SALISBURY, MD—When it comes to sales professionals, students in Salisbury University’s Franklin P. Perdue School of Business are winners — some of them literally.
More than 65 students recently vied for top honors during the SU Mid-Atlantic Sales and Marketing Institute’s (MASMI’s) seventh biannual sales championship competition, held virtually as a precaution against COVID-19.
Marketing major Cullen Myers of Scott Township, PA, received $1,000 for his first-place finish. Runners-up included marketing major Jenna Hahn of Fort Hill, SC, in second place; marketing major Breanna Tedeschi of Berlin, MD, in third; and marketing major Matthew Palumbo of Riva, MD, in fourth.
Winners were decided by judges, buyers and observers representing prominent alumni, MASMI sponsors and local businesses.
Sponsors included Choptank Transport, Sunbelt Rentals, Aerotek, APPI Energy, CED/ED Supply, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Gartner, Northwestern Mutual, Orkin, Perdue, Pohanka of Salisbury, Risk Placement Services, Sherwin-Williams, Stanley Black & Decker and UNUM.
Associate MASMI members included Capital Electric, Deeley Insurance Group, Freedom Mortgage, GIS Benefits, Henry Schein, Paycom, SVN Miller Commercial Real Estate and Tom James.
In addition, the competition attracted representatives from other companies interested in learning more about the MASMI sales program, including the Baltimore Ravens; Dell Technologies; GE Healthcare; Intro, LLC; Misonix; Qualtrics; Shore United Bank; TTI Group and United Electric Supply.
For more information call 410-543-6030 or visit the SU website at www.salisbury.edu.