
?? Big win for Ball State! A team of 4 undergrads (Nolan Purvis, Asante Anglin, Ngoc Tran, and Yutong Wang) from MCOB, CCIM & CSH, coached by ISOM faculty Drs. Wang, Kang & Yuan, took the 1st place at the 2025 CCAC (Crossroads Classic Analytics Challenge), bringing home a $3,000 prize! ????

Shoutout to our grad team (Kevin Wu, CJ Glock, James Galiher, Chang Suh & Audra Racster) from MCOB, CCIM & TC, coached by Dr. Yu & Dr. Liao (ISOM), for placing 3rd at the 2025 CCAC – Crossroads Classic Analytics Challenge and earning a $1,000 prize! ????That’s back-to-back 3rd place wins for our grad team! ??
This year’s competition drew 26 grad teams & 61 undergrad teams from across the state. Proud to represent BSU since our invite in 2024! ??
Congratulations to our student teams and the dedicated faculty who supported them to reach this milestone!
Qiannong (Chan) Gu, Ph.D.
Chair & Associate Professor
Department of ISOM
Miller College of Business
Ball State University