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46th Annual BPA Awards

A tremendous THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the 46th Annual BPA Awards Luncheon Ceremony at the Hyatt Riverwalk on Friday March 9, 2012! Winners in 40 different categories were announced, as well as those qualifiers who will advance to compete at the National Leadership Conference & Competition here in Chicago, IL April 25-29, 2012! There were 250 attendees for this year’s event and a great time was had by all.

Video Clips from the February 10, 2012 Competition

And the winners are...

Financial Services

01-Fundamental Accounting NAT'L 02-Advanced Accounting NAT'L
1.  Gilbert Mammen – YOUNG YES 1.  Reba Chui – KELLY YES
2.  Jia (Emily) Peng – CURIE 2.  Yanguang Li – CURIE
3. Esther Meza – KELLY 3.  Kimberly Flores – CURIE
03 – Computerized Accounting NAT'L 04-Payroll Accounting NAT'L
1.  Jenise Banks – Simeon 1.  Reba Chui – KELLY YES
2.  n/a 2.    Cindy Chiadez – SCHURZ
2.  n/a 3.  Cecilia Sanchez – SCHURZ
06-Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications NAT'L 07-Advanced Spreadsheet Applications NAT'L
1. Fabiola Madrigal – CURIE YES 1.  Mariah Phelps – YOUNG YES
2. Shawn Jones – YOUNG 2.  Sam Ghilardi – YOUNG
3.  Dana Evans – Simeon 3.  Gilbert Mammen – YOUNG
08-Banking & Finance NAT'L 12-Financial Math & Analysis-OPEN EVENT NAT'L
1.  Jenise Banks – SIMEON YES 1.   Ricardo Pierre-Louis – BROOKS
2. Breyanna Taylor – SIMEON 2.   Jia (Emily) Peng – CURIE
3. Anayele Balcazar – SCHURZ 3.  Karalyn Kelley – BROOKS
4.  Sarah Lin – YOUNG 4.  Jenise Banks – SIMEON
5. James Cruz – SCHURZ 5.  Judah Ramirez – CURIE
6. Celina Lopez – CURIE 6. Tsun Lam – CURIE
 7. Danielle Norman – BROOKS

Administrative Support

20-Keyboarding Production   NAT'L 21-Fundamental Word Processing NAT'L
1.  Rahat Sajwani – YOUNG  YES 1.  Matthew Moresi – YOUNG YES
2. Huang Hui – KELLY  2.  Martiza Lopez – WASHINGTON
3.  Anna Paez – KELLY 3.  Enrique Alvarez - KELLY
22-Advanced Word Processing NAT'L 23 – Integrated Office Applications NAT'L
1.  Aaron Parea – CURIE YES 1.  Estefany Salcedo – WASHINGTON YES
2.  Angelica Hampton – HARLAN 2.  Corey Williams – HARLAN
3. Destiny Guerca – WASHINGTON 3.   n/a
24-Desktop Publishing NAT'L 25-Basic Office Systems NAT'L
1.  Jaleesa Jackson – CURIE YES 1.  Corey Williams – HARLAN YES
2. Hong Zhao – CURIE 2.  Christopher Loehrke – WASHINGTON
3. Christian Braulio – CURIE 3.  Ben Brizuela – WASHINGTON
26-Advanced Office Systems & Procedures NAT'L 27-Legal Office Procedures NAT'L
1. Estafany Salcedo – WASHINGTON YES 1.  Myria Garcia – WASHINGTON YES
28-Medical Office Procedures NAT'L 29-Database Applications NAT'L
1. Myria Garcia – WASHINGTON YES 1.  Jaleesa Jackson – CURIE YES
2.  Giovanni Ruiz – CURIE
3. Creyana Towner – CURIE
4.   Thomas Watkins-Hoskins – CURIE
5. Steven Otero – WASHINGTON
56 – Information Technology Concepts- OPEN EVENT NAT'L
Michael McKinney - HARLAN

JUDGED EVENTS

11-Economic Research Team – YOUNG 49 – Digital media Production - JULIAN
Ethan Sargent William Watkins – JULIAN (NO State)
Kyle Sargent,
William Stevan (did not place @ State)
50-Computer Animation Team – JULIAN 55-Website Design Team –
Darius McGee Yamika Cogwell
Marquis Mosley  (did not place @ State) Stephen Saunders – JULIAN (did not place @ State)
Adrian Garces – CURIE  (NO State)
57 – Broadcast News Team – JULIAN 61 – Entrepreneurship TEAM/INDIV – BROOKS
Jasmine Jones Diante Boyd
Ashley O’Neal Carlisha Hicks
Gary Robinson  (did not place @ State) Ricardo Pierre-Louis   (did not place @ State)
64-Interview Skills – Individual 66 – Extemporaneous Speech – Individual
Mariya Chukas – YOUNG Sam Ghilardi – YOUNG
Ben Froman – YOUNG(did not place @ State) Ricardo Pierre-Louis – BROOKS
Aaron Polk – BROOKS Jerron Dinwiddie – BROOKS (did not place @ State)
Ariel Davis – BROOKS (NO State) Sidney James – YOUNG
Rahat Sajwani – YOUNG
Robert Cummings – BROOKS (NO State)
68-Prepared Speech – Individual
Cosette Hampton – BROOKS (NO State)

Note:

  • Open Events do not qualify for spot at national conference.
  • For any Event where the 1st Place Winner has decided not to attend NLC, the 2nd Place Winner will move up and attend NLC in their place.
  • Judged Events that ‘placed’ at Citywide, advanced to the State Competition.

Special Thanks

A special thank you goes out to the Staff and Faculty of Robert Morris University for hosting the Citywide Competition, the Carver Military Academy Color Guard for their excellent display of patriotism, CTE Team members and Interns for their invaluable assistance, Team BPA, all BPA Chicago Advisors , Advisory Board Members and our Outstanding Students. You are all very much appreciated!

More Information

Wilborn, Kye-Anne
Program Coordinator