The Collegiate DECA chapter at Wichita State brought home some serious hardware from the DECA’s 2025 International Career Development Conference (ICDC) Competitive Events Program. The conference, which took place April 5-8 in San Francisco, California, is a culmination of the DECA year where more than 1,200 members engage in competition, professional development academies and networking.
Ten members of the Wichita State DECA chapter were named competition finalists. Of those 10, Manas Madanambedu placed second in Entrepreneurship – Growing Your Business, the team of Michael Goldberg and Shawn Hulen placed second in Sports Marketing, and the team of Maley Hansen and Ronish Rasaily placed first overall in Business Ethics. This is the first time students from Wichita State have placed first in the competition. Of the ten finalists, seven were competing for the first time.
Wichita State DECA finalists:
Team competition:
- Maley Hansen and Ronish Rasaily – Business Ethics – First place
- Michael Goldberg* and Shawn Hulen* – Sports Marketing – Second place
- Hailee Hamilton* and Kamryn Nash* – Marketing Communications
Prepared business presentations:
- Manas Madanambedu* – Entrepreneurship, Growing Your Business – Second place
- Grace Skelton – Advertising Campaign
Individual competition & testing:
- Vivian Chau* – Travel and Tourism
- Allison Hipp* – Restaurant and Food Service Management
- Manas Madanambedu* – Restaurant and Food Service Management
*Denotes first-time competitors
