Gatton Team Shines in SEC MBA Case Competition
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 13, 2015) — A team of MBA students from the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics turned in an outstanding performance in a major intercollegiate business case competition this past weekend.
The Gatton MBA team of James Davey, Jordan McMurtrey, Lauren Scanlon, and Luke Williams placed second at the 2015 Southeastern Conference (SEC) MBA Case Competition held at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. All 14 SEC universities competed in the two-day event, with UK bested only by the first-place team from the University of Florida. South Carolina finished third and LSU was fourth in the final round.
Teams were presented a business case centered on the sustainability of a global mining company on Friday morning. The teams proposed their solutions to a panel of business executives on Saturday morning in divisional rounds. The top four proposals moved on to the final round that determined the order of finish in the competition.
Individually, UK's Lauren Scanlon was presented one of the Best Q&A awards from the panel.
"Our students performed incredibly well," said Gatton team advisor Harvie Wilkinson, director of Gatton MBA Programs. "We are very proud of their efforts."
Gatton College faculty member Gordon Holbein, a senior lecturer in management, served as coach of the Gatton foursome.
Applications currently are being accepted for admission to the next class in Gatton's One Year Accelerated MBA Program. The application deadline is May 11. For more information, visit www.gatton.uky.edu/MBA.
MEDIA CONTACTS: Carl Nathe, 859-257-3200/carl.nathe@uky.edu; Ann Mary Quarandillo, 859-257-0750/annmary.q@uky.edu.