Photo Caption: Todd Haidous, left, owner of the Angola Dairy Queen, role-played as the buyer for the second annual KSB Collegiate Sales Cup. Judges Nick Lenzo, second from left, Tyler Benner, third from left, Ryan Martin, second from right, and David Quinn, right, are pictured with Trine student Emma Kioski, center.

Photo Caption: Jacob Lautzenhiser, left, a Trine University finance major from Hamilton, Indiana, pitches to Todd Haidous, owner of the Angola Dairy Queen, during the second annual KSB Collegiate Sales Cup.

Photo Caption: Winners of the second annual KSB Collegiate Sales Cup: back, from left, Michael Pacer, Josh Hartman, Aidan Hochstetler; front, Matthew Rankin and Brock Barger.

ANGOLA, Ind. (02/17/2025) — The Trine Sales and Marketing Association held its second annual KSB Collegiate Sales Cup on Jan. 29, giving Trine University students from all majors the opportunity to show off their sales skills.

Twelve students competed for cash prizes in a 15-minute role-playing exercise. Todd Haidous, owner of the Angola Dairy Queen, role-played as the buyer.

Winners, in order of placement, were Michael Pacer, a marketing major from Maumee, Ohio; Brock Barger, a marketing major from Westfield, Indiana; Matthew Rankin, a golf management major from Grass Lake, Michigan; Josh Hartman, a sport management major from Whitestown, Indiana; and Aidan Hochstetler, a marketing major from Goshen, Indiana.

Judges for the event were Nick Lenzo and Ryan Martin of Federated Insurance, Tyler Benner of Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance and David Quinn of Vestil Manufacturing.

The Trine Sales and Marketing Association is a student-led club in the university's Ketner School of Business. It is designed to provide students who have an interest in learning more about marketing and sales with opportunities to build and strengthen their skills.