Peabody-Burns High School Business Professionals of America recently competed in a state leadership contest at Wichita.

National qualifiers

Traylee Woodruff, first, medical office procedures.

Seth Methvin, first, prepared speech, insurance concepts, management, marketing, human resources, and a Torch Award recipient.

Sean Jones, first, presentation management team.

Jacob Simmonds, first, presentation management team; second, advanced spreadsheet application.

Martin Hofkamp, first, presentation management team; second, economic research project.

Julie Wedel, second, advanced word processing skills.

Aaron Topham, third, entrepreneurship and insurance concepts.

Amy Wedel, third, keyboarding production.

Joseph Zappone, third, banking and financing.

Cade Middleton, insurance concepts.

Kendall Wiebe, computer network technology concepts.

First place

Traylee Woodruff, medical office procedures.

Seth Methvin, prepared speech.

Jacob Simmonds, Sean Jones, and Martin Hofkamp, presentation management team.

Second place

Jacob Simmonds, advanced spreadsheet applications.

Martin Hofkamp, economic research project.

Julie Wedel, advanced word processing skills.

Third place

Joseph Zappone, banking and finance.

Amy Wedel, keyboarding production.

Aaron Topham, entrepreneurship.

Danielle Savage, Kaitlyn Preheim, and Julie Wedel, administrative support team.

Jake Middleton, Cade Middleton, Joe Zappone, and Brian Wingert, video production team.

Fourth place

Embry Hodges, entrepreneurship.

Paige Barnes, prepared speech.

Paige Barnes, Seth Methvin, and Traylee Woodruff, small business management team.

Other placings

Felicia Pohlman, sixth, graphic design promotion.

Wes Shaw, ninth, fundamental accounting.

Kendall Wiebe, ninth, banking and finance.

Seth Methvin, Cade Middleton, and Aaron Topham, insurance concepts.

Kendall Wiebe, computer network technology concepts.

Seth Methvin, management, marketing, human resources.