HAMMOND – A team of five Purdue University Calumet management students tied for the top ranking in a world-wide, online, simulated business competition involving 4,247 teams from 288 colleges and universities.

Team members were Mary A. Gross of Valparaiso, Sarah Moen of Hobart, David Ramsey of Hammond, Aaron Schultz of St. John and Allauddin Abdulghani of Glendale Heights, Ill. They took part in The Business Strategy Game published by McGraw-Hill and received a perfect score in managing their virtual shoe company, Team Amazing Shoes.