Switzerland Co. BPA Shines at State Leadership Conference

Several Switzerland Co. students have qualified for Nationals.

Photo via Switzerland County High School.

(Vevay, Ind.) - Switzerland County High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) students recently attended the State Leadership Conference held at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, and they returned home with an incredible list of accomplishments.

Two teams took first place in their respective categories. 

The Podcast Production Team of Easton Jesop, Ethan Housworth and Landon Butcher won first place and advanced to the National Leadership Conference. 

Phoebe Gayle also took first place and in Advanced Interview Skills. She too advanced to the National Leadership Conference. 

Other top placers include: 

• Visual Design Team – 3rd Place (Paxton Mathew, Claire Boggs, Brinley Bear, and Adalyn Archer), advancing to the National Leadership Conference.
• Device Configuration & Troubleshooting – 5th Place (Xavier Jackson), advancing to the National Leadership Conference.
•  Ambassador Torch Award - John Sweeney, advancing to the National Leadership Conference!
• Parliamentary Procedure Team – 4th Place (Mallory Bear, Cason Haskell, John Sweeney, Payton Stow, and Maisey Bunger).

Additional individual accomplishments:

• Business Law – John Sweeney (8th)
• Network Design Using Microsoft – Molly Hicks (8th)
• Health Insurance & Coding – Alexis Mangold (7th)
• Parliamentary Procedure Concepts – John Sweeney (4th)
• Digital Marketing Concepts – John Sweeney (3rd)
• Medical Terminology Concepts – John Sweeney (5th)

Students advancing will represent Switzerland County at the BPA National Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tennessee from May 6–10.

To help support students traveling to nationals, the annual BPA Cookout and Raffle will be held on April 3. The annual BPA 5K follows on April 18.