The marketing department will again be sponsoring students at the 14^th Annual National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC). CBA students Maddie Henning (business administration major) and Diana Pena (marketing major) will be competing. Serving as coaches for the team are Dr. Scott Friend and graduate student Shannon Cummins.

Inaugurated in 1999, the NCSC is the largest and oldest sales role-play competition in existence. Instituted for the purpose of enhancing the practice and professionalism of the sales profession, the NCSC’s mission remains the same.

The NCSC hosts the top collegiate sales talent and sales faculty from the most elite University Sales Programs in North America. Up-coming sales graduates are provided a venue for sharpening their sales skills in a highly competitive environment and networking with their peers and sales faculty from across the United States. NCSC Corporate Sponsors have the opportunity to network with and preview the elite talent and greatly contribute to their education and careers and in turn make a great investment in the future of the sales profession.

NCSC Sponsor resources provide funding that allows the NCSC to defray the expenses of competing students, faculty and programs that choose to participate in the competition. Many of the best and brightest sales students would be unable to attend without the help of their Corporate Sponsors.

Over the NCSC’s 13 year history, more than a thousand students and faculty have participated from across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Published: February 24, 2012