Carlmont DECA Hall of Fame
Class of 2026
Ian Kim
4th Place International Conference – Virtual Business Challenge – Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Sophomore)
Jayden Lee
4th Place International Conference – Virtual Business Challenge – Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Sophomore)
Benjamin Kim
4th Place International Conference – Virtual Business Challenge – Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Sophomore)
Class of 2025
Ritika Rawat
1st Place State Conference – Principles of Finance (Sophomore)
7th Place International Conference – Principles of Finance (Sophomore)
1st Place State Conference – Financial Literacy Project (Junior)
2nd Place International Conference – Financial Literacy Project (Junior)
Linda Molnar
1st Place State Conference – Financial Literacy Project (Junior)
2nd Place International Conference – Financial Literacy Project (Junior)
Class of 2024
Milad Rasoli
2nd Place State Conference – Principles of Finance
3rd Place International Conference – Principles of Finance (Sophomore)
3rd Place State Conference – Business Finance Series (Junior)
2nd Place International Conference – Business Finance series (Junior)
2nd Place State Conference – Financial Services Team Decision Making (Senior)
3rd Place International Conference – Financial Services Team Decision Making (Senior)
College: Claremont McKenna College
Chloe Chun
3rd Place State Conference – Restaurant and Food Service Management Series (Junior)
3rd Place State Conference – Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling (Senior)
4th Place State Conference – Restaurant and Food Service Management Series (Senior)
Carlmont Chapter Member of the Year (Senior)
College: University of California, Irvine
Jacob Yuryev
3rd Place State Conference – Principles of Finance (Sophomore)
Jim Sweeny Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence at National Student Leadership Summit (Junior) (article link)
2nd Place State Conference – Financial Services Team Decision Making (Senior)
3rd Place International Conference – Financial Services Team Decision Making (Senior)
College: Stanford University
Arianna Hsu
1st Place State Conference – Professional Selling Event (Junior)
7th Place International Conference – Professional Selling Event (Junior)
College: Cornell University
Josh Lisi
2nd Place Western Region Qualifier – Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship (Junior)
2nd Place International – Virtual Business Challenge – Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Junior)
2nd Place Western Region Qualifier – Virtual Business Challenge – Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Senior)
2nd Place International – Virtual Business Challenge – Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Senior)
College: Gonzaga University
Aaron Jedrzejek
2nd Place Western Region Qualifier – Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship (Junior)
2nd Place International – Virtual Business Challenge – Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Junior)
2nd Place Western Region Qualifier – Virtual Business Challenge – Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Senior)
2nd Place International – Virtual Business Challenge – Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Senior)
College: University of Colorado, Boulder
Owen Livesay
2nd Place Western Region Qualifier – Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship (Junior)
2nd Place International – Virtual Business Challenge – Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Junior)
2nd Place Western Region Qualifier – Virtual Business Challenge – Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Senior)
2nd Place International – Virtual Business Challenge – Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Senior)
College: University of California, Irvine
Brendan Zelnis
2nd Place Western Region Qualifier – Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship (Junior)
5th Place International – Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship (Senior)
College: University of California, Berkeley
Marcus Tran
2nd Place Western Region Qualifier -Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship (Junior)
5th Place International – Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship (Senior)
College: San Diego State University
Gabriel Fridman
2nd Place Western Region Qualifier – Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship (Junior)
5th Place International – Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship (Senior)
College: Purdue University
Ethan Kam
1st Place Western Region Qualifier – Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship (Junior)
10th Place International – Virtual Business Challenge – Entrepreneurship (Junior)
College: University of California, San Diego
Chris Xu
1st Place International – Social Media Challenge (Junior) (article link)
3rd Place International – Social Media Challenge (Senior) (article link)
College: New York University
Mina Nazari
1st Place International – Social Media Challenge (Sophomore) (article link)
College: University of California, Santa Barbara
Matteo Sanvido
1st Place Western Region Qualifier – Virtual Business Challenge – Fashion (Senior)
College: University of California, Santa Barbara
Evan Bunin
1st Place Western Region Qualifier – Virtual Business Challenge – Fashion (Senior)
College: University of Oregon
Class of 2023
Katherine Yu
4th Place State Conference – Financial Consulting Event (Junior)
4th Place International Conference – Financial Consulting Event (Junior)
4th Place State Conference – Financial Consulting Event (Senior)
Carlmont Chapter Member of the Year (Senior)
College: Duke University
Alice Finkelstein
2nd Place State Conference: International Series Business Plan Event (Junior)
5th Place State Conference: Entrepreneurship Individual Series (Junior)
3rd Place State Conference: Human Resources Management Series (Senior)
College: Stanford University
Ryan Consani
5th Place State Conference – Personal Financial Literacy (Junior)
3rd Place State Conference – Personal Financial Literacy (Senior)
College: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Amelia Clevenger
1st Place: Hotel and Lodging Management Series (Junior)
1st Place: Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling (Junior)
College: Cornell University
Josh Chin
4th Place – State Conference – Principles of Finance (Senior)
Class of 2022
Anita Beroza
3rd Place State Conference – Financial Consulting Event (Sophomore)
2nd Place State Conference – Principles of Finance (Junior)
Carlmont Chapter Member of the Year (Senior)
College: University of London College
Leo Shohet
2nd Place State Conference – Accounting Applications Series (Senior)
College: Tulane University
Class of 2021
Skyler Campbell
2nd Place State Conference – Human Resources Management (Sophomore)
2nd Place State Conference – Human Resources Management (Junior)
1st Place State Conference – Professional Selling Event (Junior)
1st Place State Conference – Professional Selling Event (Senior)
Chapter Member of the Year (Senior)
College: Duke University
Liam Dowling
4th Place State Conference – Entrepreneurship Individual Series (Junior)
3rd Place State Conference – Restaurant and Food Service Management (Senior)
College: University of California, Irvine
Class of 2020
Lily Gittoes
1st Place State Conference – Principles of Hospitality and Tourism (Sophomore)
4th Place State Conference – Financial Services Team Decision Making (Junior)
9th Place International Conference – Financial Services Team Decision Making (Junior)
1st Place State Conference – Sports and Entertainment Marketing Operations Research (Senior)
College: Princeton University
Selena Sun
Carlmont Chapter Member of the Year (Sophomore)
4th Place State Conference – Financial Services Team Decision Making (Junior)
9th Place International Conference – Financial Services Team Decision Making (Junior)
College: Stanford University
Annika Lin
2nd Place State Conference – Financial Services Team Decision Making (Senior)
1st Place State Conference – Sports and Entertainment Marketing Operations Research (Senior)
College: Georgetown University
Albert Li
3rd Place State Conference – Financial Consulting (Junior)
2nd Place State Conference – Financial Services Team Decision Making (Senior)
2nd Place State Conference – Financial Consulting Event (Senior)
College: University of California, Berkeley