Ponca City High School’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) attended the Oklahoma BPA State Leadership Conference March 6-8. Our state qualifiers attending were Marshall Blackstar, Andi Massey, Lorin Scott, Rachel Lawson, the Broadcast Production Team of Ethan Meyer, Madison Thibodeaux, Dylan Nance and Amanie Owdetallah and the Podcast Production Team of Tynli Nickell, Angel Garcia, Riley Ladner and Toby McDaniel. Also attending were Abigale Lowrey and Robert Leonard.

Marshall Blackstar placed fourth for Business Law and Ethics. Placing fifth in Human Resource Management was Andi Massey. In fourth place was the Broadcast Production Team, and placing first was the Podcast Production Team.

Advancing to the National BPA Leadership Conference is the Podcast Production Team. Qualified as a Top 10 National Finalist is the Virtual Multimedia and Promotion Team of Ethan Meyer, Madison Thibodeaux, Dylance Nance and Amanie Owdetallah. The teams now have the task of raising the funds necessary to attend the BPA National Conference in Anaheim, Calif. April 26-30, 2023.

Congratulations to all the students attending. “They did an exceptional job representing Ponca City High School BPA. We are enormously proud of these young adults and their accomplishments,” said Patricia Jolly.