Dardanelle High School students Logan Cox and Taylor Salters captured first place and $500 in the 2016 Arkansas Tech University High School Business Challenge, which concluded on Friday, April 15, at Rothwell Hall in Russellville.
The contest, which is presented by the Arkansas Tech College of Business, provides high school students with an opportunity to develop a marketable idea, create a business plan and then present the concept to a panel of judges.
Arvest Bank and Pope County Farm Bureau sponsored the event.
Brady Barton and Celeste Parker of Pottsville High School won second place and $250.
The Dardanelle team was advised by teacher Divella Gray, while the Pottsville team was mentored by teacher Amy Rust.
Other finalists who presented on Friday were Russellville High School’s Shelby Freyaldenhoven and Luke Scott, who were advised by teacher Desha Lewis, and Dover High School’s Marina Pritchard and Savannah Wiegal, who were advised by teacher Rhonda Jacobs.
Judges for the competition were Arvest Bank representatives Lacie Caughron, Zac Wesley and Vanessa Zavala.
Learn more about the Arkansas Tech College of Business.
Photographed (from left): Dr. Ed Bashaw, dean of the Arkansas Tech College of Business; Taylor Salters and Logan Cox, Dardanelle High School students; and Divella Gray, business teacher at Dardanelle High School.
