USC BATEMAN TEAM JUDGED TOPS IN THE NATION--AGAIN!

A student public relations team from the University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications was selected best in the nation Friday in Detroit.

It was USC's second victory in three years in the competition sponsored by the Public Relations Student Society of America. A second USC team placed third behind Loyola of New Orleans.
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Members of the winning USC team, called The Red Carpet Group, included:

Katie Page, Raleigh, N.C.
Katie Magers, Southlake TX
Amanda Ingram, Simpsonville, S.C.
Mary Elizabeth Gale, Lexington, S.C.
Jamie Wright, Gilbert, S.C.

Members of the third-place Palmetto Solutions team included:
Sheryl Hudgins, Lincoln, Neb.
Kanika Kaura, Lagos, Nigeria
Jeffrey Poulin, Charleston, S.C.
Alison Shuman, Columbia, S.C.
Jacque Riley, Gainesville, Fla.

Beth Dickey served as the teams' faculty advisor and Jeffrey Ranta was the professional advisor.

"I'm so excited at the caliber of the work the students produced and our sending two teams to the finals is unprecedented in the 31-year history of the contest, said Shirley Staples Carter, Director of the School.

This was the first time ever that one school placed two teams into the finals of the competition, which drew 62 teams from colleges and universities across the nation.