Members of Stephen F. Austin State University’s professional business student organization, Phi Beta Lambda, won 13 first-place awards in various competitions at the recent 2016 PBL State Leadership Conference in Dallas, and 13 students qualified for the annual National Leadership Conference. Pictured, front row, from left, are Becca Miller, senior economics and international business major, first place in both economic analysis and decision-making and job interview; John Cohen, sophomore accounting major, on the first-place team for business law and third place in accounting principles; Jason Cuadra, senior finance major, first place in financial analysis and decision-making; Alejandra Ibarra, sophomore marketing major, second place in both macroeconomics and microeconomics; Bertha Vega, junior general business major, second place in marketing concepts and third place in retail management; Kierra Taylor, junior international business major, third place in management concepts; Marci Cook, senior accounting major, first place in contemporary sports issues and third in computer concepts; and John Edling, senior management major, first place in both management concepts and impromptu speaking. Pictured, back row, from left, are Daniel Walker, senior human resource management major, on the first-place team for business law; Kristi Clifford, junior business communication and corporate education major, first place organizational behavior and leadership; Fil Escobedo, junior international business major, on the first-place team for business law; Michael Kugler, junior accounting major, first place in financial concepts and second in public speaking; and Bryce Booker, senior general business major, first place in both personal finance and entrepreneurship concepts.