Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is proud to recognize the winners of the 2026 Spring Virtual Business Challenge, in partnership with Knowledge Matters. Through the Personal Finance & Management track, participants demonstrated their ability to make strategic financial decisions in areas such as budgeting, saving, investing, and long-term planning within a dynamic, real-world simulation.
Following a competitive series of online rounds, the top nationally ranked teams from each round advanced to a virtual final round. FBLA is proud to recognize the winners from the 2026 Spring Challenge:
Virtual Business Challenge - Personal Finance
- Creekside High School, FL – Mihir Jha, Gurhans Dhillon, Julia Provenzano
- Carlmont High School, CA – Steven Yao
- Brook High School, WV – Will Harvey
- Timbo High School, AR – Alyssa Shelstrom
- Jericho High School, NY – Jayden Tam, Henry Qiu, Sotirios Sacoulas
- Edison Academy Magnet School, NJ – Ashiya Aggarwal, Trinity Li, Nanikaa Mohanakrishnan
- Hickory Ridge High School, NC – Sricharan Munnangi, Shriyans Akuthota
- Texas FBLA Virtual Chapter, TX – Saketh Katakam, Vrishan Naregudam
- Howard High School, MD – Harshit Kesharwani
- Johns Creek High School, GA – Rohan Chennakesavan, Weilian Zhong
- Lake Braddock Secondary School, VA – Bach Le
- Guntersville High School, AL – Julie Davis
- Washington High School, AZ – Jeremiah Freeman
- Marquette High School, MO – Jonathan Li, Vihaan Sawardekar
- Divide County High School, ND – Liv Grote
- Rocky Mountain High School, WY – John Mader
- Edison Academy Magnet School, NJ – Ananjay Sharma, Akhil Venkat
- Strasburg High School, CO – Israel James
- Ballard Memorial High School, KY – Jolan Gorostiza
- Lincoln Southeast High School, NE – Beau Cassell, Jack Cassell
Virtual Business Challenge - Management
- Carlmont High School, CA – Everett Keninger, Devin Suto, Nathan Paris
- Jericho High School, NY – Luke Friedman, Curtis Chen
- Morris Hills High School, NJ – Shreya Sharma
- May-Port CG High School, ND – Lydia Ostlie, Jaidyn Roder, Keely Garrett
- North Daviess R – III High School, MO – Kayla Sprague, Katie Sprague, Phoenix Balch
- Johns Creek High School, GA – Carter Palfreeman, Kyle Shah
- Turpin High School, OH – Evan Overholser, Justin Linton
- Lincoln Southwest High School, NE – Xavier Sorto, Alex Shaeffer
- Washington High School, AZ – Alexavier Rangel
- Freedom High School, VA – Martin Tang, Kushal Borra
- Inglemoor High School, WA – Agrim Sharma, Atharva Singh, Isaac Yu
- Cherry Creek High School, CO – Hridhaan Patil, Leo Tovbis
- Hickory Ridge High School, NC – Atharv Reddy Konkala, Akshar Desai
- Texas FBLA Virtual Chapter, TX – Krithik Ramesh, Rasshessh Thakkar, Anurag Narayanan
- Upper Dublin High School, PA – Victoria Hikel