Collegiate DECA Succeeds in Salt Lake

Fort Hays State University students earned International honors again at the Collegiate DECA International Career Development Conference this April in Salt Lake City, Utah. Jessica Tormey (pictured), Derby senior, placed second in Business Research, and Caitlyn Thomas, McCook, Neb., senior, placed in the top fifteen in Web Design. What made this year different was the additional title Tormey came home with – Collegiate DECA National Vice President.  

Tormey, a DECA member since her senior year of high school, chartered the Collegiate DECA chapter at FHSU in the fall of 2008. Since its inception, FHSU students have placed in the top ten for all four years. Tormey has placed third in Advertising Campaign and second in Entrepreneurship with Tyler Thompson, Derby senior, and second in Business Research as an individual. Additionally, Tormey received the Leadership Passport Award for excellence in community service.  

This year, as a member of the five person leadership team, Tormey will be responsible for communicating with her assigned states, increasing Collegiate DECA membership and conference registration, and serving as a representative for Collegiate DECA. Tormey will represent the District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Tormey looks forward to representing FHSU on a national level throughout the next year as a Collegiate DECA National Vice President.