School of Business Gazette

Big Ten MBAs Defeat Pac-10 in Case Competition; Wisconsin Wins Second Place

A team of students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business took second place at the third annual Pac-10/Big Ten Case Competition. The competition, held Jan. 14 in Tempe, Ariz., matched the top three Big Ten teams and top three Pac-10 teams from an earlier round of competition. Students analyzed a business case study and made presentations to judges.

This is the third consecutive year that Wisconsin has represented the Big Ten in this prestigious "Rose Bowl" of business case competitions. Wisconsin is the only MBA program in the Big Ten to have been selected for the finals of the competition three years running.

The four-member team was made up of second-year MBA students (left to right) Nathan Meredith, Richard Collumb, German Cruz and Sara VanderLind. Team advisor was Mark Matosian. The Wisconsin team also won the award for "Best Q&A" in the first round, and Nathan Meredith won "Best Q&A for an Individual." The team won $800 in prize money for taking second place.

Penn State University took first-place honors in the competition. Other schools competing were Ohio State University, USC, University of Washington and Arizona State University.