HOSA Students Advance to State Competition

Local students enrolled in Ohio Hi-Point programs affiliated with HOSA - Future Health Professionals recently showcased their skills at the Region 5 HOSA Competition, held on January 17 at Ohio Hi-Point Career Center. Competing against peers from across the region in a variety of event categories including medical law

and ethics, life support skills, nursing assisting, and physical therapy, veterinary science, and prepared speaking, the following Ohio Hi-Point students advanced to the HOSA State Leadership Conference, where they will have the chance to compete for a spot at nationals.​​

From the OHP Campus HOSA Chapter:
 
Personal Care:

• Emma Campbell (Health Careers Academy, Bellefontaine) – 1st place

Nursing Assisting:

• Haylee Earles (Health Careers Academy, West Liberty-Salem) – 1st place
• Courtney Hart (Health Careers Academy, Benjamin Logan) – 2nd place

Healthy Living:

• Ayden Clary (Exercise Science, Bellefontaine) –1st place

Life Support Skills:

• Carter Hunt (Exercise Science, Bellefontaine) –1st place

Sports Med:

• Aidan Mai (Exercise Science, Bellefontaine) –1st place
• Kate Stahler (Exercise Science, Ridgemont) – 3rd place
• Dylan Gowin (Exercise Science, Triad) – 4th place

Research Poster:

• Haeleigh Arnold (Animal Science, Urbana) – 1st place
• Nate Hoffman (Exercise Science, Benjamin Logan) – 2nd place
• Kelsi Wall (Exercise Science, Kenton)– 4th place

Medical Spelling:

• Eugenia Mata Trujillo (Health Careers Academy, Marysville) – 2nd place

Physical Therapy:

• Malichi Morales (Exercise Science, Urbana) – 2nd place
• Tim Holly (Exercise Science, Kenton)– 3rd place

Job Seeking Skills:

• Latasha Alig (Health Careers Academy, Indian Lake) – 2nd place
• Reagan Bradford (Health Careers Academy, West Liberty-Salem) – 3rd place
• Marialaura Machado-Araujo (Health Careers Academy, Bellefontaine) – 4th place 

Interview Skills:

• Gianna Saunders (Health Careers Academy, Benjamin Logan) – 2nd 

Prepared Speaking:

• Gracie Hood (Health Careers Academy, Bellefontaine) – 2nd place
• Ivelisse Walcutt (Health Careers Academy, Marysville) – 3rd place

Life Support Skills:

• Kenzie Bernard (Health Careers Academy, Marysville) – 2nd place

Veterinary Science:

• Madi Zedeker (Animal Science, Bellefontaine) – 2nd place
• Lilli Fitak (Animal Science, Triad) – 3rd place
• Camryn Neill (Animal Science, Bellefontaine) – 4th place

Home Health Aide:
Justice Davis (Health Careers Academy, Graham) – 3rd place
 Phlebotomy:

• Alyssa Mueller (Health Careers Academy, West Liberty-Salem) – 3rd place
• Laney Craig (Health Careers Academy, West Liberty-Salem) – 4th place

Prepared Speaking:

• Andrew Stroud (Health Careers Academy, Indian Lake) – 4th place

Medical Terminology:

• Ivy Hatfield (Health Careers Academy, Graham) – 4th place 

Mental Health Promotion:

• Oluwanifemi Adesanmi, Durtmalegshiglen Khadbaatar, and Piper Jenkins (Health Careers Academy, Marysville) – 4th place

Health Career Photography:

• Lilly Diaz (Animal Science, Urbana)– 3rd place
• Lisa Eastman (Animal Science, Benjamin Logan) – 4th place

Forensic Science:

• Nora Mowrey (Animal Science, Urbana) and Emilie Alcorn (Animal Science, Graham) – 4th place

Clinical Lab for Animal Health:

• Elliana Zimmerman (Animal Science, Triad)
• Allison Quick (Animal Science, Marysville)

Surgical Tech (State-Only Event):

• Chelsea Jordan (Exercise Science, Upper Scioto Valley)

Students in the OHP Campus HOSA Chapter are part of the Health Careers Academy, Exercise Science, and Animal Science programs.
 
From the OHP/Kenton High School HOSA Chapter:

Phlebotomy:

• Chloe Hattery – 2nd place

 
Students in the OHP/Kenton HOSA Chapter are a part of the OHP/Kenton Allied Health and Nursing program.
 
From the OHP/Marysville Early College High School HOSA Chapter:

CERT Skills:

• Juliette Rister – 1st place

CPR/First Aid: 

• Alexis Corbett – 1st place

Health Career Photography: 

• Rylee Drope – 1st place

Job Seeking Skills: 

• Aubrey Montgomery – 1st place

Medical Assisting: 

• Angel Moss – 1st place

Physical Therapy: 

•  Sophia Bakalas – 1st place
• Mei Wardwell – 4th place

Prepared Speaking: 

• Allee Forrider – 1st place

Emergency Medical Technician: 

• Grace Barcus – 2nd place

Home Health Aide:

• Ashlyn Holt – 2nd place

Medical Health Promotion: 

• Violet Barton – 2nd place
• Bernice Torres – 3rd place

Nursing Assisting: 

• Aylla Powell – 3rd place

Pathophysiology: 

• Olivia Gratz – 3rd place

Dental Terminology: 

• Mary Magday – 4th place

Behavioral Health: 

• Kylie Andrews – 4th place 

Epidemiology: 

• Cory Rausch – 4th place

Human Growth & Development:

• Emily MacLaughlin – 4th place

Nutrition: 

• Isabella Hackett – 4th place

Public Health: 

•  Vivian Moser – 4th place

 
Students in the OHP/Marysville Early College High School HOSA Chapter are part of the OHP/MECHS Allied Health and Nursing program.

“We’re incredibly proud of our students and the hard work they put into preparing for these contests,” said Justin Rigsby, an Ohio Hi-Point Career Tech Supervisor. “We’re excited to see them compete at the state level.”

These students will compete at the Ohio HOSA State Competition in Toledo in April.

HOSA is an international student organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education (HSE) Division of ACTE. HOSA's two-fold mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality healthcare to all people. HOSA's goal is to encourage all health science instructors and students to join and be actively involved in the HSE-HOSA Partnership. HOSA provides a unique program of leadership development, motivation, and recognition exclusively for secondary, postsecondary, adult, and collegiate students enrolled in health science education and biomedical science programs or have interests in pursuing careers in health professions.

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