MSU FBLA collegiate wins big at 2025 state leadership event

The MSU Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Collegiate team won numerous awards at the 2025 Kentucky State Leadership Competition, which was held this spring at Georgetown College.

MSU had seven students who won first and second place in three-team and six individual events. MSU student award winners are:

• Abbi Borders, a sophomore marketing area major from Catlettsburg, placed first in the foundation of communication event and third in the organizational behavior and leadership event.
• Brendan Bush, a senior information systems major from Grayson, placed first in the cybersecurity event and the management case competition as a team member.
• Hope Polly, a freshman marketing area major from McRoberts, placed first in the marketing, sales, and communication case competition and second as a team member in the business ethics event.
• Charles Potter, a junior management area major from Virgie, placed first in the foundations of economics event.
• Brayden Sayers, a sophomore biomedical sciences area major from Regina, placed second in the foundation of hospitality management and the project management events.
• Alpin Smith, a senior small business management & entrepreneurship area major from London, placed first as a team member in the management case competition.
• Hannah Sparks, a freshman finance area major from Louisa, placed second as a team member in the business ethics event.

“It was wonderful to see our MSU FBLA Collegiate students take top honors at their state leadership competition again this year. Their hard work, determination and leadership skills truly set them apart. It has been extremely rewarding for me personally to be a part of this group and work with these great future business leaders,” said Dr. Sam Stapleton (Class of 2022), MBA program director and senior instructor of management.

All seven students are now eligible to compete in their events at the national leadership conference, which will be held on May 31 in Dallas, Texas.

“Being a part of FBLA Collegiate here at Morehead State University has been an incredible experience. I’ve developed so many new professional skills, but more than that, I’ve built friendships that will continue long after I graduate. I cannot begin to express my gratitude in the club for giving me such a great insight into the business world,” said Bush, president of FBLA collegiate at MSU.

Learn more about FBLA Collegiate by contacting Stapleton at slstapleton@moreheadstate.edu or by calling 606-783-2770.

For more information about programs in the Smith College of Business & Technology, email cbt@moreheadstate.edu or call 606-783-2174.