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Twenty-six Fairfax County Public Schools students captured first-place honors at the 2026 Virginia Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference in Reston.

More than 90 FCPS students finished among the top four in their events, qualifying them for the FBLA National Leadership Conference in San Antonio in June. Altogether, 196 students from county high schools competed across 72 categories, including accounting, 3-D animation, cybersecurity, computer problem solving and public speaking.

Two students also earned scholarships. Robinson Secondary School’s Sienna Wade received the L. Marguerite Crumley Scholarship, while Lake Braddock Secondary School’s Manas Puri received the Frank Manning Peele Scholarship.

FBLA, a career and technical student organization serving more than 200,000 members annually, prepares students for careers in business.

Centreville High School

  • Eric Kim — Digital Video Production, third place
  • Joshua Park — Digital Video Production, third place
  • Himadrin Senthil Kumar — Digital Video Production, third place
  • Aqsa Suhail — Introduction to Business Communication, fifth place
  • Siyona Kale — Introduction to Business Concepts, third place
  • Suryaa Kalyan — Job Interview, first place

Chantilly High School

  • Nikhil Vaidy — Advanced Accounting, second place
  • Ganesh Medi — Business Law, third place
  • Anjay Kannan — Business Management, second place
  • Sai Koochana — Business Management, second place
  • Aarush Ravella — Business Management, second place
  • Aakash Gangadari — Future Business Leader, second place
  • Ishaan Shukla — Public Administration and Management, first place

Edison High School

  • Lina Mered — Introduction to Information Technology, fourth place
  • Sarthak Pandey — Retail Management, third place

Falls Church High School

  • Josephine Huynh — Introduction to Retail and Merchandising, second place
  • Aryan Mendes — Technology Support and Services, second place

Hayfield Secondary School

  • Ramy Alridge — Network Design, fourth place
  • Eric Goering — Network Design, fourth place

Lake Braddock Secondary School

  • Elisa Lee — Accounting, third place
  • Lanny Huynh — Business Communication, first place
  • Nathaniel Gu — Cyber Security, fourth place
  • Manas Puri — Data Science and AI, first place
  • Elisa Lee — Digital Animation, third place
  • Manas Puri — Entrepreneurship, first place
  • Selena Vu — Event Planning, second place
  • Chenyue Wang — Event Planning, second place
  • Manas Puri — Frank Manning Peele Scholarship, first place

Marshall High School

  • Srinidhi Katragadda — Business Law, fourth place
  • Nai Alfrijat — Organizational Leadership, fourth place

McLean High School

  • Riya Jain — Business Plan, fourth place
  • Diego Lowe — Business Plan, fourth place
  • Hemish Prateek Malekar — Business Plan, fourth place
  • Nahom Kidane — Introduction to Information Technology, second place
  • Graham Payne — Introduction to Supply Chain Management, fourth place
  • Chrysostomos Tsiglifis — Real Estate, fifth place

Oakton High School

  • Rishab Nanduri — Customer Service, third place
  • Minh-quang Nguyen — Health Care Administration, fourth place
  • Nikhilesh Narendran — Human Resource Management, fifth place
  • Gavin Hawk — Marketing, fifth place
  • Chase Bourommavong — Retail Management, second place
  • Rajeev Thykattil — Securities and Investments, first place

Robinson Secondary School

  • Emma Mathias — Business Ethics, third place
  • Natalia Voloshin — Business Ethics, third place
  • Michael Orilla — Community Service Project, second place
  • Gabriella Perrin — Community Service Project, second place
  • Patrick O’Connell — Computer Problem Solving, fourth place
  • Mimei Minato — Digital Animation, fourth place
  • Luana Castro Sanchez — Digital Video Production, first place
  • Avril Deza-Altahona — Digital Video Production, first place
  • Nahomy Pineda — Digital Video Production, first place
  • Ruby Goldman — Foundation’s Sarah Lowe Thompson Scholarship, second place
  • Ksenia Edwards — Future Business Leader, fifth place
  • Paolo Mascola — Impromptu Speaking, first place
  • Aleyda Paz Chavez — Introduction to Business Communication, first place
  • Bauer Banchek — Introduction to Social Media Strategy, first place
  • Abigail Espinola — Introduction to Social Media Strategy, first place
  • Sienna Wade — L. Marguerite Crumley Scholarship, second place
  • Taylor Lindenberg — Local Chapter Annual Business Report, fourth place
  • Abby Garrett — Local Chapter Annual Business Report, fourth place
  • Taylor Lindenberg — Mobile Application Development, second place
  • Valeria Morales — Mobile Application Development, second place
  • Jackson Stear — Real Estate, third place
  • Annika Cry — Sales Presentation, fourth place
  • Sofia Deras — Sales Presentation, fourth place
  • Abigail Bruechert — Technology Support and Services, third place

South Lakes High School

  • Luella Adam — Broadcast Journalism, first place
  • Alden Walcott — Broadcast Journalism, first place
  • Matthew Mudry — International Business, fourth place
  • Joshua Oh — International Business, fourth place
  • Andrew Pierce — International Business, fourth place
  • Tylar Letteney — Supply Chain Management, second place
  • Saketh Vakkalanka — Supply Chain Management, second place
  • Sebastian Valencia — Supply Chain Management, second place

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

  • Arjun Kode — Accounting, second place
  • Nithin Vargese — Advanced Accounting, first place
  • Tristan Raffo — Agribusiness, second place
  • Kaya Gadhia — Business Management, first place
  • Aarav Ramineni — Business Management, first place
  • Emma Zhang — Career Portfolio, fifth place
  • Sahas Reddy — Computer Problem Solving, first place
  • Kevin Su — Economics, second place
  • Ishaan Kar — Insurance and Risk Management, first place
  • Namay Khandelwal — International Business, second place
  • Michael Mafanire — Journalism, first place
  • Akshay Dawar — Management Information Systems, fourth place
  • Arjun Deo — Management Information Systems, fourth place
  • Jai Shah — Management Information Systems, fourth place
  • Sumukh Jamalamadaka — Network Design, third place
  • Arpan Prasai — Network Design, third place
  • Aditya Alaparti — Personal Finance, first place
  • Amann Katta — Project Management, first place
  • Vishruth Nadikattu — Project Management, third place
  • Sravya Gogineni — Visual Design, second place
  • Akshayasri Lokam — Visual Design, second place
  • Harini Sudhakar — Visual Design, second place

Westfield High School

  • Aurel Catherine Arockia Irudhaya Jayasing — Advertising, second place
  • Manasvini Lakkavajjala — Introduction to Supply Chain Management, fifth place
  • Christina Liu — Social Media Strategies, first place
  • Neha Ranjith — Social Media Strategies, first place