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Finalists Announced for 2011-2012 DECA/Finish Line Challenge

2012-01-13

On Friday, January 13, 2012 Finish Line announced the three finalist teams for the 2011-2012 DECA/Finish Line Challenge.

The finalists are:

DECA Chapter

City, State

DECA Advisor

DECA Member(s)

Video Presentation

Herriman High School Herriman, UT Vince Merrell

Tyler Cornia

James Drury

Isaac Smith

Herriman's Video Presentation
Kamiak High School Mukilteo, WA Patti Lane

McKenzie Strickland

Annemarie Wegley

Kamiak's Video Presentation
Wichita East High School Wichita, KS Shanna Zimmerman

Savana Cross

Rachael Manske

Wichita East's Video Presentation

Participants in the DECA/Finish Line Challenge conducted research studies at Finish Line retail stores across the United States to help Finish Line evaluate how it is perceived by its core customers. Participants then presented unique improvement strategies based on the research findings through a video presentation posted on YouTube.

On February 28-29, the finalists will travel to Finish Line's corporate headquarters in Indianapolis, IN to present the research findings and improvement strategies to Finish Line executives. Finish Line will select an overall winning presentation and award those students with a travel prize to cover expenses to DECA's International Career Development Conference in Salt Lake City, UT.

design & development: Fathom Creative, Inc. (fathomcreative.com), Maribel Costa, Anthony D. Paul (anthonydpaul), Brent Maxwell, Efrat Levush, Shelli Silverstein, Byron Hughey