Xavier High School BPA Students Compete at 2026 State Leadership Conference
On Saturday, February 14th, 38 XHS Business Professionals of America (BPA) students competed in Des Moines at the 2026 BPA State Leadership Conference. Congratulations to the following Saints on qualifying for Nationals. These Saints will head to Nashville, Tennessee from May 6-10.
2026 National Qualifiers: Keara Adams: Individual, Banking & Finance Carter Loecher: Group, Financial Analyst Team Charlie Legrand: Group, Financial Analyst Team Dane Thomas: Group, Financial Analyst Team Ella Westhoff: Individual, Personal Financial Management | Group, Visual Design Team Preston Feuerbach: Individual, Economic Research Individual | Group, Global Marketing Team Ben Allard: Group, Administrative Support Team Sarah Garbe: Group, Administrative Support Team | Individual, Extemporaneous Speech Griffen Happel: Group, Administrative Support Team Will Baumann: Group, Administrative Support Team Rachael Marcello: Individual, Information Technology Concepts | Group, Visual Design Team Shelby Hansen: Group, Visual Design Team Gabe Leuck: Group, Global Marketing Team Kate Deegan: Group, Global Marketing Team | Individual, Prepared Speech Andrew Pladsen: Group, Global Marketing Team Carson Sorg: Group, Financial Analyst Team | Individual, Linux Operation System Funadamentals
2026 State Leadership Conference Results: Banking & Finance - Keara Adams: 1st | Ella Rushton: finalist (6th) Financial Analyst Team - Carter Loecher, Charlie Legrand, Carson Sorg and Dane Thomas: 3rd | Shawn Saini, Henry Lagneaux: finalist (6th) Personal Financial Management - Ella Westhoff: 3rd Economic Research Individual - Preston Feuerbach: 1st Financial Math and Analysis Concepts - Sungmin Park: finalist (9th) Preston Feuerbach: finalist (7th) Administrative Support Team - Ben Allard, Sarah Garbe, Griffin Happel, and Will Baumann: 2nd Linux Operating System Fundamentals - Carson Sorg: 4th Information Technology Concepts - Rachael Marcello: 5th Visual Design Team - Shelby Hansen, Rachael Marcello and Ella Westhoff: 3rd Global Marketing Team - Preston Feuerbach, Gabe Leuck, Kate Deegan, and Andrew Pladsen: 2nd Entrepreneurship - Chris Hounkponou: finalist (4th) Sungmin Park: finalist (5th) Small Business Management Team - Sungmin Park, Ella Rushton & Keara Adams: finalist (5th) Extemporaneous Speech - Sarah Garbe: 1st (three time finalist, 3rd 2024, 2-time state champ) Prepared Speech - Kate Deegan: 1st (four time finalist, second time state champ) Meeting and Event Planning Concepts - Ella Westhoff: finalist (8th) Management, Marketing and HR Concepts - Sungmin Park: finalist (6th) Health Administration Procedures - Shelby Hansen: finalist (7th) Health Research Presentation - Katie Allard: finalist (4th)