Rockwood Students Qualify for Next Level, Earn Awards at HOSA State Leadership Conference

Nearly 70 Rockwood School District students qualified for the HOSA-Future Health Professionals International Leadership Conference (ILC) at the Missouri HOSA State Leadership Conference (SLC) in Rolla on March 23-24.

Students from Eureka, Lafayette and Marquette high schools were among the 1,385 participants from 97 chapters competing at the SLC, in both individual and team events. A total of 32 Rockwood students finished first in their individual or team event, 21 finished second, and 14 finished third.

SLC qualifiers are eligible to participate at the ILC from June 17-20 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

In addition, 29 Rockwood students earned top-10 finishes in exams at the Academic Testing Center, and eight Rockwood students were honored for their volunteerism with the Barbara James Service Award. The Lafayette chapter also earned the Certificate of Merit in the HOSA Service Project Chapter Award, honoring more than $375 raised and many hours volunteered toward its service project, the National Marrow Donor Program.

Congratulations to these outstanding students! Check below for more information.

Competitive Events (top 3 advance to International Leadership Conference)

1^st Place

• Noah Bairu, Vivek Maddineni, Suchir Ryali and Timothy Zheng, Lafayette (Medical Innovation)
• Mihika Biju, Sara Motlaq, Samyukta Mulinti, Nandini Rao and Vidhee Soneta, Marquette (Mental Health Promotion)
• Yasmine El Fouly and Gabriela Freitas Fernandes, Lafayette (Health Career Display)
• Jasmeh Gill, Lafayette (Medical Spelling)
• Shreyansh Guduru, Arnav Gupta, Yong Ning, Pranav Satuluri, Harsh Sodavadiya and Adith Vipin, Marquette (Health Education)
• Jahnavi Immidisetti, Tanujha Manikandan, Anshu Rajoli and Shree Senthilnathan, Marquette (Community Awareness)
• Mahita Karnati, Annie Kee, Jada Manning, Annanya Sethi, Ana Singh and Lindsay Wang, Marquette (MRC Partnership)
• Aradhya Malik, Lafayette (Researched Persuasive Writing and Speaking)
• Alexandra Mimlitz and Alexis Sandberg, Lafayette (Public Service Announcement)
• Tanvi Narendrula, Marquette (Dental Terminology)

2nd Place

• Kruthi Avula, Vedha Inampudi, Hritika Malugu, Shruthi Rangineni and Pushpa Voleti, Lafayette (Public Health)
• Saanvi Boinepally, Nikita Chaudhari and Sanjana Diraviyam, Marquette (Mental Health Promotion)
• Monisha Bonala and Akhila Nalluri, Lafayette (Medical Innovation)
• Mihir Busani, Dharsha Ghattu and Advik Nadikota, Marquette (Creative Problem Solving)
• Claire Eltoft, Lafayette (Medical Reading)
• Deetya Ladi, Saanvi Makkapati and Samridhi Singh, Marquette (MRC Partnership)
• Sri Mallepeddi, Dia Panchal, Zara Panchal and Sahasra Rangineni, Lafayette (Community Awareness)

3rd Place

• Trisha Ahir, Marquette (Medical Reading)
• Brooke Allen, Eureka (Epidemiology)
• Satvik Das, Ahaan Ghosh, Ishaan Pokala and Gabriel Tian, Marquette (Creative Problem Solving)
• Adithya Ganesh, Avyukth Raghuraman, Abhinav Rao and Nikhil Sharma, Lafayette (Medical Innovation)
• Manasvi Jagarlamudi, Marquette (Medical Law and Ethics)
• Risha Kaul, Marquette (Healthcare Administration)
• Alexa Kerber, Marquette (Human Growth & Development)
• Harshitha Prabakar, Marquette (Health Informatics)

Academic Testing Center Results

• Noah Bairu, Lafayette, 1st (Physics College)
• Mihir Busani, Marquette, 1st (Career Development)
• Mridini Nandakumar, Lafayette, 1st (Organic Chemistry)
• Claire Domsalla, Lafayette, 2nd (Career Development)
• Hansika Gonuguntla, Marquette, 2nd (Allied Health Statistics)
• Neha Prasad, Lafayette, 2nd (Organic Chemistry)
• Lily Wang, Marquette, 2nd (General Chemistry)
• Lauren Callahan, Eureka, 3rd (Organic Chemistry)
• Grace Cox, Eureka, 3rd (Biochemistry)
• Ansh Patel, Lafayette, 3rd (Allied Health Statistics)
• Pranav Visveswaran, Lafayette, 3rd (Physics College)
• Vishwajeeth Ayannagari, Lafayette, 4th (Physics College)
• Aarav Gade, Lafayette, 4th (Anatomy & Physiology)
• Tanvi Narendrula, Marquette, 4th (Microbiology)
• Lindsay Wang, Marquette, 4th (General Chemistry)
• Bryan Kang, Marquette, 5th (Biology)
• Advik Nadikota, Marquette, 6th (Physics College
• Nandini Rao, Marquette, 6th (Environmental Health)
• Suchir Ryali, Lafayette, 6th (Math for Health Professionals)
• Pratik Bhattiprolu, Marquette, 7th (Microbiology)
• Adithya Ganesh, Lafayette, 7th (Environmental Health)
• Anjali Gottumukkala, Marquette, 7th (Human Heredity)
• Ridhima Pasricha, Marquette, 8th (Math for Health Professionals)
• Gabriel Tian, Marquette, 8th (General Chemistry)
• Sudeep Vadderaju, Marquette, 8th (Biochemistry)
• Aditi Roy, Lafayette, 9th (Biology)
• Mahesh Boddapati, Marquette, 10th (Biology)
• Saanvi Makkapati, Marquette, 10th (Career Development)
• Abby Smith, Eureka, 10th (Anatomy & Physiology)

Barbara James Service Award

• Advik Nadikota, Marquette, Gold International Level Recognition (250+ volunteer hours)
• Jahnavi Immidisetti, Marquette, Silver International Level Recognition (175-249 volunteer hours)
• Uma Narayanan, Lafayette, Silver International Level Recognition
• Shruthi Senthil, Lafayette, Silver International Level Recognition
• Shreyansh Guduru, Marquette, Bronze International Level Recognition (100-174 volunteer hours)
• Saanvi Makkapati, Marquette, Bronze International Level Recognition
• Tanvi Narendrula, Marquette, Bronze International Level Recognition
• Samridhi Singh, Marquette, State Certificate of Recognition