SMSU Students Earn National Titles at BPA Competition

Published Thursday, June 04, 2026

L-R: Ju Eh, Savannah Boedigheimer, Alondra Leon-Flores

Three Southwest Minnesota State University students earned national recognition after competing in Business Professionals of America’s 60th National Leadership Conference on May 6-10, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee. The national business competition hosted 6,900 attendees this year.

Representing SMSU were Alondra Leon-Flores, Savannah Boedigheimer, and Ju Eh. The trio earned a combined three national championship titles and a total of ten top 10 national placements.

Results:

1st place: Health Research Presentation / Leon-Flores

1st place: Visual Design Team / Leon-Flores and Boedigheimer

1st place: Virtual Interview and Digital Portfolio Design / Boedigheimer

2nd place: Virtual Multimedia & Promotion Team / Leon-Flores, Eh and Boedigheimer

3rd place: Entrepreneurship / Boedigheimer

4th place: Parliamentary Procedure Concepts / Leon-Flores

6th place: Meeting & Event Planning Concepts / Boedigheimer

8th place: Prepared Speech / Boedigheimer

10th place: Health Administration Concepts / Leon-Flores

Savannah Boedigheimer is a graduate student in the MBA program from Marshall, Ju Eh is a sophomore art education major from Marshall, and Alondra Leon-Flores is a senior from Worthington majoring in biology and psychology.

“My involvement with BPA has benefited my academic experience at SMSU by pushing me to learn more both inside and outside the classroom,” said Savannah Boedigheimer, BPA team member. “The organization’s real-world application of classroom concepts has allowed me to identify what I learned in the program and see how it connects within the competitions.”

Congratulations Alondra, Ju, and Savannah, on this outstanding performance at the national level!

Business Professionals of America (BPA) is the nation’s leading CTSO (Career and Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in business management, information technology, finance, accounting, office administration, and other business-related career fields.

With 52,000 members in over 1,800 chapters across 25 states and Puerto Rico, as well as an international presence in Canada, China, Peru, and South Korea, BPA is a co-curricular organization that supports business and information technology educators by offering co-curricular exercises aligned with national standards.

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