Fifteen students from the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts earned recognition at the 2025 FBLA State Conference and qualified for the FBLA National Conference.
The state conference was held on April 7-8 at the Little Rock Convention Center. Students competed in categories that included an objective subject test, performance or presentation, or a combination of an objective test and a performance component. The top four competitors in each category qualified to compete at the national competition, which will be held June 26-July 3 in Anaheim, Calif.
Students who qualified for the national competition include:
- Phoenix Dunkley, first place, Client Service;
- the team of Michelle Li and Jeremiah Chen, second place, Computer Game and Simulation Programming;
- April Adams, first place, Cyber Security;
- Nathan Grady, first place, Nathan Grady;
- Tristan Henson, second place, Future Business Leader;
- the team of Aarush Goyal, Kaitleen Toh and Luis Vidal, third place, Hospitality and Event Management;
- Miranda Lee, first place, Sales Presentation;
- the team of Cassie Davis and Lakayla Hall, first place, Sports and Entertainment Management;
- Benjamin Dong, first place, Spreadsheet Applications; and
- the team of Hailey Judkins and Sophie Milton, third place, Website Design.
One other student earned state recognition as Katherine Sedgwick placed seventh in Advertising. ASMSA had 24 total students compete in the state competition.