DECA will have 35 students representing Vandegrift High School at the Texas DECA State Career Development Conference in Houston Feb. 24-26. 

“These extraordinary Vipers worked very hard to qualify at the recent District CDC and have a chance to make the cut for the International CDC in Atlanta this spring,” said Nicholas Benson, VHS business department teacher and first year DECA advisor. “Go Vipers!”

Also at the 2022 DECA District 5 CDC, VHS DECA received the Century Chapter Recognition for 100+ members.

At the end of April, 20,000 DECA members, advisors, and affiliates will gather for ICDC. VHS DECA has been successful on this level over the past several years, Benson said.

DECA state bound

Jai Reddy

Jaden Goelkel

Matthew Guy

Kyle Wilson 

Sahir Ahmed

Milan Patel

Krishna Sura

Bryan Dam 

Camilo Gonzalez

Wes Nickerson

Michael Vanston 

Anya Bhandari

Arianna Brar

Isabel Cargol

Ashritha Chandy

Anya Chawla

Cynthia Chen

Myna Chilkuri

Anaika Eledath

Lilliene Hiduke

Anvitha Kandula

Nivitha Kandula

Kaya Kimball

Varsha Kumar

Uma Menon

Lyla Milam

Anoushka Modi

Inaaya Momin

Aanya Paruthi

Keira Patel

Rasika Patel

Naiya Rajashekar

Kelsey Simmons

Avani Singh

Lahari Suraparaju