Metro Tech Students Place at 2025 BPA State Leadership Conference

Metro Tech students showcased their skills at the Oklahoma State Business Professionals of America (BPA) Leadership Conference in Tulsa, placing in the top 10 in various competitive events. Students who secured first place and will advance to the National BPA Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida, this May.

Secondary (S) and post-secondary (PS) students who competed represent Metro Tech’s Cybersecurity, Multimedia Journalism, Accounting, Legal Office, and Medical Office programs.

Placing first and advancing to the national competition were Legal Office student Sharita Searcy in Legal Office Procedures and Medical Office student Nneka Ekpek in Health Administration Procedure.

Other students placing in the top ten included:

2nd Place:

• Nneka Ekpek – Medical Coding (PS)

3rd Place:

• Rosa Linares, Medical Office – Health Administration Procedures (PS)
• Lawrence Brown, Cybersecurity – SQL Database Fundamentals (PS)

Top Five:

• Sharita Searcy – Ethics & Professionalism (PS)
• Emily Lavarn, Aileen Rangel, and Jocelynn Zambrano, Multimedia Journalism – Broadcast News Production Team (S)

Top Seven

• Emily Lavarn, Multimedia Journalism – Ok Digital Photography (PS)

Top Eight:

• Serena Reed, Medical Office – Health Administration Concepts – (PS)
• Nneka Ekpek , Medical Office – Health Administration Concepts – Open (PS)
• Alicia Torres, Medical Office – Health Administration Concepts – Open (PS)
• Carrie Caesar, Medical Office – Health Administration Procedures (PS)
• Abagail Radford, Accounting – Interview Skills (S)