POINT PLEASANT — More than 55 Mason County students placed during state competitions for their respective organizations.

The students were recognized during a recent Mason County Board of Education meeting.

The 2008-09 state winners include:

Health Occupation Students of America: Mason County Career Center/Point Pleasant Junior Senior High School: Matt Thompson, second place in Medical Math; Emily Sommer, first place, Dental Terminology; Rachel Rollins, Raven Martin and Karissa Taylor, second place, Medical Reading; Eric Veith and Tessa Tarker, third place, Forensic Medicine.

Future Business Leaders of America: MCCC/PPHS: Mark Borromeo, first place, Public Speaking II; Kylenn Criste, first place, Public Speaking I; Nikki Landsfried, first place, Business Ethics; Sarah Walker, Hannah Workman and Ashlee Filkins, second place, Client Service; Marla Nowlin, second place, Public Speaking II; Jessica Price, second place, Intro to Business; Dylan Stone, second place, Impromptu Speaking; Danielle Brown, third place, Word Processing I;

Adam Carr, third place, Into to Technology Concepts; Jennifer Freeman, fourth place, Impromptu Speaking; Hanna McCormick, fifth place, Intro to Parliamentary Procedures; Brianna Blair, sixth place, Business Presentation; T.J. Dalton, Brandi Hudson and Jill Bush, sixth place, Desktop Publishing; Ashlynn Hill and Austin Burch, sixth place, Business Communications; Drake Nolan, sixth place, Economics; Sydney Walton, sixth place, Computer Applications; Nathan Wedge, sixth place, Sports Management; Regan Cottrill, seventh place, Entrepreneurship;

Darby Dennis and Brooke Dean, seventh place, Spreadsheet Applications; Drew Parsons, seventh place, Marketing; Morgan Groves, seventh place, Business Ethics; Michelle Sanders and Amanda Chesson, eighth place, Entrepreneurship; Nick Corriveau, Cynthia Peck and Rebekah Donohew, eighth place, Intro to Parliamentary Procedure; Katie Wilson, eighth place, Electronic Career Portfolio; Cassandra Barnette, ninth place, Intro to Business Communication; Emily Fowler, ninth place, Business Communications; Amanda King, ninth place, Word Processing I; Jacob Carr, 10th place, Business Math;

Hannan Junior Senior High School: Elizabeth Butcher, third place, Business Communication; Dakota Campbell, third place, FBLA Principles & Procedures; Celeste Campbell, third place, Business Communications; Patrick Flora, fourth place, Business Presentation; Travis Bowman, Colton Campbell and Ariana Blake, fourth place, Community Service; Celeste Campbell, Clayton Gue and Joseph Smith, fifth place, Business Communications; Jacob Taylor, fifth place, FBLA Principles & Procedures; Samantha Mayes, sixth place, Public Speaking I; Kaitlyn Hughes, seventh place, Intro to Business; Alex Edmunds, eighth place, Business Math;

Wahama Junior Senior High School: Katie Barr, first place, Client Services; Miriam Gordon, third place, Impromptu Speaking; Kateland Hurlow, fifth place, Public Speaking I; Carlie Cundiff, sixth place, Help Desk; Josiah Roach, eighth place, FBLA Principles & Procedures; Jessica Patterson, ninth place, Computer Applications.

The State FBLA treasurer is Ashlee Filkins, and Kathy Rollins was named the state FBLA adviser.

Future Farmers of America regional winner: Wesley Davis, third place, Prepared Public Speaking.

SKILLS USA state winners: MCCC/PPHS: Katie Peric, third place, Opening and Closing; Chelsea Mullens, third place, Opening and Closing; Devin Kincaid, third place, Opening and Closing; Daniel Settle, third place, Opening and Closing; Josh Wolfe, third place, Opening and Closing; Jennifer Wood, third place, Opening and Closing; MCCC/HHS: Greg Weed, third place, Precision Machining; MCCC/WHS: Ezra Zuspan, third place, Opening and Closing.

The state vice-president for SKILLS USA is Tyler Toles.

Students who had a high placement will go on to national contests.