14 GSL BPA members qualify for national convention in May

Fourteen members of the Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) Business and Professional Association (BPA) qualified for national competition at the state convention March 12-14 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis. Another 13 were recognized onstage at the state BPA convention as alternates.
Qualifying to compete at the national contest were:
• Michael Boesche, first place, advanced word processing; and fourth place, advanced office systems;
• Jacob Wawrzyniak, first place, computer network technology;
• Tate Lilienthal, second place, advanced office systems; and third place, advanced spreadsheet;
• Piper Davis, second place, digital publishing;
• Austin Pinske, second place, fundamental spreadsheet;
• Ellie Schmidt, second place, basic office;
• Emily Muetzel, third place, legal office procedures;
• Rachel Rusten, third place, advanced word processing;
• Alyson Winn, fourth place, database;
• Maddie Kuehn, fourth place, legal office procedure; fourth place, basic office; and fifth place, parliamentary procedures;
• Patrick Fehrenbach, fifth place administrative support concepts; alternate, medical office procedures;
• Robyn Siewert, fifth place, fundamental desktop publishing;
• Lindsay Wedin, sixth place, advanced office procedures; and
• Mitch Beneke, sixth place, legal office procedures.
Recognized as alternates were Keaton Anderson, Bennett Bielke, Patrick Kunkel, Cora Kuras, Hannah Lemke, Jenna Lokensgard, Mark Lueders (first alternate, database), Callie Raduenz, Rachel Reichow, Mitch Rothstein, Dylan Schuth, Noah Tankersley and Claire Wraspir.
Mary Eckhoff is the adviser for GSL’s BPA. The local chapter is currently raising funds for the national competition, which is slated for May 5-10 in Anaheim, Calif.