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USC Hosts Annual High School Competition Day
Posted 5/5/08

USC The Business College hosted its Annual High School Competition at the Utica Campus on Friday, April 25th with 160 Juniors and Seniors competing from 9 area schools. The schools included: Adirondack, Andes, Canajoharie, Herkimer BOCES, Holland Patent, T. R. Proctor, West Genesee, Westmoreland, and Whitesboro.

The students competed for scholarships, cash prizes, trophies, and an overall school trophy in the areas of Advanced Accounting, Accounting I, Business Law, Math, Computer Troubleshooting, Excel, Computer Help Desk, Job Interviewing and Document Processing.

Westmoreland High School was the overall winner of the competition with West Genesee High finishing in second place, and Whitesboro in third place overall.

Congratulations to the following high school students for their individual efforts:

Accounting:
First Place - Brandon King, Westmoreland
Second Place - Michael Brogan, West Genesee
Third Place - Halie Toukatly, Westmoreland

Business Law:
First Place - Chris Bowdish, Whitesboro
Second Place - Mary Orsaio, Whitesboro
Third Place - Amanda Scalise, Whitesboro

Business Math:
First Place - Jessica Krebs, Westmoreland
Second Place - Chris Tison, Adirondack
Third Place - Erica Coughlin, Adirondack

Computer Help Desk:
First Place - Robert Burns, Westmoreland
Second Place -William McBride, West Genesee
Third Place - Olivia Harris, West Genesee

Computer Repair:
First Place - Olivia Harris, West Genesee
Second Place - Jordon Gifford, Herkimer BOCES
Third Place - Patrick Beyer, Canajoharie

Document Processing:
First Place - Abbey Thorp, Westmoreland
Second Place - Chelsea Faffley, Westmoreland
Third Place - Irvin Carney, T. R. Proctor

Excel:
First Place - Andrea Bonomo, Westmoreland
Second Place - Brittany Bogaert, Westmoreland
Third Place - Brittany Piccone, Adirondack

Job Interview:
First Place - Patrick Cardillo, Westmoreland
Second Place - Laura Geddes, Westmoreland
Third Place - Thomas Maury, Jr., Herkimer BOCES

USC The Business College faculty and staff want to congratulate and thank all students and schools that participated in this year’s competition. Next year’s event will be held on Friday, April 24, 2009.