BC Team Garners Top Spot in DECA Competition

For the ninth straight year in a row, Bellevue College’s DECA team was recognized as national champions at the Collegiate DECA International Career Development Conference held April 15-18 in Orlando, FL. The competitive event gives students and teams the chance to test their business savvy before a panel of experts that judge presentations in fields like marketing, business, finance, hospitality and entrepreneurship.

BC students Yuliya Pankiv and Santiago Trujillo took first place in the Emerging Technologies/Digital Marketing event, and other medalists included Clementine Cimetiere who took third place in Fashion Marketing, and Alea Kular and Santiago Trujillo who took third place in Sports & Entertainment Marketing. And of the 26 students who represented Bellevue College in the competition, 23 went on to advance to the final round. 

“Our students’ ability to consistently win against four-year colleges reflects both the strength of our program and the excellence of our students,” said Kyle Barber, program chair for the college’s Digital Marketing Management program and DECA faculty advisor. “I’m really proud of what they have accomplished.”

BC winners include:

Digital Marketing / Emerging Tech

1^st place – Santiago Trujillo & Yuliya Pankiv

Fashion Marketing

3^rd place – Clementine Cimetiere

Sports & Entertainment Marketing

3^rd place – Alea Kular & Santiago Trujillo

11^th place – Cassandra Mabbitt & Benny Dessalgne

Growing a Business

4^th place – Clementine Cimetiere

5^th place – Vlad Masek

Sales Challenge

4^th place – Julie Bonvarlet

Advertising

5^th place – Maria Albuquerque & Katana Hewett & Alea Kular

6^th place – Cassandra Mabbitt & Benny Dessalgne

7^th place – JP Banea & Haileigh Knutsen

B2B Marketing

5^th place – Aliya Aldinger & Hussien Yusuf

9^th place – Dmitrii Fisenko & Yuliya Pankiv

International Marketing

7^th place – Julie Bonvarlet & Patrick Murphy

11^th place – Bienaimee Iwondo & Takuya Tanaka

Business Research

7^th place – Sophia Oliveira & Ana Luiza Ferreira

11^th place – Bienaimee Iwondo & Takuya Tanaka

12^th place – Habiba Elswify & Ezhil Karthikeyan

Marketing Communications

11^th place – Maria Albuquerque & Katana Hewett

Entrepreneurial Operations

11^th place – Vlad Masek

Retail Management

11^th place – Eliana Victurine