Eight Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts students earned recognition during the Arkansas Future Business Leaders of America Virtual State Leadership Conference.
Awards for the state FBLA competition were announced during a virtual ceremony held on Monday, May 11. Students who placed in the top four of their individual category are eligible to compete in the FBLA National Leader Conference competition that will be held virtually this summer.
ASMSA students earning recognition on the state level included:
- Jacob Holmes, a junior from Rector, first place in Business Calculation;
- Carson Hardin, a senior from East End, first place in Business Communications;
- Lilli Hickman, a junior from Omaha, fourth place in Economics;
- Team of juniors Peyton Manry of Melbourne, HarLeigh Smith of Altus and Amanda Smothers of Pottsville, third place in Entrepreneuship; and
- Team of seniors Hadley Medlock of Alma and Ben Oliver of Jonesboro, second place in Marketing.
Senior Solomon Ni of Jonesboro was recognized as the outgoing State Speaker.
Video of the ceremony may be viewed at https://asmsa.me/ARFBLA20.