Accolades
AwardWinning.
From regional to national — our members compete and win at every level.
2026
State Leadership Conference · Sweepstakes Award
2026 State Leadership Conference · Emeryville, CA · Spring 2026
State of Chapter Award
Largest State Chapter Award
Largest Membership Award
Sweepstakes Award
🥇 Gold — 6 Placements
Entrepreneurship Pitch
William Devanney · Shakil Musthafa · Timothy Nguyen · Bryant Vo
Hospitality Management
Anna Huynh · Jayden Phan · Francisco Rodriguez · Haley Truong
Impromptu Speaking
Nikunj More
Public Speaking
Derick Nguyen
State of Chapter
Carine Chan · Nisa Pradhan · Arya Somu
Community Service Project
Arin Kumar · Lisa Qian · Derick Nguyen · Angelo Maniraho · Bryant Vo · Harika Talluri · Ruirui Wu · Sophia Guidicotti · Anusha Shringi · Rameesha Farrukh · Elena Burgos
🥈 Silver — 8 Placements
Accounting Case
Nikunj More · Shakil Musthafa
Business Ethics
Iker Amox Jimenez · George Huang · Jordan Nguyen
Business Presentation
Tran Dang · Jing Xuan Jason Zhou
Digital Design & Comm.
Nhi Tran
Emerging Business Issues
Jacob Eliashberg · Rameesha Farrukh · Joseph Leytes
Entrepreneurship Pitch
Om Bathija · Rivers Calareso
Finance
Elena Burgos · Evan Hoeffner · Jocelyn Ramirez
Impromptu Speaking
Anusha Shringi
🥉 Bronze — 2 Placements
Emerging Business Issues
Anirudh Ahluwalia · Parker Elsey · Angelo Maniraho
Impromptu Speaking
Timothy Nguyen
Objective Tests
2nd — Foundations of Computer Science
Arya Somu
2nd — Sports Management & Marketing
Shang-rong Ma
3rd — Foundations of Technology
Dawit Mekuria
3rd — International Business
Ruirui Wu
4th — Business Law
Haley Truong
4th — Foundations of Entrepreneurship
Angelo Maniraho
Team Events
3rd — Emerging Business Issues
Anirudh Ahluwalia · Parker Elsey · Angelo Maniraho
4th — Accounting Case
Phillip Chang · Thin Thida Soe · Pak Hei Wong · Rebecca Yim
4th — Finance Case
Ilay Botzer · Dianne Johnson · Kyle Krawez · Arin Kumar
4th — Hospitality Management
Jacob Chen · Joshua Morris · Vincent Shao · Ella Yang
4th — Management Case
Cyrus Nakar · Derick Nguyen · Wenyu Qian · Bryant Vo
4th — Marketing & Sales
Addy Hu · Olivia Ma · Anusha Shringi · Edward Wong
4th — Technology & Computer Science
Shang-rong Ma · Dawit Mekuria · Jeremy Mendoza
5th — Digital Design & Communications
Emmanuel Aceves · Sophia Guidicotti · Ruirui Wu
Shark Tank 2026 · De Anza College
🥇 1st — Team #1
Harika Talluri · Ella Yang · Tran Dang · Moles Kali · Elena Burgos
🥈 2nd — Team #7
Arnav Junday · Teevra Singh · Ridhi Thapar · Ashwika Agarwal · Ruhi Teji
🥉 3rd — Team #3
Francisco Rodriguez · Jayden Phan · Parker Elsey · Evan Hoeffner · Mihir Thakar
Special recognition
Most Innovative
Rodriguez · Phan · Elsey · Hoeffner · Thakar
Most Environmental
Morris · Chen · Shao · Manney · Chang
Most Entertaining
Lakshya Saini · Zhen Huey Lee
