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SALISBURY, MD---When it comes to making sales, students in Salisbury University’s Franklin P. Perdue School of Business are winners — some of them literally.

    Some 83 students recently vied for top honors during the ³ÉÈ˶¶ÒõMid-Atlantic Sales and Marketing Institute’s (MASMI’s) fourth biannual sales championship competition. The event included two contests, one for overall sales and one for elevator pitches.

    Junior communication arts major Raven Collic, of Baltimore, received $1,000 for her first-place finish in the overall sales competition. Runners-up included senior marketing major Trevor Skoglund, of Salisbury, in second place; finance major junior Matthew Cambon of Millersville, MD, in third; and senior marketing major Graham Hays of Riva, MD, in fourth.

    Junior marketing major Jake Loughton of Elkton, MD, topped his competitors in the elevator pitch session, taking home a $100 prize. He was followed by senior management major Kyle Hickman of Millsboro, DE, in second; and senior finance major John Steele of Baltimore.

    Winners were decided by judges, buyers and observers representing MASMI sponsors and local businesses. The event followed an “etiquette dinner” for the students and corporate partners, also hosted by the institute.

    Sponsors included Choptank Transport, Sunbelt Rentals, Adams Radio Group, Aerotek, APPI Energy, Carey Insurance, Complete Document Solutions, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Gartner, Fastenal, The Insurance Market, Northwestern Mutual, Perdue Farms, Pohanka Automotive Group, Risk Placement Services, Sherwin-Williams and the Delmarva Shorebirds.

    Associate MASMI members include Paycom, Schindler Elevator Corp., Stanley Black & Decker, The Standard, Tom James, SVN-Miller Commercial Real Estate, Unum, Deely Insurance Group, Orkin and Henry Schein.

    For more information call 410-543-6030 or visit the MASMI website.