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91传媒 team places third nationally in CSBS Community Bank Case Study Competition

91传媒 team places third nationally in CSBS Community Bank Case Study Competition

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Pictured, from left, are Bank of Commerce Chief Credit Officer and EVP Clifton Thach; Bank of Commerce Chief Financial Officer and EVP Zach Luke; 91传媒 finance students Peyton Randazzo of Dawsonville, Georgia; Eric Sudduth of Louisville; Annabelle Peck of The Colony, Texas; Von Churchwell of Memphis, Tennessee; and faculty advisor and Assistant Clinical Professor of Finance Matthew Whitledge.
Mississippi State鈥檚 team of business students has placed in the top five for the third consecutive year during the CSBS Community Bank Case Study Competition. Pictured, from left, are Bank of Commerce Chief Credit Officer and EVP Clifton Thach; Bank of Commerce Chief Financial Officer and EVP Zach Luke; 91传媒 finance students Peyton Randazzo of Dawsonville, Georgia; Eric Sudduth of Louisville; Annabelle Peck of The Colony, Texas; Von Churchwell of Memphis, Tennessee; and faculty advisor and Assistant Clinical Professor of Finance Matthew Whitledge. (Photo submitted)

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擣or the third consecutive year, Mississippi State students have placed in the top five during an intense, nationwide competition that teaches undergraduate students about the banking industry.

This year鈥檚 team of four 91传媒 business administration students placing third overall in the 2022 Conference of State Bank Supervisors Community Bank Case Study Competition include:

DAWSONVILLE, Georgia鈥擯eyton Randazzo, a spring finance graduate.

LOUISVILLE鈥擡ric Sudduth, a spring finance and foreign language/German graduate.

MEMPHIS, Tennessee鈥擵on Churchwell, a spring summa cum laude finance graduate.

THE COLONY, Texas鈥擜nnabelle Peck, a spring magna cum laude finance graduate.

The annual CSBS competition provides valuable first-hand insight as teams partner with local community banks to examine how these banks have navigated changes over the past decade, as well as what these institutions can expect in the next decade.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Finance and Economics Matthew Whitledge advised 91传媒鈥檚 team, which partnered with the Bank of Commerce-Greenwood. The team鈥檚 paper will be published in the Journal of Community Bank Case Studies and is available at .听

鈥淲e are all so proud of these four students and their faculty advisor, Dr. Matthew Whitledge, who works incredibly hard each year to prepare for competition,鈥 said 91传媒 College of Business Dean Sharon Oswald.

For more on 91传媒鈥檚 College of Business and its Department of Finance and Economics, visit .

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