Penn DECA students excel at State

Posted on March 12, 2026

Penn’s DECA chapter competed at the State Career Development Conference in Indianapolis. Due to their outstanding performance at SCDC, 31 Penn students qualified for the International Career Development Conference, the most in chapter history.

Photos posted below

Receiving competency awards:

(85%+ on roleplay exam)

1) Mia Helm
2) David Ha
3) Joseph Imdieke
4) Connor Geoghegan

5) Danielle Ciliberti

International Career Development Conference Qualifiers:

State Champions:
Melody Matviyiv and Gracie Rowe (BOR)

Jennifer Chen and Marium Chaudry (IBP)

Veerinder Turna and Vardaan Turna (SEOR)

Second Place:
Kaiyi Zhou and Joshua Seluzhitsky (BMOR)

Yuxuan Lin and Caitlyn McCrink (EIP)

Layla Hurley and Victoria Sanchez (IMCE)

Danielle Ciliberti and Olivia Wu (IMCS)

Gabi Martinez-Morales and Nia Lawson-Mitchell (PMCA)

Navya Ramanujan and Charlotte Chung (MTDM)

Third Place:
Aarna Pathak and Ayvah Bell (FOR)

Veer Verma and Mariam Ahmed (HTOR)

Ishita Masetty and Abhijay Masetty (EFB)

Emma Wei and Alice Zhang (IBP)

Johnson Chen (ENT)

Fourth Place (Roleplay Only):
Vihaan Meda (PBM)

 
Other ICDC Qualifiers:
Joon Jang (BFS)
Chase Pinckert and Lucas Eshowsky (STDM)
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