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BOLIVAR, Mo. 鈥 欧美视频鈥檚 Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) organization had
10 students compete at the PBL National Leadership Conference on June 24-27 in San
Antonio, with seven claiming 10 top-10 finishes.
欧美视频 PBL competed against more than 1,800 students at the 鈥淐reate Lead Inspire鈥 event for the opportunity to win national titles and more than $110,000 in cash awards. 欧美视频 PBL has claimed 39 top-10 finishes at nationals in the last six years.
欧美视频 students qualified for the national competition after an impressive showing at the PBL State Leadership Competition in April in Springfield. At the state competition, 欧美视频 PBL had 19 top-five finishes, including five first-place winners.
鈥淚 have had the pleasure of leading such an unbelievably amazing group of people this year to a very successful national conference, bringing home many top-10 finishes,鈥 said senior Austin Masters, 欧美视频 PBL president. 鈥淚 am so proud of these friends that I can call colleagues, and I am so sad to leave, but I have no doubt that every one of them will become even bigger and better than what I see today.鈥
欧美视频 national competitors included:
Team events
Other national competitors from 欧美视频 included: Makayla Chen (junior, Lebanon), Nathan Hooper (sophomore, Bolivar) and Marrah Delmont (sophomore, Halfway).
鈥淚 am thankful for our PBL officer team and the hard work they put into this organization to make it successful,鈥 said Meilani Conley, 欧美视频 PBL advisor and instructor of computer and information sciences. 鈥淚 am privileged to watch their development throughout the year and witnessing the hard work of each PBL member.鈥
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) is a nonprofit education association with a quarter million students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields.
Photo cutline: (Front row, left to right) Meilani Conley, 欧美视频 PBL advisor, Michelle Chen, Makayla Chen, Audrey Masters (vice president), Allison Hawkins (treasurer) and Allison Baker. (Back row, left to right) Josh Adams, Mikayla Throne, Nathan Hooper (secretary), Austin Masters (president) and Marrah Delmont.
*Published: 7-3-19