HOSA Competes at Nationals

On June 26^th- 30^th Crenshaw County’s HOSA competitive events team joined 7,000 other registered participants at the 36^th annual Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Leadership Conference in Nashville, TN. The conference was held at the beautiful Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. This was the first time a team from Crenshaw County has attended a HOSA National Conference. Not that they haven’t ever placed well enough at the state level to be eligible, but it takes a lot of dedication and funding to get to this level of competition. The team could not have made the trip without all the awesome sponsors that donated to the cause. Over $6,000 was raised to get the 12 students and 4 chaperones to Nashville. To sum up the results: Amanda Fang placed 6^th in Medical Photography. Only the top 10 in each event were recognized at the grand awards ceremony. The Creative Problem Solving Team that consisted of Mallory Jones, Morgan Taylor, Luke Boyd, & Jon Hayden Sanders were in the top 22 of 60 teams. HOSA Bowl team members Morgan Baines, Edwinna Johnson, Shakia Brantley & Taylor Grant placed 35^th out of 69 teams. The career health display team was Briana Odom & Janae Lowery. The group achieved fantastic results for their first ever trip to the national competition. During the 5 day trip they enjoyed the outstanding keynote speaker, Dr. Ben Carson, tours on HOSA Day in Nashville, and networking with HOSA members throughout the United States. Special thanks go to the chaperones that made the trip possible: Mrs. Tracy Baines, Mr. William Baines, & Mrs. Cindy Jones.

HOSA Competitive event team: Back left to right- Jon Hayden Sanders, Mallory Jones, Advisor Becky Cornelius. Front Left to right: Briana Odom, Amanda Fang, Morgan Taylor. Back right- Edwinna Johnson, Luke Boyd Tamera Tuck, Taylor Grant. Front Left- Janae Lowery, Morgan Baines, Shakia Brantley

 

  HOSA Advisor Becky Cornelius 
& Medical Photography finalist Amanda Fang

 Back Left to right- Shakia Brantley, 
Tamera Tuck, Taylor Grant, Luke Boyd

Front left to right- Edwinna Johnson, Janae Lowery, Briana Odom, Amanda Fang, Morgan Taylor, Jon Hayden Sanders, Mallory Jones, Morgan Baines, Becky Cornelius, Advisor.