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WKU Sales Team Earns Top 20 Spot in National Competition

Tuesday, April 28th, 2015

The WKU Sales Team, a group of six students representing sales majors and minors from the Gordon Ford College of Business, placed 18th out of 68 teams competing in the 17th annual National Collegiate Sales Competition held in Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia, April 7-10, 2015.

The competition is the largest sales role-play competition in the country, providing students a venue to sharpen their sales skills in front of corporate sales professionals and an opportunity to be scouted by organizations seeking to hire new sales team members.

Participating students this year were:

Abigail Boyd, Burns, TN

Jacob Greenwell, Lexington, KY

Kimberly Hampton, Maceo, KY

Laura Hazlett,Indianapolis, IN

Natalie Koppel, Louisville, KY

Clay Settles, Owensboro, KY

They are coached by Marketing Executive-in-Residence Chris Derry and Gary Raley.

Visit http://ncsc-ksu.org/ for more information about the competition.

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