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FBLA Team Shines at State Competition | LFA News
FBLA Team Shines at State Competition | LFA News
FBLA Team Shines at State Competition
Apr
17
2026
Lake Forest Academy’s FBLA team traveled to Springfield for the annual State Leadership Conference on April 10-11 which included competition in over 70 events. In addition to the competition, students were able to attend workshops and network with over 1,600 participants from around Illinois. The Caxys displayed some impressive individual and team performances including national qualifiers.
Official State Competition Top 10 Results (*National Qualifiers)
*2nd -
David Nguyen ’27
Akhil Peddhapati ’28
Haricharan Yarlagadda ’27
(Coding and Programming)
*3rd -
Arden Su ’28
(Entrepreneurship)
*4th -
Luney Qian ’28
(Introduction to Business Procedures)
*4th -
Sebastian Micle ’29
Cole Ramirez ’29
Rayan Zaidi ’29
(Business Management)
*4th -
Luney Qian ’28
(Introduction to Business Concepts)
*4th -
Ethan Wuang ’27
(Securities and Investments)
5th -
Lucas Martin ’28
(Banking and Financial Systems)
5th -
Lily Huang ’28
Anika Shah ’28
(Graphic Design)
6th -
Lucas Rosen ’27
(Hospitality and Event Management)
7th -
Vivienne Wang ’28
(Impromptu Speaking)
7th -
Henry Gartz ’28
Armaan Mantrow ’28
(Marketing)
8th -
Flora Shao ’29
(Introduction to Social Media Strategy)
8th -
Buck Ford ’27
and
Gabriel Molledi ’27
(Broadcast Journalism)
8th -
Jerry Wu ’28
(Introduction to Supply Chain Management)
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