Plans for clothing, food, tutoring and pottery businesses proposed by Fresno high school students have been selected to move on to a regional competition, which could put them one step closer to a national prize of $10,000.

These student business plans were the top five out of nine that were judged on May 8 in the fourth annual Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Central Valley Regional Business Plan Competition.

The Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at California State University, Fresno hosted the competition as part of its leadership in the network program locally.

The following students will now move on to the regional competition on May 20 when they could also secure an internship in their chosen fields:

• Brenda Garcia of Bullard High School – Tres Petite Apparel, clothing for petite women

• Mai Vang of Duncan Polytechnical – Enjoy, a dessert business

• Brittany Gray of Edison High School – Handy Candy, a candy-selling business

• Ashlee Rocha of Fresno High School – Heart Me, plus-size clothing for children and teens

• Vernave Medrano of Roosevelt High School – Vernave’s Pottery, custom pottery