Leigh FBLA Competes at State Level!
On April 16-18, 2026, The Leigh FBLA High School and junior high competed at the State leadership event in Kearney, bringing 13 students, which included five high schoolers and eight junior high, also the advisor Mrs. Maliha, and one chaperone, Mrs. Kim Loseke The five high-schoolers were Brayden Loseke, Trent Olson, Vivian Bunner, Ariyah Ross, and Kaycee Lange. The eight JH students were Grayson Loske, Carter Freudenburg, Layla Hollatz, Eisley Urban, Olivia Hake, Emery Malena, and Kinzie Lange.
In all, five students qualified for nationals in San Antonio Texas to be held June 29-July 2, 2026. These students included Brayden Loseke, Kaycee Lange, Grayson Loseke, Olivia Hake, and Emery Malena!
Brayden Loseke being named a Nebraska Who’s Who Nominee and finishing 3rd place in Management Information Systems and Qualifying for Nationals! He also finished 5th in Retail Management, 7th in Cybersecurity, and 10th in Personal Finance HM.
Sophomore Kaycee Lange was also a national qualifier, finishing as Champion of Intro to Business Communication and Runner-Up in Intro to Retail and Merchandising.
Eighth-Grader Grayson Loseke, another national qualifier, finished 2nd in MS Business Communication 4th in MS Digital Citizenship, 3rd in MS Exploring Marketing Concepts, and 4th in MS Exploring Economics.
Seventh Grader Olivia Hake was another national qualifier, finishing as the Champion of MS Career Exploration and 2nd in MS Exploring Business Concepts, as well as 8th in MS Digital Citizenship and 3rd in MS Exploring Leadership.
Finally, seventh-grader Emery Malena was the final National Qualifier, finishing 2nd in MS Career Exploration and 5th in MS Exploring Public Speaking.
Congratulations to all State FBLA competitors!
Additionally, eighth-grader Ella Hanson was a Nebraska Middle School Young Leader Award Finalist.
Mrs. Maliha stated, “Our Leigh students competed very well. They took a lot of time to practice their performance events and they studied a lot for their tests and all of their hard work paid off.”
A full list of results is as follows:
Nebraska Who's Who Nominee - Brayden Loseke
Nebraska Middle School Young Leader Award Finalist - Ella Hansen
Business Achievement Awards (HS) - Brayden Loseke & Ariyah Ross
LEAD Aspire Awards (MS) - Kinna Clossen, Carter Freudenburg, Olivia Hake, Ella Hansen, Layla Hollatz, Mariah Kasik, Kinzie Lange, Syerra Messerlie, Eisley Urban
Brayden Loseke - Management Information Systems 3rd place & National Qualifier, Retail Management 5th place, Cybersecurity 7th place, Personal Finance HM 10th place
Vivian Bunner - Digital Animation 7th place, Intro to Business Communication HM 15th place
Kaycee Lange - Intro to business communication CHAMPION & National Qualifier, Intro to Retail & Merchandising 2nd place & National Qualifier
Ella Hansen, Layla Hollatz, Eisley Urban - Exploring Website Design 3rd place, Annual Chapter Presentation 4th place
Kinzie Lange - MS Exploring Marketing Strategies HM 9th place
Olivia Hake - MS Career Exploration CHAMPION & National Qualifier, MS Exploring Business Concepts 2nd place & National Qualifier, MS Exploring Leadership 3rd place, MS Exploring Marketing Concepts 7th place, MS Digital Citizenship 8th place
Emery Malena - MS Career Exploration 2nd place & National Qualifier, MS Exploring Public Speaking 5th place
Grayson Loseke - MS Business Communication 2nd place & National Qualifier, MS Digital Citizenship 4th place, MS Exploring Marketing Concepts 3rd place, MS Exploring Economics 4th place, MS Career Exploration HM
Mrs. Maliha - 15 years of service as an FBLA Adviser
HS Chapter Ribbons - Feed Nebraska, NSBEA/NBEA, Champion Chapter
MS Chapter Ribbons - 7UP, Explore FBLA, Trail “Blazer,” Alzheimer’s Association, Feed Nebraska, Foundation Trust Donation, Go Green, NSBEA/NBEA, Champion Chapter