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Four Coyotes earned world championship honors, fueling another excellent effort by Kansas Wesleyan\u2019s DECA program at the organization\u2019s annual international competition, held earlier this month in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Senior Clay Gagnon and sophomore Paige Chauncey prevailed in the Sports Marketing event, while freshmen Shelby Davidson and Delanie McMullen won the Event Planning category. Chauncey, Davidson and McMullen were competing at the international meet for the first time.<\/p>\n

The quartet of world titles gave the Coyotes 15 in the past four years and marked the third year in a row Kansas Wesleyan had world champions in multiple events.<\/p>\n

“I’m incredibly proud of the time and efforts students commit to DECA to be exceptional,\u201d said Dr. Trish Petak, associate professor of business and accounting and the team\u2019s coach. \u201cThe behind-the-scenes preparation is where their growth really happens, shaping them into confident presenters and strategic collaborators.”<\/p>\n

All told, 13 Coyotes competed in the April event and 12 advanced to the final round. Ten recorded top-10 results.<\/p>\n

More than 1,300 students from more than 100 institutions competed, including those from Arizona State, Clemson, Pepperdine, North Carolina and UNLV.<\/p>\n

A full capsule of KWU\u2019s top-10 finishers appears below.<\/p>\n

First Place Finishers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paige Chauncey (sophomore) and Clay Gagnon (senior)\u00a0\u2013 Sports Marketing
\nShelby Davidson (freshman) and Delanie McMullen (freshman) \u2013 Event Planning<\/p>\n

Second Place Finishers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oriana Botz (junior) and Tru Haesemeyer (junior) \u2013 Marketing Communications<\/p>\n

Other Top-10 Finishers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Courtney Auld (sophomore) and Caleigh Evans (senior)\u00a0 \u2013 Entertainment Marketing
\nAuld and Gagnon \u2013 Business Research
\nTiana Marion (senior) and Madelene McVey (sophomore) \u2013 International Marketing<\/p>\n

For more information on Collegiate DECA, visit www.deca.org\/collegiate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":38901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nQuartet of Coyotes Earn DECA World Championships - Kansas Wesleyan University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/quartet-of-coyotes-earn-deca-world-championships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Quartet of Coyotes Earn DECA World Championships - 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