Washington’s 2026 FBLA Finalists in CS/IT

ByCSTA Washington Staff

The 2026 Washington FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) State Business Leadership Conference (SBLC) convened from April 21-24 in Spokane, WA. At SBLC, Washington students demonstrated exceptional skill across computer science, information technology, and cybersecurity categories. Under the current competitive rules, the top four finishers in each event typically earn the opportunity to represent Washington at the National Leadership Conference (NLC) in San Antonio, TX this summer.

High School CS and IT Winners

The following schools and students have secured top honors in the core technology tracks:

  • Coding & Programming
    • 1st Place: Gagana Bodala, Rithvika Devisetti, Sayesha Rajbhandari — North Creek High School (Northshore School District)
    • 2nd Place: Aadit Aggarwal, Gautham Manigantan, Aayush Pant — North Creek High School (Northshore School District)
    • 3rd Place: Anirudh Narasimhan, Avik Roy, Enzo Van Thorre — Tesla STEM High School (Lake Washington School District)
  • Computer Game & Simulation Programming
    • 1st Place: Yazad Hilloowala — Bothell High School (Northshore School District)
    • 2nd Place: Mayukh Gattu, Naitik Tiwari — Cedarcrest High School (Riverview School District)
    • 3rd Place: Ashrita Saravanan Vaishnavi, Elina Shah — North Creek High School (Northshore School District)
  • Cyber Security
    • 1st Place: Ibrahim Afzal — North Thurston High School (North Thurston Public Schools)
    • 2nd Place: Eshaan Emani — Skyline High School (Issaquah School District)
    • 3rd Place: Isa Yasin — North Thurston High School (North Thurston Public Schools)
  • Data Science and AI
    • 1st Place: Ibrahim Afzal — North Thurston High School (North Thurston Public Schools)
    • 2nd Place: Vyom Joshi — North Thurston High School (North Thurston Public Schools)
    • 3rd Place: Olivia Wang — North Thurston High School (North Thurston Public Schools)
  • Mobile Application Development
    • 1st Place: Vihaan Fadnavis — Tesla STEM High School (Lake Washington School District)
    • 2nd Place: Lauren Ouyang, Nimeshikaa Saravanakumar — North Creek High School (Northshore School District)
    • 3rd Place: Pushkal Kumar, Shravant Dusi — International Community School (Lake Washington School District)
  • Network Design
    • 1st Place: Mayukh Gattu, Naitik Tiwari — Cedarcrest High School (Riverview School District)
    • 2nd Place: Isaac Bishop, Noah Cook — Spokane Valley Tech (Central Valley School District)
    • 3rd Place: Rishi Khante — North Creek High School (Northshore School District)
  • Website Coding & Development
    • 1st Place: Ronit Agarwal, Rayan Alam, Shaurya Sahdev — North Creek High School (Northshore School District)
    • 2nd Place: Gagana Bodala — North Creek High School (Northshore School District)
    • 3rd Place: Chandan Chengalvala, Anvith Neelam, Viraat Nellutla — North Creek High School (Northshore School District)

Middle School Highlights

Our younger technology leaders also showcased significant achievement in several key categories:

  • Exploring Computer Science
    • 1st Place: Wyatt Valdez — Komachin Middle School (North Thurston Public Schools)
    • 2nd Place: Isabella Francis — Aspire Middle School (North Thurston Public Schools)
    • 3rd Place: Oliver Wilson — Komachin Middle School (North Thurston Public Schools)
  • Exploring Coding & Programming
    • 1st Place: Musa Afzal, Lincoln Jensen — Aspire Middle School (North Thurston Public Schools)
    • 2nd Place: Tenzin Chodak — Salish Middle School (North Thurston Public Schools)
    • 3rd Place: Avery Fisher, Anurag Kaza — Aspire Middle School (North Thurston Public Schools)
  • Exploring Website Design
    • 1st Place: Joanna Chong, Delaney Howard, Ivy Quach-tran — Salish Middle School (North Thurston Public Schools)
    • 2nd Place: Xinyu Fu — Aspire Middle School (North Thurston Public Schools)
    • 3rd Place: Kalea Rahal-cochran — Komachin Middle School (North Thurston Public Schools)

Technical Systems and Support

  • Introduction to Information Technology
    • 1st Place: Lyric Santana — Spokane Valley Tech (Central Valley School District)
    • 2nd Place: Griffin Aldridge — Hockinson High School (Hockinson School District)
    • 3rd Place: Katelynn Nguyen — Spokane Valley Tech (Central Valley School District)
  • Technology Support & Services
    • 1st Place: Viraat Nellutla — North Creek High School (Northshore School District)
    • 2nd Place: Srihan Prasanna — North Creek High School (Northshore School District)
    • 3rd Place: Levi Arneson — Anacortes High School (Anacortes School District)

For the full list of results, please see: WA-FBLA-SBLC-2026-Awards-of-Excellence.pdf

Congratulations to the students and educators who contributed to Washington’s strong presence in these technical disciplines this year.

To view the 2026 Washington representatives in the CS/IT/Cybersecurity categories for other CTSO (Career and Technical Student Organizations) see the post.

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