91 Fox Chapel Area students qualify for state FBLA competition

Ninety-one Fox Chapel Area High School students placed in the 2023-24 Future Business Leaders of America Regional Leadership Conference and qualified for the state competition.

First-place regional winners were seniors Jacob Anthikad, Micah Cagley, Isaac Jacobs, Jadyn Smouse, Kieu My “Judy” Tong and Dylan Work; juniors Baustin Bitar, Ridglee Boychuk, Reed Echnat, Kai Edwards, Gabriella Hample, Chase Hendren, Rayna Huang, Jonah Kline, Nathan Mackey, Lily Massaro, Sarah Pasquella, Rachel Pegher, Simren Sahni, Caleb Shirk and David Sorisio; sophomores Marin Airik, Prachi Behal, Maeve Beresford, Michael Costello, Mikayla Feder, Zelia Herald, Vesta Homayoun, Zinta Jacob, Charlotte Rattner, Joshua Shah and Lorenzo Smiraglio; and freshmen Jolie Cessna, Paige Dugan, Sera Filar, Ella Golomb and Ava Wegley.

Second-place regional winners were seniors Annalese Bartolacci, Leanora Carson, Tess Petrucelli, and Laney Porterfield; juniors Kellen Bleier, Ava Persichetti, Keegan Scanlon and Holden Starz; sophomores William Apitsch, Naudia Boyle, Ross Calig, Michael Didomenico, Zehra Ozkaya, Marilyn “Hope” Pekarcik, Rodrigo Silva, Aspen Smouse, Nicolas Squeglia, Emma Srodes, Emilia Sutkowski and Brooke Thiele; and freshmen Ainsley Goode, Keita Komatsu and Allison Olivieri.

Third-place regional winners were seniors Joseph Berger, William Kratsa and Angela Ngo; junior Nicholas Patel; sophomores Arman Alborzi, Rocco Didomenico, Grady Johnson, Avery Jones and Sabina Mantella; and freshmen Lauren Bachman, Noelle Fouron, Harrison Parker, Lia Pizzella and Celeste Yeske.

Fourth-place finishers were seniors Madelyn Jones and Gloria Wen; juniors David Black, Zoean Chittur, Sienna Siegel and Henry Stallings; sophomores Atia DiGioia, Nicholas Krist and Mason Shelkey-Bray; and freshman Joseph McGivney.

Fifth-place regional winners were juniors Anna Kintner and Victor Nernberg; sophomore Benjamin Sun; and freshmen Aiden Drucker and Cooper Fleming.

Other state qualifiers are junior Swati Mylarappa and sophomore Aavree Hill.

The 2024 Pennsylvania FBLA State Leadership Conference will be April 8-10 in Hershey. About 5,500 students will be participating.

The FBLA Regional Leadership Conference was held in December and January , both online and in person. About 300 students from 10 high schools participated in the online and in-person portions of the regional competition. The in-person portion was held Jan. 10 at Robert Morris University.