<p>NEWS RELEASE CONTACT: Lorri Malone Director of Communications 502.736.1358 [email protected] For immediate release</p><p>Students complete CPA Society's BASE Camp LOUISVILLE, Ky. (July 14, 2015) - Thirty-eight high school students from around the state and region completed the Business and Accounting Summer Education (BASE) Camp last month in Louisville. </p><p>BASE Camp is the Kentucky Society of CPAs' (KyCPA) fully-supervised, tuition-free summer business camp program for high school juniors and seniors. BASE Camp ran June 14-18, and students stayed at Bellarmine University's campus. During the week, students learned the basics of business and accounting in a hands-on, interactive format that included trips to Indiana Wesleyan University's Louisville campus, Spalding University, the University of Louisville and Sullivan University, as well as Papa John's International Inc. and several accounting firms. Students participated in team building, group presentations, roundtable discussions with professionals, a business etiquette luncheon, mock interviews, and other skill-building activities, along with social activities.</p><p>BASE Camp is sponsored by KyCPA and offered tuition free through its Educational Foundation, sponsorships and dozens of KyCPA member volunteers, who plan for the camp year-round.</p><p>Participating students were selected based on criteria that included grade point average and a teacher recommendation. </p><p>The 2015 BASE Camp participants:  Abigail Rose Bauer of Louisville  Andrew Robert Bezold of California  Tierra Lacy Binford of Louisville  Austin Michael Brown of Mount Vernon  Jade Natori Brown of Louisville  Sarah Jane Clark of Winchester  Samantha Rae Conway of Georgetown  Haley Nicole Coons of Owensboro  Sarahbeth Nicole Cox of Brandenburg  Grace Vera Eck of Fisherville  April Gahafer of Louisville  Grace Gardone of Louisville  Michael Joseph Hardy of Louisville  Kyle Austin Harris of Elkton  Sarah Catherine Haynes of Bowling Green  Ethan Lawrence Howard of Hendersonville, Tenn.  John Collier Huff IV of Louisville  Liane Enanga Ikome of Paducah  Yuan Bin Jiang of Owensboro  Megan Nicole Kenyon of Burlington  Theresa Marie Kiffmeyer of Winchester  Brandon Allen Krebs of Shepherdsville  Peyton Cooper Lamb of Hendersonville, Tenn.  Kaylee Lax of Murray  Austin Tyler Mattingly of Cox’s Creek  Rachel Marie Miller of Robinson Creek  Robert Davis Mitchell of Spottsville  Kevin Anthony Neltner of Alexandria  Kristin McKay Peters of Brandenburg  Alissa Rost of Louisville  Kayla Nicole Schmid of Brandenburg  Adyson Layne Scott of Kirksey  Molly Fallon Shannon of Paducah  Shannon Lyndsey Shepherd of Wooten  Sarah E. Webber of Murray  Matthew Douglas Wehmueller of Shelby, NC  Nicholas Baffert Williams of Louisville  Austin James Zalac of Alexandria</p><p>About KyCPA: The Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants (KyCPA) is a statewide, non-profit professional organization serving CPAs in public accounting firms, business, industry, government and education. www. kycpa.org . </p><p>###</p>