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The Pitch competition

Dream. Plan. Pitch

You’ve created your can’t-miss business idea and started making your dream a reality. Now it’s time to pitch your idea and compete for $10,000 cash and prizes!

Up to two student entrepreneurs will represent UWSP at The Pitch 2026 business startup competition at Fox Cities Stadium.

And get this: It’s open to all UW-Stevens Point students!

Apply Now!

What is The Pitch?

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Business Startup Competition

The Pitch at Fox Cities Stadium

The Pitch is a startup business pitch competition among college student teams in Northeast Wisconsin. Competing teams have advanced from their campus competitions and have the opportunity to win cash and in-kind services to further their entrepreneurial pursuits.
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The Pitch Competition
Judging Criteria

Eligibility Requirements

Students should pitch business models for highly scalable, high impact ventures. Student teams are given four minutes to pitch, followed by two minutes of questions from the judges.
Eligibility and Rules
The Pitch

The Pitch 2025

Students Riley O’Connor (business administration) and Evan Casper (hydrology) secured their spots after impressing judges in the campus qualifying round. They were selected to represent UW-Stevens Point at The Pitch competition at Fox Cities Stadium and earned a $1,000 scholarship award.
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The Pitch competition

The Pitch 2024

UW-Stevens Point marketing student Haley Densow took first place at The Pitch 2024 and won $10,000. Densow pitched DormDash, an on-campus food delivery system that allows students use their meal plans to have food delivered to their dorm rooms.
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The Pitch Prize Money

The top student entrepreneurs will split $50,000+ in cash and in-kind prizes! The two UWSP qualifiers will each earn a $1,000 scholarship.
$10,000
1st Place
$7,500
2nd Place
$5,000
3rd Place
“I feel blessed having competed with such great business ideas! I can not wait for Appleton! Thank you again not only for everyone who came and watched, but also the judges who took the time out of their day to facilitate this competition!”
Riley O’Connor — The Pitch 2025 Qualifier
“The Pitch is important for young entrepreneurs because everyone there wants to help you succeed and it puts you in an environment with other like-minded people.”
Haley Densow — The Pitch 2024 Winner

2026 Competition Timeline

12/8

Application Opens

2/9

Application Closes

2/12

UWSP Qualifying Event

4/27

The Pitch at Fox Cities Stadium

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Tim McKeough

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