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BOLIVAR, Mo. 鈥� 糖心vlog鈥檚 Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) organization had nine students qualify for the PBL Nationals on June 24-27 in Anaheim, Calif., following an impressive showing at the PBL State Leadership Competition on April 1 in Springfield.

SBU PBL, which competed against 208 students and 15 universities at the state competition, had 20 top-five finishes, including six first-place winners. SBU competitors included:

• Allison Hawkins 鈥� sophomore, St. Joseph; First place 鈥� Programming Concepts; Second place 鈥� Computer Applications

• Austin Masters 鈥� sophomore, Strafford; Fourth place 鈥� Cyber Security

• Chase Bussey 鈥� junior, Sedalia; First place 鈥� Cyber Security; First place 鈥� Network Design

• Emily Woods 鈥� junior, Osceola; Second place 鈥� Future Business Leader of America; Second place 鈥� Project Management

• Jalen Supancic 鈥� senior, Lynchburg; Second place 鈥� Business Communications; Second place 鈥� Contemporary Sports Issues; Third place 鈥� Management Concepts

• Jessa Kliewer 鈥� junior, Lee鈥檚 Summit; Third place 鈥� Sports Management and Marketing; Fifth place 鈥� Organizational Behavior and Leadership

• Josh Adams 鈥� sophomore, West Plains; Third place 鈥� Cyber Security; Fourth place 鈥� Programming Concepts

• Kiersten Harper 鈥� sophomore, Monett; First place 鈥� Public Speaking; Third place 鈥� Administrative Technology

• Stephan Munsell 鈥� junior, Belton; First place 鈥� Information Management; Second place 鈥� Network Design

• Jordan Burrows 鈥� freshman, Branson; Honorable mention

Team events

• Bussey-Masters 鈥� First place 鈥� Mobile Application Development
• Woods-Munsell 鈥� Second place 鈥� Management Analysis and Decision Making

鈥淚 am blessed to lead such a talented and hard-working team,鈥� said Meilani Conley, SBU PBL advisor and instructor of computer science. 鈥淭hey represent our university and our mission statement well. I am very proud and look forward to seeing them compete on the national stage.鈥�

In the last three years, SBU PBL students have claimed 13 top-10 national finishes at the PBL National Leadership Conference.

Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) is a nonprofit education association with a quarter million students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields.

Cutline: Front row (left to right): Jessa Kliewer and Emily Woods; Back row (left to right): Stephan Munsell, Jalen Supancic, Chase Bussey and Austin Masters; Not pictured: Josh Adams, Jordan Burrows, Kiersten Harper and Allison Hawkins.