TCNJ News

For Immediate Release

March 25, 2009

Marketing students compete in National Collegiate Sales Competition

EWING, NJ … TCNJ senior marketing majors, Matt Hiznay and Stephanie Cwynar competed in the National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC) from February 26-28. TCNJ tied for 36th place with the University of Wisconsin and Minnesota State, while Hiznay placed 56th among 108 contestants.

Hiznay and Cwynar are both students of Business Professor Al Pelham. Allen Soriano, senior marketing and sales major, who placed 42nd in last year’s competition, will also compete with Hiznay at the PI Sigma Epsilon national conference in Norfolk, VA from April 25 to 28.

Hiznay and Cwynar competed with 108 other students from 54 universities in the NCSC, sponsored by Kennesaw University’s Sales Center and major employers. Students competing were the top sales students in the country, having been selected from over three thousand students in sales programs.
TCNJ placed above large universities, many of which have large sales programs with over 300 sales majors. The large universities included Purdue, Texas A&M, Alabama and Indiana.

The National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC) is a sales role-play competition with the purpose of enhancing the educational experience of students with a strong desire to pursue a career in professional sales. The NCSC hosts the top collegiate sales talent and faculty from the most elite Collegiate Sales Programs in North America.

For more information on TCNJ’s School of Business, please visit there site at http://www.tcnj.edu/~business/index.html

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