University of Tampa places second in Beta Alpha Psi competition

Students from the University of Tampa placed second at the Beta Alpha Psi annual meeting’s national best practices competition held on Aug. 4-6 in Baltimore.

Beta Alpha Psi is an honorary organization for students studying financial information and professionals.

The competition, which was sponsored by Deloitte LLP, focused on making chapter level improvements. The Tampa team, which included Brent Caramanica, Stefan Cox, Lucie Matulikova and Yafeng Zhang, finished ahead of teams from California State University-Sacramento, Notre Dame and the University of Denver.

The Tampa team was one of just eight to win the Gold Challenge Competition, which was sponsored by KPMG. This competition allowed the BAP students to use their multimedia skills by creating a five-minute video that shows why their chapter should win the award or why students would want to join the Beta Alpha Psi organization.

The team was accompanied to Baltimore by associate professor of accounting Mary Keener.