JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown High School chapter of DECA celebrated two state champion performances and brought several medals back from the North Dakota DECA State conference in Bismarck March 3rd , 4th , and 5th .

Cammie Veldkamp secured 1st place and a state championship in the Entrepreneur role-play event and Carson Muggli secured 1st place and a state championship in the Principles of Business Management and Administration role-play event. Veldkamp also received one of six North Dakota DECA scholarship awards.

By virtue of their placement and positions, Veldkamp and Muggli will attend the DECA International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California in April. At ICDC, they will compete in their events against thousands of the best DECA members internationally.

Three other members of the JHS DECA chapter also qualified themselves for ICDC and will be traveling with Veldkamp and Muggli. Those members are Colin Conway, Regan Keller, and Nevaeh Romfo. Over the course of the school year, the members of JHS DECA have participated in many events including the DECA Virtual Business Challenge, Stock Market Game, All Leadership Conference, and VCSU Emerging Leaders Conference.

“The members of the chapter have worked very hard over the year to perform well and achieve at the high standard that Jamestown High School asks of them,” Advisor Shane Ede said, “and in every case, they have exemplified what it means to be Blue Jays. Our community is lucky to have such fine individuals representing them on the state and national stages.”

The members will be very busy over the next few weeks as they work to fundraiser the unpaid portion of the cost of their trip to Anaheim. Anyone who wishes to make a donation may contact their advisor, Shane Ede, at shane.ede@k12.nd.us.