Hagen and Vega are both hoping to be among the top five finishers at the international competition.
“You have to get comfortable being put into a new situation,” Vega said. “A lot of it is just thinking on your feet.”
David Johnson is the team mentor.
Last year, DECA sent 44 students to state and 18 to the international competition in Orlando, Fla. This year, those who place in the top six overall in each category at state will move on to the international competition at the end of April.
The following students have qualified for state competition: Nolan Gilmour, Perry Truong, Amanda Tennyson, Marc Crinon, Curtis Little, Macon Sumpter, Dylan Jones, Aksa Manzer, Derek Hood, Jacob Scott, Alistair Graham, Aaron McMahan, Matt Rose, Jasmyne Samuels, Madison Berkeley, Ben Hagen, Scott Feather, Keaton King, Wyatt Brown, Mikayla Lindstrom, Ollie Stanchfield, Kailey Burris, Jake Hsu, Kyla Sumpter, Dalton Wunderlich, Courtney Swan, Drew Clarkson, Nolan Valenter, David Kinsman, Nick Napier, Katie Shin, Edward Grigoryan, Hunter Gurney, Vanessa Serrano, Joseph Kashas, Josue Martinez, Autumn Wood, Ashley Atkins, Annika Bales, Austin Kaphammer, Brooke Christensen, Andrea DiGenova, Austin Barr, Jared Smith, Max Goss, Rachael Bonazelli, Grace Garfield, Sierra Brown, Courtney White, Mary Leighton, Sulamitta Stepanyuk, Hannah Tweet, Brandon Vega, Andy Peterson, David Meyer, Kassidi Sorensen, Josh Bates, Teal Fielding, Nicole Madrigal, Jefferson Yuan, Sam Ellis, Thomas Hudson, Jamison Hibbard, Shiraz Batroukh, Rachael Grant, Sarah Kelley, Megan Napier, Honor Stevenson, Matt Palodichuk, Chase Gallagher and Blake Christopher.