Scranton FBLA Students Win 4 State Championships, Place in 16 Events

The University of Scranton's rise to the top as a premier institution for Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) continued with its most recent performance.

Scranton students combined to place in 16 events, winning four state championships with five runner-up finishes, at the FBLA State Leadership Conference, held March 27-28 in Harrisburg.

It marks the greatest state championship performance yet by Scranton's FBLA team, according to David Mahalak, D.Eng., club advisor and professor of operations and analytics. Last year, Scranton placed in eight events with one state champion and two runners-up.

This year's top performers included the first-place finishers:

• Gary Mrozinski, a finance major from Taylor, earned a pair of state championships in finance case competition and foundations of economics.
• Joseph Kulikowski, a business analytics and finance major from Moosic, earned the state title in supply chain management.
• Joseph Walas, an accounting and finance double major from West Islip, New York, won the state championship in foundations of economics. He also placed second in foundations of finance.

Together, Mrozinski, Kulikowski and Walas joined forces and earned fourth in state of the chapter.

Second-place finishers included: Megan Cosklo, a business administration major from Fell Township, foundations of management; Kaeli Romanowski, a finance major from Lake Ariel, foundations of marketing; and Lillian Stein, a cybercrime and homeland security major from Lehighton, computer applications. Additionally, Madyson Spevak, an accounting and finance double major from Easton, and Mallory Woodland, an advertising/public relations major from Nazareth, placed second in community service project.

Next up, several of Scranton's FBLA medalists will travel to Las Vegas for the FBLA Collegiate National Leadership Conference. It will be held June 6-8 at the Westgate Las Vegas.

The University had an outstanding performance at last year's national conference with Romanowski and Walas each winning national titles and Mrozinski earning a seventh-place finish.

Established in 1942, FBLA is the world's largest organization of its kind, annually helping 230,000-plus members in middle school, high school and college prepare for careers in various business fields.

The full list of Scranton's medalists is below:

Individual Awards:

Joseph Kulikowski, a business analytics and finance major from Moosic, placed first in supply chain management

Gary Mrozinski, a finance major from Taylor, placed first in finance case competition; Mrozinski also placed first in foundations of economics

Joseph Walas, an accounting and finance double major from West Islip, New York, placed first in foundations of economics; Walas also placed second in foundations of finance

Megan Cosklo, a business administration major from Fell Township, placed second in foundations of management

Kaeli Romanowski, a finance major from Lake Ariel, placed second in foundations of marketing; Romanowski also placed third in foundations of management

Lillian Stein, a cybercrime and homeland security major from Lehighton, placed second in computer applications

Onyekachi Nubia, a finance major from Nazareth, placed third in foundations of economics

Mallory Woodland, an advertising/public relations major from Nazareth, placed third in foundations of digital design; Woodland also placed fourth in foundations of communication

Emma Sibbach, an accounting major from Palmyra, placed fourth in foundations of marketing

Madyson Spevak, an accounting and finance double major from Easton, placed fourth in retail management

Team Awards:

Madyson Spevak, an accounting and finance double major from Easton, and Mallory Woodland, an advertising/public relations major from Nazareth, placed second in community service project

Joseph Kulikowski, a business analytics and finance double major from Moosic, Gary Mrozinski, a finance major from Taylor, and Joseph Walas, an accounting and finance double major from West Islip, New York, placed fourth in state of the chapter