, Lynbrook HS
39. VBCHM – Sanved Doshi, Lynbrook HS
40. VBCRS – Arjun Iyer, Lynbrook HS
41. VBCRT – Dhruva Paul, Pranav Singh, and Sean Tang, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
42. VBCSP – Isabella Ip and Mateo Espinoza, Washington HS

Hello California DECA! We’re very proud of the amazing effort of California DECA chapters and students in their hard work towards competitive success – 1 in 3 competitors from California DECA made top 20 in their events internationally! If you know any of them, be sure to congratulate them on their success!

Team Decision Making Events

1. BLTDM – Jason Yu and Michael Zong, Foothill HS
2. BLTDM – Pranav Batra and Shameet Sharma, Mission San Jose HS
3. BLTDM – Clarissa Uytiepo and Katherine Shin, North Hollywood HS
4. BTDM – Anushka Parandekar and Trisha Reddy, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
5. ETDM – Jagannath Prabhakaran and Vayun Shyam, American HS
6. ETDM – Olivia Ho and Riya Ranjan, Monta Vista HS
7. ETDM – Emily Tan and Emily Zhou, The Harker School
8. FTDM – Pritvhi Maddi and Sujith Sridhar, Irvington HS
9. FTDM – Christopher Sun and Philip Chiu, Monta Vista HS
10. FTDM – Aditya Iyengar and Ronit Kapoor, Washington HS
11. HTDM – Gabriella Curie and Karen Pham, Irvington HS
12. HTDM – Divya Balaji and Saivaishnavi Enduri, Lynbrook HS
13. HTDM – Sonia Swamy and Yas Sardar Ghandchi, Monta Vista HS
14. MTDM – Annmaria Antony and Grace Hoang, The Harker School
15. MTDM – Elvis Han and Zeke Weng, The Harker School
16. STDM – Keshita Upadhyay and Suhani Vakhariya, Monta Vista HS
17. TTDM – Maanya Raghuram and Tanvi Kapse, Foothill HS
18. TTDM – Athena Nguyen and Siyona Roychoudhury, Valley Christian HS

Individual Events

1. AAM – Jasmine Phan, Foothill HS
2. ACT – Akaash Babu, Quarry Lane HS
3. ASM – Chloe Chan, Irvington HS
4. BFS – Sarah Zhang, Amador Valley HS
5. BFS – Nathaniel Shin, North Hollywood HS
6. BSM – Misha Jain, Foothill HS
7. BSM – Claire Luo, The Harker School
8. ENT – Ellen Xu, Del Norte HS
9. ENT – Evan Shih, Irvington HS
10. FMS – Nitin Jaladanki, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
11. FMS – Shreya Prashantha, Irvington HS
12. FMS – Diane Zhou, Torrey Pines HS
13. HLM – Kayla Huffman, Valley Christian HS
14. HRM – Sammi Rangarajan, Adrian Wilcox HS
15. HRM – Clarice Wang, The Harker School
16. MCS – Nikhil Devireddy, The Harker School
17. MCS – Rhea Jain, Washington HS
18. QSRM – Tim Jing, Lynbrook HS
19. QSRM – Sujith Pakala, The Harker School
20. RFSM – Zain Vakath, The Harker School
21. RMS – Rohan Gorti, The Harker School
22. PBM – Saahira Dayal, The Harker School
23. PBM – Vivien Wang, Valley Christian HS
24. PFL – Tiana Tran, Adrian Wilcox HS
25. PFL – Ryan Consani, Carlmont HS
26. PFL – Sasvath Ramachandran, The Harker School
27. PFN – Michael Pleikis, Carlmont HS
28. PFN – Milad Rasoli, Carlmont HS
29. PHT – Ashwit Mathur, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
30. PMK – Shivank Dhamija, Monta Vista HS

School-Based Enterprise & Professional Selling

1. SBEF – Jessica Yu, Katie Tang, and Ryan Liu, Mission San Jose HS
2. FCE – Katherine Yu, Carlmont HS
3. HTPS – Maya Sriram, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
4. HTPS – Krish Vazirani, Lynbrook HS
5. PSE – Sanaa Bhorkar, The Harker School

Integrated Marketing, Operations Research, Entrepreneurship, and Project Management

1. IMCE – Allison Zheng, Lindsey Wen, and Trisha Hsu, Mission San Jose HS
2. IMCP – Jocelyn Liu, Irvington HS
3. IMCP – Avani Kulshreshtha, Christine Xu, and Daniel Wu, Monta Vista HS
4. BOR – Jayden Lim, Maggie Yang, and Samvi Ranka, Monta Vista HS
5. BOR – Amanda Lai, Irvington HS
6. BOR – Nosheen Ullah, Trisha Nair, and Yashvi Patel, Irvington HS
7. EBG – Analynn Tran and Emma Lin, Foothill HS
8. EBG – Aaryan Shah and Harshith Yallampalli, Irvington HS
9. EBG – Bryce Chen and Rahul Mahadik, Valley Christian HS
10. EBG – Vedika Jawa, Washington HS
11. EIB – Neha Suresh and Siri Manthapuri, Irvington HS
12. EIB – Chen Yu Chiang and Sean Ji, Monta Vista HS
13. EIP – Ian Lin, Jaden Bae, and Sunny Yao, Monta Vista HS
14. ESB – Allison Huang and Irene Chen, Mission San Jose HS
15. ESB – Indigo Lee, The Harker School
16. PMBS – Alizah Nauman, Sanjana Moturi, and Shubham Shroff, Irvington HS
17. PMCD – Ramya Subramanian and Sanjana Nagwekar, Irvington HS
18. PMCG – Disha Ananthula, Hadia Ashfaq, and Rameen Rauf, Mountain House HS
19. PMCG – Hita Gangadharan and Keshna Sheth, Washington HS
20. PMFL – Emma He and Shriya Gupta, Dublin HS
21. SEOR – Blake Tretter, Chelsey Wang, and Mia Zhang, Valley Christian HS
22. SEOR – Tamanna Gandhi, Washington HS

Stock Market Game

1. SMG – Joshua Yueng and Ved Ghosh, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
2. SMG – Pranay Banka, Sean Lin, and Tristian Xu, Irvington HS
3. SMG – Ashley Hong, Evan Matvey, and Ramit Goyal, The Harker School
4. SMG – Karthik Sankaran and Surya Gunukula, Irvington HS
5. SMG – Rahul Punji, Monta Vista HS