GSBLSU ANNOUNCES 2024 BANK MANAGEMENT SIMULATION WINNERS
Every year, the seniors of GSBLSU take part in the Bank Management Simulation course, a computer-based program that is specifically designed to provide students with a look into management and the decision-making process in specific banking areas, such as investments, funds management, risk management, loans, and asset/liability management.
BMSim is an intensive computer-based educational experience, which serves as the capstone course of our school during students’ final year of instruction. The class is divided into management teams in six communities to operate simulated banks, and those teams concern themselves with the results of their individual banks, while competing with other banks within their communities. All teams begin with the same, base-line financial situation – a hypothetical bank with a variety of management and financial challenges – and, during the two-year simulated period, make a wide range of “quarterly” decisions involving all aspects of bank management and operations. Through computerized analysis, the teams are able to immediately observe the results of their decisions.
The apex of the competition is a verbal presentation to a panel of judges (acting as shareholders and comprised of active or retired actual bank CEOs and examiners) who evaluate the quality of the performance of all teams and select one winner from each community. Criteria for selection consists of team organization, consistency of performance, bank earnings, the team’s ability to report results to shareholders, and the position of the simulated bank for the future.
The winners in each simulation are recognized, along with their home bank’s President and CEO with a letter and certificate of recognition honoring their outstanding work during the Bank Management Simulation. We are pleased to share the team winners that were announced at graduation on May 31, 2024
| A3 | Holt Barnett | FirstSouthern Bank |
| A3 | Jamel Dagher | Paragon Bank |
| A3 | Tammy Gilmer Comeaux | Hancock Whitney Bank |
| A3 | Kevin McCartney | Community Bank of MS |
| A3 | Kaylee Rainwater | Arvest Bank |
| A3 | Will Ray | Citizens First Bank |
| B4 | Trey Geisenhoffer | Wilson Bank & Trust |
| B4 | Trapper Griffith | TC Federal Bank |
| B4 | Jordan Hawkins | United Southern Bank |
| B4 | Jacob Holloway | CLB The Community Bank |
| B4 | Will Pyle | Hancock Whitney Bank |
| B4 | Michael Reynolds | Trustmark National Bank |
| C3 | Stephen Dawkins | Delta Bank |
| C3 | Alisse Fowler | TN Dept. of Financial Instit. |
| C3 | Nita Kuhner | Hancock Whitney Bank |
| C3 | Landon Reneau | CoBank Farm Credit Leasing |
| C3 | Cade Smith | Solutions Plus Bank (Proposed) |
| C3 | Gayle Woolard | AB&T |
| D5 | James Craig | MS Dept of Banking & Consumer Fin |
| D5 | Houston Fortenberry | Delta Bank |
| D5 | Zac Frye | Citizens Bank of Swainsboro |
| D5 | Anne Osborne | Bank Independent |
| D5 | April Rosa | Arvest Bank |
| D5 | Robert Swing | Truist |
| E3 | Wills Brocato | United Community |
| E3 | William Edgar | Southern Bank |
| E3 | Casey Hill | Merchants & Marine Bank |
| E3 | Kavien Hillmon | Southstate Bank |
| E3 | Austin Klanjac | Cadence Bank |
| E3 | Jarrod Orr | River City Bank |
