Six Area Residents Make History in Business Competition

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Six area residents made history Saturday at Lindsey Wilson College. The six residents competed in the inaugural LWC Business Concept Competition.

Sponsored by the LWC Center for Entrepreneurship and Business and Computer Information Systems Division, the competition called for area high school students and LWC students to pitch a business concept to a panel of judges.

The six students who participated in this inaugural competition comprised four teams, each of which received a $1,000 LWC scholarship for their efforts.

The students who participated in the inaugural LWC Business Concept Competition were: LWC students Robyn Adams of Edmonton, Ky., and Zack Todd of Columbia; home-schooled student Daniel White of Russell Springs Ky.; and Adair County High School seniors Jeremy Mackin, Alex Myers and Jamison Roberts.

Adams' business concept was the "boogie bag." The business concept by Mackin, Myers and Roberts was the JAM Sporting Goods. Todd's business concept was ZRT Services. White's business concept was Dream Fit.