Thirty-eight Eastlake High School DECA students advanced through Area 3 to the state competition to the state competition, March 8-10 at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue.

Thirteen of those students placed in the top five Jan. 12 at the Area 3 competition.

Those who qualify at state join 15,000 other DECA students at international competition in Salt Lake City, Utah in April.

Students, who placed in the top five at the Area 3 competition are listed below.

Lauren Greenheck (11th grade) in Apparel and Accessories Marketing

Alec Hubbart and Andrew Cofano (10th grade) in Team Buying and Merchandising

Natalie Hurd (11th grade) and Alaina Hartley (11th grade) in Marketing Management

Matthew Ahlquist (11th grade) in Sports and Entertainment Marketing

Akaash Nanda (12th grade) and Joy Hsu (12th grade) in Business Services

Nir Levin, Lincoln Doyle, Simon Lee and Midori Ng (12th grade) in the Advertising Campaign event

Nicole McKernan (12th grade) in Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling