Awesome Events All Year
The Center for Pro Sales is extremely active doing summits, competitions, employer events and more! See below for upcoming and past events, and visit the Sales Leadership Summit page for details about the next summit event.
Fall 2023 Sales Events
Fall 2023 General Sales Profession and Alumni Events
- Rookie Preview – December 1st, 2023
Fall 2023 Events for Corporate Sponsors*
- Pro Sales Challenge – September 21st – 22nd, 2023**
- Sales Leadership Summit – November 10th, 2023
- Rookie Preview – December 1st, 2023
* These events are supported and attended by our Corporate Sponsors
** These events are supported and attended by our Preferred Level Corporate Sponsors
Past Events
Pro Sales Challenge Overall Champion Spring 2020
Two time overall champion Karianna Barreto passes the cup to Vivit Chetry during the 2020 Pro Sales Challenge Dinner hosted on February 21, 2020. Vivit Chetry earned the overall highest score during the Pro Sales Challenge where he competed in two live selling rounds, as well as one reverse job fair. #UTDSales
UT Dallas’ Pro Sales Challenge Competition
Students enrolled in MKT 4332 Advanced Sales are part of the elite Program in Professional Sales and student sales veterans compete in live selling and reverse job fair to earn the title of Overall Champion. A total of 64 industry professional judges and 34 Sales students were in attendance for the one day competition. #UTDSales
UT Dallas Center for Professional Sales Wins International Collegiate Sales Competition in Orlando, Florida during November 2019
From Left to Right: Center Director, Dr. Howard Dover, Ambassador Kameron Jong, Competitor Karianna Barreto, Faculty Coach Semira Amirpour, Competitor Vathsalya Senapathi, Ambassador Sophia Maloney, Competitor Ashton Murray (BS 2019), and Competitor Taylor Barrington. #UTDSales
Ashton Murray and Karianna Barreto Place 2nd and 4th Overall at International Collegiate Sales Competition
Ashton Murray (right) placed 2nd overall and Karianna Barreto placed 4th overall during the International Collegiate Sales Competition held in Orlando, Florida during November 2019. #UTDSales
Vathsalya Senapathi and Taylor Barrington Placed 2nd Overall at International Collegiate Sales Competition
During the International Collegiate Sales Competition case competitors Vathsalya Senapathi and Taylor Barrington placed second overall with help from Faculty Coach Semira Amirpour and Center Director Dr. Howard Dover. #UTDSales
Faculty Coach Semira Amirpour Awarded the International Collegiate Sales Competition Coach of Champions Award
Faculty Coach Semira Amirpour was awarded the International Collegiate Sales Competition Coach of Champions Award while coaching the UT Dallas Sales Team in Orlando, Florida. #UTDSales
Great Northwoods Sales Warm-Up
In October of 2017 Caleb Meyers, finance and marketing student from UT Dallas, won the title of Top Sales Person and received $1,500, trophy, and a custom suit from Tom James valued at $1,000. He was coached by Semira Amirpour. #UTDSales
Advanced Sales Students Graduate with their USCA Certifications
We congratulate these undergraduate sales students for all the hard work and effort put in to become sales certified via the University Sales Center Alliance (USCA). #UTDSales
Rookie Preview Top 10 Students
The winners for Rookie Preview Spring 2018 were: 1st Giovanny Martinez, 2nd Sydney Huebner, 3rd Mariam Ahmed, 4th Amir Meshki, 5th Shelly Meter, 6th Brandon Gardere, 7th Saurav Ahuja, 8th Mackenzie Litton, 9th Gabriella Isabel Gomez, and 10th Veronika Vakser.
Congratulations to all of our winners! #UTDSales
UT Dallas Competitors in Quarter Finals at NCSC
MaKayla Forsberg (B.S Marketing) and Ali Kassam (B.S Marketing) placed 3rd and 4th place in the Quarter Finals at the National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC) in Kennesaw, Georgia. More than 300 students from 70 universities participated in the competition held at Kennesaw State University, April 3-6th. The tournament-style format includes five rounds of role-play competition, a 2-day sales career fair, and various networking activities allowing organizations to recruit and engage with our top sales candidates.
Congratulations to our NCSC team on their performances and awards won, and a special thank you for the support received from our ambassadors and coaches. #UTDSales
Advanced Sales Students Win at Pro Sales Competition
After two exciting days of competition, including a Reverse Job Fair, and Sales Role Play competitions, Gabe Villani won 1st place, Baljinder Dhillon took 2nd place, and Dakota Smith earned 3rd place at the UTD Pro Sales Challenge. There were almost 40 students who competed and were judged by corporate guests. #UTDSales
UTD Jindal Students Excel at National Competition (GBSC)
Four JSOM undergraduate students made the semifinals at FIU Global Bilingual Sales Competition (GBSC) in Miami, Florida.
Each year the GBSC hosts a select group of students from national and international universities to undergo three rounds of intense competition with the goal of preparing them to excel in diverse business environments. The three rounds of competition include simulated role-play scenarios in which students are judged on their professional selling ability.
Jessica Munoz (B.S Entrepreneurship) finished 5th place overall in the English portion and 3rd place overall in the Bilingual portion. Congratulations to our GBSC team! #UTDSales
UT Dallas Places Ninth at its National Sales Competition
The #UTDSales team competing at the University of Toledo Invitational Sales Competition (UTISC) finished 9th place overall out of 36 total competing schools.
Mackenzie Glava (B.S Marketing) advanced to the semifinals of the Junior division, and Karianna Barreto (B.S Marketing) advanced to the quarterfinals of the Freshman/Sophomore division in her first ever roleplay competition.
Congratulations to the team and student coach Brian Hanks! #UTDSales
UT Dallas Competitors in Quarter Finals at NCSC
Samantha Jarrell (Marketing , May 2016) placed first in her room and earned a spot in the quarter finals at the National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC) in Kennesaw, Georgia, held April 1-4th. She won third place in her room in the quarter finals. More than 134 students from 68 universities competed in the undergraduate division of the competition held at Kennesaw State University. The tournament-style format includes five rounds of competition with each competitor being guaranteed at least two rounds. Students also participated in a Sales Career Fair and other networking activities throughout the event.
Jindal Students Place in Quarter Finals
In a rare turn of events, both M. Jawwad Baig (Marketing and MIS BS) and Abbey Hagin (BS Marketing), competitors on UTD’s Jindal School Sales Team, earned places in the quarter finals at the National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC) in Kennesaw, Georgia, held April 7-10th. Both also won fifth place in their respective rooms in the quarter finals.