MUSCLE SHOALS, ALA. — Northwest Shoals Community College’s (NWSCC) Business Division hosted the inaugural high school business division competition on the Shoals campus for approximately 110 students from 12 area high schools on Monday (10/2).

Area high school students competed in 11 areas: Advertising Design, Bank Reconciliation, Cover Letter, Electronic Spreadsheet, Financial Statements, Job Interview, Keyboarding, Payroll Accounting, PowerPoint, Résumé and Word Processor.

Competing schools consisted of: Allen Thornton Career Technical Center, Central High School (Florence), Colbert County High School, Colbert Heights High School, Franklin County Career Technical Center, Lawrence County High School (Ala.), Lawrence County Technology Center (Ala.), Lexington High School, Muscle Shoals High School, Rogers High School, Russellville High School and Vina High School.

Below are the winners for each area:

Advertising Design

1) Kara Johnson – Colbert County High School

2) Taylor Woods – Lawrence County High School

3) Emily Duncan – Lexington High School

Advertising Design (Pictured L to R: 2nd, 1st, 3rd)

Bank Reconciliation (Pictured L to R: 3rd, 1st, 2nd)

1) Sahil Kumar – Muscle Shoals High School

2) James Huang – Lawrence County High School

3) Carlan McNeil – Vina High School

Bank Reconciliation (Pictured L to R: 3rd, 1st, 2nd)

Cover Letter 

1) Abigail Bogan – Lawrence County Technology Center

2) Desiree Vink – Allen Thornton Career Technical Center

3) Katy White – Lexington High School

Cover Letter (Pictured L to R: 3rd, 1st, 2nd)

Electronic Spreadsheet 

1) Melissa Tomas – Russellville High School

2) Halle Grace McCrory – Muscle Shoals High School

Electronic Spreadsheet (Pictured L to R: 2nd, 1st)

Financial Statements

1) Amanda Otzoy – Russellville High School

2) Elizabeth Baty – Vina High School

Financial Statements (Pictured L to R: 2nd, 1st)

Job Interview

1) Katy White – Lexington High School

2) Abigail Bogan – Lawrence County Technology Center

3) Hogan Isbell – Colbert County High School

Job Interview (Pictured L to R: 3rd, 1st, 2nd)

Keyboarding

1) Tanner James – Russellville High School

2) Jayla Puckett – Vina High School

3) Samuel Spalding – Muscle Shoals High School

Keyboarding (Pictured L to R: 3rd, 1st, 2nd)

Payroll Accounting

1) Samuel Spalding – Muscle Shoals High School

2) Abby Hester – Vina High School

3) Mackenzie Lawler – Vina High School

Payroll Accounting (Pictured L to R: 3rd, 1st, 2nd)

PowerPoint

1) Dillon Borden – Franklin County Career Technical Center

2) Maria Estrada – Franklin County Career Technical Center

3) Destiny Pacheco – Muscle Shoals High School

PowerPoint (Pictured L to R: 3rd, 1st, 2nd)

Résumé

1) Emily Murray – Russellville High School

2) Adam Richardson – Rogers High School

3) Logan Smith – Allen Thornton Career Technical Center

Résumé (Pictured L to R: 3rd, 1st, 2nd)

Word Processor

1) Kinsley Hanback – Lexington High School

2) Emily Anne West – Central High School

3) Jamie Naylor – Lawrence County Technology Center

Word Processor (Pictured L to R: 3rd, 1st, 2nd)