Rock Hills Hosts Entrepreneur Fair!
On December 10th Rock Hills Students competed in the 4th Annual Youth Entrepreneur Challenge (YEC) event. Seven students represented four teams for the 2025-2026 event.
The winning concepts were:
1st Prize $750: Meili Ost; Meili’s Knitted Goods
2nd Prize $500: Dalton Strnad, Myles Coil, & Morgan McMains; Caboose Cafe
3rd Prize $250: Karley Garst & Harlee Harris; Grizzlies Apparel
4th Place: Isabelle Wilburn; Need a sitter?
Winning students received just over $1875 in prize money courtesy of the following sponsors:
Network Kansas Winners Prizes
Nex-Generation Round Up for Youth $150 – Marketing Award to Caboose Café
Guaranty State Bank & Trust Co. $50 – Most Original Idea to Caboose Café
State Exchange Bank $50 – Most World Ready to Meili’s Knitted Goods
Central National Bank $50 – The People’s Choice to Meili’s Knitted Goods
Farmway Credit Union $50 – Best Tradeshow Pitch to Meili’s Knitted Goods
Jewell County Community Development $25 – Community Development Award to Need a sitter?
Thank you to our sponsors! Thank you to Mr. Gower - Rock Hills Business Teacher for being a great leader this year!