From Lawrence, Kansas, to Cincinnati, Ohio, to Tampa, Florida — University of Georgia Terry College of Business professional sales students racked up miles this semester traveling and winning at national sales competitions.
The semester started with the “toughest test in sales education” — the Selling with the Bulls competition hosted by the University of South Florida Muma College of Business.
This competition gathered 150 intercollegiate sales students from 31 universities for a 48-hour marathon sales competition.
It was UGA’s first time competing in Selling with the Bulls, but it didn’t stop them from sweeping many categories.
“The competition was intense, spanning five rounds with more than 60 competitors in our division, and our Sales Dawgs delivered across the board,” said Cindy Rippé, team coach and director of the Terry College Professional Sales Program.
Junior Jackson Meier won the roleplay competition, with seniors Riley McSpadden taking fifth place and Holland Weber in seventh.
In addition to roleplay, students competed to see who made the best impression over email. McSpadden took first place, with Weber in fifth, senior Daniel Oliver in sixth, and Meier in seventh.
When the team competed to see who could leave the most persuasive voicemail, McSpadden finished third, followed by Meier (fourth) and Oliver (sixth).
Later in March, juniors Sara Mahmud and Rachel Surber competed at the marketing fraternity Pi Sigma Epsilon National Convention & Sales Competition. Mahmud won first place out of 30 in the New York Mets Sports Selling Competition.
In early April, the Sales Dawg team traveled to the University of Kansas for the King’s Hawaiian Sales Competition, where each team member was a finalist among 72 competitors in speed selling.
Senior Stella Corenthal earned second in speed selling, and junior Juliana Defino received an honorable mention — one of the top prizes in the competition. Junior Zachary Cannon and senior Kyle Allison were speed-selling finalists in the top 16.
“In addition to individual events, the team gave it their all in two challenging team selling rounds, sharpening their skills and representing UGA with professionalism and grit,” Rippé said.