Eastern Kentucky University management major Kalyn Fox finished second in the Association for Business Communication’s recent international writing contest.

Seventeen undergraduate students from Florida, Texas, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Minnesota, and the United Arab Emirates entered the 2009 writing contest by responding to a case developed by an ABC member. The organization’s Student Awards Committee chose seven finalists and a panel of academic readers selected the top three entries.

Fox, an EKU Presidential Scholar from Murray, will receive a $200 cash award at the national ABC conference in Portsmouth, Va., in November.

Last spring, Fox was named the 2009 Distinguished Senior for the College of Business and Technology. A member of Mortar Board and Phi Kappa Phi, she serves in leadership roles for EKU student professional organizations and is a Patterson Scholar and Regents Scholar.

The softball team member has also won numerous awards as a student-athlete, including the OVC Academic Medal of Honor, OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, College Sports Information Director’s Association All-Academic Second Team and Colonel Scholar.

“Kalyn Fox’s selection by the international ABC Student Writing Contest as a second-place winner affirms her academic achievements at EKU,” Dr. Robert Rogow, dean of the College of Business and Technology, said. “We are proud of her accomplishments and the way she represents Eastern and the College of Business and Technology as well as her department.”

ABC is an international organization committed to fostering excellence in business communication scholarship, research, education, and practice.