Ohio-based workplace design company LOTH, Inc. creates scholarship for Lindner students with a passion for selling

Earlier this year, Davis received the scholarship from the LOTH Scholarship Fund for Professional Selling, which was established after leadership at LOTH, Inc., a leading furniture and workplace design company, recognized the power of students being able to participate in such extracurriculars.

“Thank you, LOTH, for seeing and understanding the importance of scholarships for our students,” says Jennifer Barlow, executive director, external relations, at the Center for Professional Selling. “Because of their generosity, this scholarship will benefit our hardworking students participating on the Varsity Sales Team. It lets them practice their sales skills and gives them a competitive edge when entering the workforce.”

For Davis, the scholarship has enabled him to focus on his coursework and pursue extracurriculars like the Varsity Sales Team. And it is already paying off.

In October, Davis competed with two other VST members in Cleveland for the Ohio Collegiate Sales Competition. It was his first competition, yet he was able to advance to the second round because he successfully embodied the role of a new sales rep at a national media company tasked with pitching a local dental practice.

“It was amazing,” Barlow reflects. “I watched his role-play live, and he had a tough buyer to contend with, but he did so well, and the entire team made it to the semifinals.”