Ozark High School had 105 students compete at the DECA District 11 Leadership Conference in Springfield Feb. 8, bringing home 39 medals or plaques. Ozark competed against 480 students from 13 surrounding schools. Six OHS students were named district champions while 27 students qualified for State competition, which is March 12-14 in Kansas City.

Congratulations to the following OHS students:  

State Qualifiers

• Christian Smyer – 3^rd place Accounting Applications

• Seth Palen – 1^st Place Business Finance

• Ryan Engel and Jackson Speed – 3^rd Place Business Law and Ethics Team

• Jrayen Jenkins – 1^st Place Entrepreneurship

• Cohen George and Jack Berryman – 3^rd place Entrepreneurship Team

• Clent Wells – 3^rd Place Financial Consulting

• Tevin Borders and Levi Maskrod – 3^rd Place Financial Services Team

• Lucas Campbell – 2^nd Place Food Marketing

• Kaytelyn Nelson – 2^nd Place Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling

• Mirabella Blair – 3^rd Place Human Resources Management

• Isaac Jenkins and Drew Kean – 2^nd Place Marketing Management Team

• Dakota Windham – 2^nd Place Principles of Business Management and Administration

• Bianca Dunlap – 1^st Place Principles of Hospitality and Tourism

• Jude Brooks – 3^rd Place Professional Selling Event

• Truman Griessel – 2^nd Place Restaurant and Food Service Management

• Enoch Canter – 2^nd Place Retail Merchandising

• Leah Morris – 1^st Place Sports and Entertainment Marketing

• Dawson Meredith and Brody Lawrence- 1^st Place Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team

• Chloe Eisenmann and Graham Eisenmann- 2^nd Place Travel and Tourism Marketing Team

• Preston Daniels and Mamady Embola – 3^rd Place Travel and Tourism Marketing Team

Other Awards

• Logan Collier -5^th place Automotive Services Marketing

• Eric Rush – 4^th Place Business Finance

• Max Hunt and Braxton Strick – 4^th Place Business Law and Ethics Team

• Nolan Council – 5^th Place Business Services Marketing

• Luke Neely and Brody Mooney – 4^th Place Entrepreneurship Team

• Frankie Munoz- 4^th place Hotel and Lodging Management

• Keaton Hurst- 5^th Place Principles of Business Management and Administration

• Gunner Gibbons – 5^th Place Retail Merchandising

• Drew Hayward and Logan Smith – 4^th Place Travel and Tourism Marketing Team