Asbury Sales Team Hosts Third Competition in the Walt and Rowena Shaw Collaborative Learning Center

December 6, 2024

From left: Dr. George Allen, Dalton Fleshood ’25, Hannah Greene ’25, Megan Walden ’26 Mateyoke, and Kyle Jasper ’25

On November 21 and 22, the Dayton School of Business (DSB) hosted the third annual Eagle Sales Championship in the DSB’s Sales Training Suite in the Walt and Rowena Shaw Collaborative Learning Center.

The two-day competition featured multiple rounds of students performing staged sales calls in role play rooms designed to mimic various types of offices in which future salespeople could find themselves meeting with customers: an executive office, a contemporary office, a living room, a cubicle, a conference room and a manufacturing plant office.

“The Eagle Sales Championship is the culmination of these students’ sales training this semester and a great opportunity for them to test their skills on business people who play the role of customer,” said Associate Professor of Marketing and Center for Professional Selling director Dr. George Allen. “This experience not only helps build these future sales professionals’ confidence but gives our many guest judges and customers the opportunity to see some potential future employees for their organizations.”

Mateyoke with Jason Rose (Business Development Manager for GE Digital), who played the role of customer.

Students mock-sold products to area business sponsors along with alumni, faculty, and staff who posed as customers while competition judges from those groups analyzed and rated their performance, watching a livestream in a CLC classroom.

“This competition is a great testament to the skills Dr. Allen taught us all semester, and it was amazing to experience the parts of the sales process coming together to create something of value,” said Megan Walden ’26 Mateyoke, who received first place.

The final four competitors’ rounds were livestreamed into the CLC Luce Auditorium with an awards luncheon following to congratulate the competitors and winner, as well as opportunities for the students to network with business sponsors and discuss tips on how to succeed in a sales career.

The eight semifinalists included: Margaret Tredway ’25, Dalton Fleshood ’25, Megan Walden ’26 Mateyoke, Gregorio Bustingorri ’26, Kyle Jasper ’25, Eleanor Asbury ’27, Lauren Harris ’25, Hannah Greene ’25, Ale Caceres ’25, and Ellie Haseloff ’26.

The Eagle Sales Competition final four placed in the following order:

First place – Megan Walden ’26 Mateyoke
Second place – Dalton Fleshood ’25
Third place – Hannah Greene ’25
Fourth place – Kyle Jasper ’25

This marks Allen’s last year of serving as professor in the DSB as he heads into retirement after more than 30 years of experience in account management, sales management and sales process leadership in high tech sales, in addition to 10 years of serving in the DSB.

“It’s been an honor and joy to get to work with such a great group of faculty colleagues and to play a role in helping students develop skills they can use in their future professions,” Allen said. “I pray that the Center for Professional Selling will be a tool that God can use to help Asbury University to continue to prepare students to go into the business world with solid skills that can be used to honor God in whatever field they pursue.”

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