Southeastern Professional Sales Team wins at ICSC
Thursday, January 19, 2023
by: Tonya Lowentritt 
WINNING SALES TEAM – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Professional Sales Team won second place in the World Cup of Sales competition out of 80 universities at the 2022 International Collegiate Sales Competition. Pictured on the front row, from left, are April Kemp (coach), Emily Stark (speed sell competitor), Aniya Ally (sales management case competitor), Zakiya Miller (role-play competitor), Saydie Rusk (graduate assistant coach), Jolie Waddell (speed sell competitor), and Dean of the College of Business Tara’ Lopez. Back row, from left, are Tim Butler (coach), Reed Godbery (speed sell competitor), Gabriel Pevey (role-play competitor), Troy Marks (speed sell competitor), and Jesse Demars (sales management case competitor).
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Professional Sales Team won second
place out of 80 universities in the World Cup of Sales at the 2022 International Collegiate
Sales Competition. Hosted each year in Orlando, Fla., by Florida State University,
the ICSC is the largest and most prestigious university sales competition in the world.
Southeastern students who competed on the winning team include Gabriel Pevey
and Zakiya Miller of Ponchatoula, Jesse Demars of Walker, Aniya Ally of Prairieville,
Reed Godbery of Baton Rouge, Emily Stark of Kenner, Troy Marks of Prairieville, and
Jolie Waddell of Mandeville. Southeastern’s Professional Sales Program has been named
a top sales program in the country by the Sales Education Foundation.
“We are extremely proud of the sales team’s performance at the International
Collegiate Sales Competition,” said Assistant Professor of Marketing and Co-Creator
of the Professional Sales Program April Kemp. “Having success in these competitions helps bring recognition to what
we are doing at Southeastern to prepare students for successful and fulfilling careers
in sales. They also provide a great opportunity for our students to network with their
peers and interact with employers from around the country.”
In addition to the second-place finish in the World Cup competition, Southeastern
students individually received accolades as well. Out of 160 competitors and after
four rounds of competition, Pevey brought home first place, and Miller received fourth
place in the sales role play competition.
Sales competitions such as this one, said Kemp, allow students to test their
selling skills against their peers through role-playing scenarios, case competitions,
and speed selling.
The competition also offered a career fair attended by national companies who
were there to hire the students.
For more information about the Professional Sales Program, visit southeastern.edu/sales, or email prosales@southeastern.edu.
