USM Team Secures Sixth-Place Finish in National Sports Sales Event
Tue, 02/15/2022 - 09:39am | By: Van Arnold
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) captured a sixth-place finish out of
60 teams participating in Team Speed Selling Competition as part of the National Collegiate
Sports Sales Championship & Conference held earlier this month in Atlanta, Ga.
In the Role-Playing portion of the competition, Jerica Galloway, a senior Sport Management major from Vancleave, Miss., advanced to the second round where she finished in the top 32 of 160 students (64 teams) entered.
“We are super proud of our team finishing 6th overall in Team Speed Selling,” said Dr. Chris Croft, Assistant Professor of Sport Management at USM. “Students competed individually in front of professional and intercollegiate sports organizations in a 60-90 second conversation. The students were able to compete up to three times total but with different organizations. The total scores for each individual member of our team (four total) and our team totals were then calculated.”
Hundreds of students from schools around the country participated in the championship to make the jump from college to the pros. The NCSSC provided an opportunity to showcase sports sales skills in a competitive format. Recruiters (typically inside sales managers) served as buyers in a role-play competition. Students pitch a product to the buyer. The applicable background information on the product is available in the Study Guide distributed to students in advance.
A judge scored their performance based on a rubric in the Study Guide. Students advanced in the bracket and turned the heads of more recruiters. Since the purpose of the competition was for students to land jobs, there was time throughout the event to interview and interact with recruiters.
Other USM team members included:
- Chipper Baudry, a senior majoring in Sport Management, from New Orleans, La.
- Enzo F. Ferreira, a senior majoring in Sport Coaching Education, from Blumenau, Brazil
- Sam Stiglmair, a senior majoring in Sport Management, from Karlshuld, Germany
The Sport Management program is housed within the College of Business and Economic Development at USM. To learn more, call 601.266.4627 or visit: https://www.usm.edu/undergraduate-programs/sport-management.php