��Ƶ team places third nationally in CSBS Community Bank Case Study Competition

Mississippi State’s 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; ��Ƶ 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.—For 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’s team of four ��Ƶ business administration students placing third overall in the 2022 Conference of State Bank Supervisors Community Bank Case Study Competition include:

DAWSONVILLE, Georgia—Peyton Randazzo, a spring finance graduate.

LOUISVILLE—Eric Sudduth, a spring finance and foreign language/German graduate.

MEMPHIS, Tennessee—Von Churchwell, a spring summa cum laude finance graduate.

THE COLONY, Texas—Annabelle 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 ��Ƶ’s team, which partnered with the Bank of Commerce-Greenwood. The team’s paper will be published in the Journal of Community Bank Case Studies and is available at .��

“We 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,” said ��Ƶ College of Business Dean Sharon Oswald.

For more on ��Ƶ’s College of Business and its Department of Finance and Economics, visit .

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