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Rockwood Students Earn Championship, Top-10 Finishes at FBLA National Leadership Conference

Rockwood Students Earn Championship, Top-10 Finishes at FBLA National Leadership Conference

A total of seven Marquette High students earned top-six finishes at the 2025 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference (NLC), including one team that won a national championship.

The team of Keshav Anand, Dhruv Bhosekar and Satvik Seetharaman earned first place in the country in Business Management. Rithika Pendurthi earned third in Intro to Parliamentary Procedure, Keerthi Thota earned fifth in Spreadsheet Applications, and the team of Adam Basa and Nathaniel Bian earned sixth in Network Design. Adithya Chengalvala was also named a top-15 finalist in Management Information Systems. 

The event, held in Anaheim, California from June 29-July 2, attracted more than 15,000 middle school and high school students, educators and volunteers from across the country. The NLC provides education, competition and networking opportunities centered on business.

Rockwood's winners were among only 13 high school groups and individuals from the state of Missouri to earn top-six finishes at the national conference, with Anand, Bhosekar and Seetharaman serving as Missouri's only national champions. Nearly 11,000 students from more than 2,000 middle schools and high schools in 48 U.S. states and territories competed in 100 business-related events for cash prizes totaling more than $120,000.

More than 30 Rockwood students from Lafayette and Marquette traveled to the national conference after qualifying at the state level in April.

Congratulations to these outstanding Rockwood students!


Three Rockwood students smile while holding an FBLA National Championship trophy and banner.

Rockwood 2025 FBLA National Leadership Conference Top-10 Finishers

  • Keshav Anand, Dhruv Bhosekar and Satvik Seetharaman, Marquette, 1st, Business Management
  • Rithika Pendurthi, Marquette, 3rd, Intro to Parliamentary Procedure
  • Keerthi Thota, Marquette, 5th, Spreadsheet Applications
  • Adam Basa and Nathaniel Bian, Marquette, 6th, Network Design
Rockwood's top-10 finishers smile  in three separate photos at FBLA Nationals.
A group of Rockwood students smiles at FBLA Nationals.
A group of Rockwood students smiles at FBLA Nationals.

 

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