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GROVEPORT – Eastland-Fairfield Career & Technical Schools had 10 state champions at the 2025 Business Professionals of America (BPA) State Conference.
Forty students put forth performances that qualified them for the National Leadership Conference.
Multimedia satellite program students composed two state championship and national qualifying teams in the Video Production and Podcast Production categories. Junior Promad Pokhrel (Pickerington North) from the Programming Software & Development program took top honors in the Fundamental Spreadsheets event, while Medical Office junior Mary Camara (Reynoldsburg) placed first in the Health Administration category.
EFCTS featured three state runner-up teams, two individuals and one team third-place finishes, and 33 students to achieve a top-5 placement. A total of 40 students between 26 events have qualified for the BPA National Leadership Conference, which will be held in Orlando, Fla. from May 7-11.
Four Programming & Software Design students competed in the Software Engineering team event and received a top-10 national ranking. The team of seniors Haben Ademariam (Reynoldsburg), Chris Bailey (Teays Valley), Basel Etissa (Reynoldsburg), and Luke Wall (Groveport Madison) will now advance to the national leadership conference to continue their run at a national title. With their placement, a team from the Programming & Software Development lab has finished inside the top 10 in their event in seven consecutive years.
The following is a list of students who won their respective events and/or qualified for the BPA State Conference.
Video Production Team: Gabe Garcia (Jr., Pickerington North, Multimedia), Jack Spear (Sr., Pickerington North, Multimedia), Jacob Hoover (Sr., Pickerington North, Multimedia), Cai Watts (Sr., Pickerington North, Multimedia) – 1st place Podcast Production Team: Malcolm Maccarthy (Sr., Pickerington North, Multimedia), Kamaryn Reedus (Sr., Pickerington North, Multimedia), Skyler Lowe (Sr., Pickerington North, Multimedia), Leah Duff (Sr., Pickerington North, Multimedia) – 1st place
User Experience (UX) Design Team: Caden Scarberry (Sr., Pickerington North, Multimedia), Lucas Schalmo (Sr., Pickerington North, Multimedia), Lincoln Purcell (Sr., Pickerington North, Multimedia), Aidan Montei (Sr., Pickerington North, Multimedia) – 2nd place
Fundamental Word Processing: Samantha Hamilton (Sr., Reynoldsburg, Medical Office) – 8th place, Brooklyn Moses (Sr., Groveport Madison, Medical Office) – 9th place
Basic Office Systems & Procedures: Lesly Rangel Gutierrez (Jr., Whitehall-Yearling, Medical Office) – 5th place, Tania Duran Garcia (Jr., Reynoldsburg, Medical Office) – 6th place, Durati Liban (Sr., Hamilton Twp., Medical Office) – 8th place
Fundamental Spreadsheets: Promad Pokhrel (Jr., Pickerington North, Programming & Software Development) – 1st place, Jesse Parrilla (Jr., Pickerington North, Programming & Software Development) – Top 10
Advanced Spreadsheets: Owen Gilligan (Sr., Pickerington Central, Programming & Software Development) – 3rd place, Violet McGraw (Sr., Hamilton Twp., Programming & Software Development) – 4th place, Karim Basse (Sr., Canal Winchester, Programming & Software Development) – 6th place, Binan Magar (Sr., Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development) – Top 10, Tamara Gruevska (Sr., Gahanna Lincoln, Programming & Software Development) – Top 10
Java Programming: Haben Andemariam (Sr., Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development) – 8th place, Baslel Etissa (Sr., Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development) – Top 10
Digital Media Production: Jolie Kingrey (Sr., Groveport Madison, Interactive Media) – 3rd place
Website Design Team: Aidien Gooden (Sr., Whitehall-Yearling, Programming & Software Development), Jabari Hill (Sr., Gahanna Lincoln, Programming & Software Development), Sean Kalb (Sr., Hamilton Twp., Programming & Software Development), Gabriel Zeigler (Sr., Gahanna Lincoln, Programming & Software Development) – 2nd place
Small Business Management Team: Xavier Brandel (Jr., Pickerington North, Programming & Software Development), Melania Budzevska (Jr., Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development), Ashmin Siwakoti (Jr., Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development), Brenden Woodfork (Jr., Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development) – 2nd place
Health Administration: Mary Camara (Jr., Reynoldsburg, Medical Office) – 1st place, Alix Davis (Jr., Fairfield Union, Medical Office) – 7th place
Human Resources Management: Blessing Mensah Abrampah (Sr., Groveport Madison, Programming & Software Development) – Top 10
Administration Support Team: Brooke Sargent (Jr., Fairfield Union, Medical Office), Lauren Dickensheets (Jr., Groveport Madison, Programming & Software Design), Adrienne Woods (Jr., Groveport Madison, Medical Office) – 3rd place,Cory Barr (Jr., Teays Valley, Medical Office), Jaida Miller (Jr., Pickerington Central, Programming & Software Design), Lilah Mwansa (Jr., Canal Winchester, Medical Office), Binisha Adhikari (Jr., Pickerington Central, Programming & Software Design) – 4th place
Software Engineering Team: Haben Ademariam (Sr., Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development), Chris Bailey (Sr., Teays Valley, Programming & Software Development), Basel Etissa (Sr., Reynoldsburg, Programming & Software Development), and Luke Wall (Sr., Groveport Madison, Programming & Software Development) – Top 10
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