Lemont’s FBLA Wins State Titles In Three Events

LEMONT, IL — Lemont High School’s chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America placed among the top ten in 11 of its 14 events at the 2024 FBLA State Leadership Conference, which was held on April 5-6 in Springfield, according to a release from the District.

Lemont won state titles in three events, marking its first state champions since 2021, and students from six events finished among the top four in their respective competitions to earn berths to the 2024 FBLA National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida, LHS said.

Senior Natalia Zagata finished first in Graphic Design; juniors Aditya Oberai and Vikram Oberai teamed to win Mobile Application Development; and senior Daniel Drobnic and juniors Luciano Mancini and Vincenzo Mancini teamed for victory in Computer Game and Simulation Programming.

Juniors Marco Pavlica and Aidan Potaczek (Banking Financial Management) earned a runner-up finish, while juniors Sofia Kuziel and Charlotte Putt (Website Coding) and junior Nicole Russell and sophomore Ashley Scruggs (Community Service Project) placed fourth in their respective events, according to the school.

Other medalists included seniors Ethan Bator, Hannah Kaminski and Emma Manthey (6th, Broadcast Journalism); juniors Mitchell Sowa (5th, Coding and Programming), Austin Wolfe (5th, Business Calculations) and Amad Yaagoub (7th, Financial Statement Analysis); and sophomore Nina Risatti (6th, Introduction to Business Communication).

Other state finals competitors included juniors Matthew Bechtlofft, Russell Daniloff, Lavya Suri and Ali Nabulsi, and freshman Eli Zogby.

The Central Northern Area Conference regional was cancelled due to inclement weather this year, so Lemont students advanced to state finals competition based on their local performance, the school said.

Lemont’s FBLA chapter won at least one event state title in nine of 11 competitions from 2010-21, and has captured multiple championships eight times, including a school-record five state titles in both 2011 and 2016.

Lemont’s FBLA chapter is sponsored by teacher John Aspel.