International Student Case Competition
The ILA International Student Case Competition provides undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to compete and showcase their knowledge about leadership through the analysis of a contemporary socio-political-economic problem on the global or national level.
Sign up your team by 19 September 2023 to compete in this year's competition at ILA's 25th Global Conference! Teams may compete online or in person in Vancouver, Canada.
Start forming your team now for the October 2022 competition. Detailed information now available!
Teams compete in two divisions, undergraduate and graduate. Through a case executive summary, poster given at the conference, and a final presentation (finalists only), students demonstrate an understanding of their case’s underlying leadership issues while developing strategic recommendations for addressing key issues.
The top three teams in each division are recognized at the closing plenary of the ILA conference. The team in each division that takes top honors receives complimentary 1-year memberships in the ILA and a $1,000 cash prize to divide among team members. The International Student Case Competition is organized by the Leadership Education Member Community.
Past Winners of the International Student Case Competition
2022 Undergraduate Division
Wenjuan Gu, Owen Glazier, Patrick Palcic, Shelby Floyd, Ashton Crawford
West Virginia University
2022 Graduate Division
Brooke Wells, Haden Botkin, Jian Ju Yeo, Jennifer Okoliko
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2021 Undergraduate Division
Phyu Chaw, Sydney King, Bianca Londres, Adrianna DeSantis
Christopher Newport University
2021 Graduate Division
Simona Catana, Carolina Parro
ESMT Berlin
2020 Undergraduate Division
Colin Bunn, Zoe Page, Grant Wiley
Christopher Newport University
2020 Graduate Division
Catherine Chapman, Katie Hamaker, Michael Munton, Megan Quinn, Jenna Wes
California Institute of Integral Studies
2019 Undergraduate Division
Hannah Arneson, Kendall Beemer, Cecelia Caraccilo, and Claire Leffingwell
Washburn University
2019 Graduate Division
2018 Undergraduate Division
2018 Graduate Division
2017 Undergraduate Division
2017 Graduate Division
2016 Undergraduate Division
Tyler Hamke, William Stephan, Gladys Suarez, Maggie Douglas, and pictured, adviser Josh Armstrong
Gonzaga University
2016 Graduate Division
2015 Undergraduate Division
2015 Graduate Division
2014 Undergraduate Division
2014 Graduate Division
Alix Carole Onmalela Bilip, Katie Noll, Colby Haverkamp, Tyler Bedell
Kansas State University
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2013 Undergraduate Division
Nick Mamolo, Joseph Decker, Constanza Ponce de Leone
Gonzaga University
2013 Graduate Division
Kyle van Ittersum, Lori Kniffin, Erin Poppe
Kansas State University
2012 Undergraduate Division
Brian Wisdom, Taylor Harrell, Crystal Dujowich, Aaron Rivera Dominguez Bours
University of San Diego
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2012 Graduate Division
Ron Gladden, Erin Robinson, Gannon Tagher
Northern Kentucky University
2011 Undergraduate Division
Bethany Caldwell, Chelsea Corkins, Theodore Stavropoulos, and Erika Williams
Kansas State University
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2011 Graduate Division
Megan Downing, Linda Hayes, Shawn Mills Nordheim, Melody Rawlings, and Cheryl Swayne
Northern Kentucky University
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2010 Undergraduate Division
Laura Bottoroff, Jessica Dang, and Katherine Johnson
Claremont McKenna College
2010 Graduate Division
David Wolf, David Ober, Julie Rood-Breithaupt
Eastern University
2009 Undergraduate Division
Miles Bird, Zephanii Smith, Michelle Kim, Veronica Pugin
Claremont McKenna College
2009 Graduate Division
Gery Remy, Stephanie Povlosky, David Brewer
Eastern University
2008 Undergraduate Division
Sarah Chamberlain, Nichol Hibbard, Greg Pereira
Azusa Pacific University