Consulting 2026 · De Anza College
Spring — Clients: UC Berkeley IEEE, Star One CU, Azalea Jewelry
🥇 1st — Azalea Jewelry
Jedrick Lachica · Jasmine Perlas · Amy Tran · Jayden Mai · Lucas Avila
🥈 2nd — Azalea Jewelry
Anya Faria · Janet Wong · Amaan Hussain · Gabriel Heiss
🥉 3rd — Star One Credit Union
Walter Paco · Noah Zabala-Taa · Adonis Escobar · Juliana Estrada
Fall — Clients: Hunger at Home, VIDA, Palm & Stone
🥇 1st — Hunger at Home
Evan Hoeffner · Ilay Botzer · Zhen Huey Lee · Leo Chao
🥈 2nd — Palm & Stone
Timothy Le · Amaan Hussain · Justin Aung · Kirin Husain
🥉 3rd — VIDA
Jasmine Perlas · Jedrick Lachica · Emmanuel Aceves · Elara Lwin
2025
Nationals · State · State Fall LC · DAIS · Regional
2025 Nationals · May 31–Jun 2 · Dallas, TX
🥇 1st — Accounting
Alan Dang · Katelyn Nguyen · Yihan Pan · Rachel Tran
🥇 1st — Business Ethics
Javin Ku
🥇 1st — Hospitality Management
Allissa Iida · Taranjit Kaur · Jasmine Perlas · Christina Tran
🥈 2nd — Community Service
Carine Chan · George Huang · Suyash Jevaria
🥉 3rd — Marketing
Thu Tran · Nhi Tran · Tram Lieng
4th — Emerging Business Issues
Zain Darwish · Javin Ku
5th — Business Presentation
Dianne Johnson · Vinh Nguyen · Jocelyn Ramirez
2025 State · Mar 7–9 · San Diego, CA
🥇 1st — Accounting
Alan Dang · Katelyn Nguyen · Floria Pan · Rachel Tran
🥇 1st — Management
Cyrus Nakar · Anqi Lin · Allyson Huynh
🥇 1st — Hospitality Management
Carine Chan · Sylvie Nghiem · George Huang · Leo Huang
🥈 2nd — Ethics
Fun Lee · Jordan Nguyen · Iker Jimenez
🥈 2nd — Business Presentation
Zineerah Ahmed · Dianne Johnson · Jocelyn Ramirez
🥈 2nd — Pitch
Arya Somu · Nisa Pradhan · Arthur Poon
🥉 3rd — Accounting
Chris Wu · Neal Singh · Alan Tran
Objective Tests
🥇 1st — Accounting
Alan Dang
🥇 1st — Leadership
Minh Le
🥇 1st — Impromptu Speaking
VJ Lukka
🥇 1st — Sticker Design
Nhi Tran
🥇 1st — Stock Market
Vincent Shao
State Fall LC 2025 · Nov 8–9 · La Jolla, San Diego
Greatest Membership AwardConference Attendance Award
🥇 Entrepreneurship Pitch
Om Bathija · Shakil Musthafa · Timothy Nguyen · Bryant Vo
🥈 Public Speaking
Derick Nguyen
🥉 Hospitality Management
Jacob Chen · Vincent Shao · Joshua Morris · Ella Yang
4th — Finance
Carine Chan · George Huang · Christina Tran · Anna Huynh
5th — Entrepreneurship Pitch
Coosemans · More · Pradhan · Somu
De Anza Innovation Summit · Oct 10, 2025
🥇 1st Place
Allyson Huynh · Gloria Gao · Rameesha Farrukh · Nabiha Shahid
🥈 2nd Place
Anusha Shringi · Ruirui Wu · Aarush Muralinathan · Timothy Le
🥉 3rd Place
Cyrus Nakar · Kyle Krawez · Su Waisy · VJ Lukka
Fall LC 2024 · Nov 16–17 · Emeryville, CA
🥇 1st — Finance Case Study
Allison Trinh · Alan Dang · Van Loc Nguyen · Zain Darwish
🥈 2nd — Impromptu Speaking
Javin Ku
🥉 3rd — Marketing Case Study
Addy Hu · Chris Wu · Neal Singh · Rushil Vaswani