The National Agri-Marketing Association Collegiate Sales Competition began in 2019. NAMA has long hosted a Marketing Competition for member universities and branched out into the sales arena. The Competition was virtual in 2021 and will resume LIVE on April 5, 2022. It seeks to advance the practice and professionalism of selling and the sales profession. The NAMA Sales competition is a basic sales call skills challenge for individual contestants.
Goals of the competition:
Promote the sales profession as a viable career option for college graduates.
Present an opportunity for sponsors to preview and interact with top sales candidates
Furnish a venue for talented and qualified students to exhibit their selling skills.
Provide a venue for students, professors and company executives to network.
Competition awards:
1st Place - $300.
2nd Place - $200.
3rd Place - $100
2022 Sales Competition Winners 1st Place Regan Ragsdale, University of Missouri
2nd Place Madelyn Cary, Michigan State Univ
3rd Place Philip Hodges, Kansas State Univ.
2021 Sales Competition Winners 1st Place Isaac Brockman, Illinois State University Recorded Presentation
Finalists, in alpha order Kariann Elsbernd, Iowa State University Paden McDermid, New Mexico State University Ellie McGowan, Murray State University Jason Nelson, Pennsylvania State University Jack Swartz, Cal Poly SLO
