The Graves County FBLA chapter competes in regional competitions every year in hopes of moving onto state and nationals. The purpose of FBLA is to provide opportunities that mimic real business situations to help develop vocation and career supportive skills. This year at regionals, FBLA had around 70 students compete against other Region 1 schools in 70 different categories. Senior, Eric Vogt, was named Who’s Who in FBLA. Sophomore Audrie Lamb was elected Region 1 President and sophomore Melissa LaClair was installed as Region 1 Parliamentarian. The list of competitors who qualified for state are listed below.

1st Place–Business Procedures, Nick Wyatt

1st Place –Computer Game & Simulation, Melissa Shankle, Patrick Yarbrough, and Austin Travis

1st Place–Local Chapter Annual Business Report, Garrett Bell, Eric Vogt, and Isaac Marrs

1st Place –Local Chapter Newsletter, Melissa Shankle

1st Place –Mobile App Development, Mitchell McClure, Mitul Ahmed, and Connor McKee

1st Place –Parliamentary Procedure, Cody Jones, Melissa Shankle, Tara Keeling, Lillie Garner, and Hannah Jones

1st Place –Personal Finance, Ty Wilson

1st Place –Public Service Announcement, Austin Crittenden and Andrew Szurgot

1st Place –Public Speaking I, Audrie Lamb

1st Place –Talent (Most Entertaining), Annalise Thomason, Tellis Cherry, and Tamia Fair

2nd Place–Business Math, Ryan Overby

2nd Place–Community Service Project, Hannah Jones and Ashton Saxon

2nd Place–Computer Applications, Taylor McAlpin

2nd Place–Computer Problem Solving, Patrick Yarbrough

2nd Place–Digital Design & Promotion, Roby Blackwell, Chandler Dunn, and Shelby Carter

2nd Place–Digital Video Production, Grace Moreno

2nd Place–Entrepreneurship, Garrett Bell, Hunter Jones, and Mitul Ahmed

2nd Place–Ethel M. Plock Scholarship, Patrick Yarbrough

2nd Place–Job Interview, Chloe Hohlbein

2nd Place–Mr. FBLA, Eric Vogt

2nd Place– Networking Concepts, Austin Travis

3rd Place–Business Communication, Kristen Colley

3rd Place–Business Presentation, Grayce Toon and Alexis Bell

3rd Place–Insurance and Risk Management, Erica Holt

3rd Place–Introduction to Business Communication, Melissa LaClair

3rd Place– Largest Chapter Membership

3rd Place–Local Chapter Nametag, Tyler Adams

3rd Place–Management Information Systems, Kaylee Tucker and Laurna Todd

The Graves County FBLA chapter will attend the state competition on April 14-16th at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky. ​