ITSA team tallies nine wins at USITCC Regionals

Texas State crushes at collegiate IT conference

by David Kallison
^{McCoy College of Business}

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Texas State University’s Information Technology Students of America (ITSA) team tallied nine wins and recognitions, including top overall team, at the U.S. Information Technology Collegiate Conference (USITCC) regionals, hosted by Amarillo College, Nov. 7-9.

Texas State's ITSA team of 29 students won the Overall Top Performing School at the Conference Award.

Application Development   
1st Place — Lyndon Scott / Joe Rieke   
2nd Place - Anthony Castro / Shalim Castro

PC Troubleshooting / Support  
1st Place — Nicholas Berardi

Network Design  
1st Place — Aeslyn Broughton, Maryrose Nguyen

Microsoft Office Solutions   
3rd Place — Joe Rieke / James Pavlicek

IT Security   
Finalist — Ja’Darian Britt (JB)  
Finalist — Nicholas Berardi  
Finalist — Seve Moya

The ITSA team's faculty advisor is Kevin Jetton, professor of instruction in the Department of Information Systems and Analytics.

The following universities and colleges also competed in the event: Amarillo College, Cameron University, Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, Louisiana Tech University, Middle Tennessee State University, Missouri State University, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, University of Houston, and West Texas A&M University. ✯

For more information about this story or other news, email Twister Marquiss, manager of marketing and communications for the McCoy College of Business, at twister@txstate.edu.

About the McCoy College of Business 
Established in 1970, Texas State’s business school officially became the McCoy College of Business in 2004 following a transformational gift of $20 million by Emmett and Miriam McCoy. The college, which offers classes in San Marcos, Round Rock, and online, is accredited by AACSB in both business and accounting, and has graduated nearly 45,000 alumni.