Maddie Shannon Selected as a 2026 Best & Brightest Business Major by Poets & Quants

Maddie Shannon, a business and enterprise management major, is one of two Wake Forest School of Business senior students named among the 100 best and brightest business majors for 2026. The Poets & Quants for Undergrads feature highlights students from the top 50 undergraduate business schools who personify the best in business education.

Shannon is president of Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity and founder of Jam for Janey, a 3v3 basketball tournament fundraiser that has raised over $130,000 to endow a scholarship in her friend’s honor. She will join Barings as a Corporate Finance & Operations Associate after graduation.

“Beyond her academic performance, Maddie brings professionalism, reliability, humility, and a quiet confidence that positively shapes the learning environment around her. She represents the kind of student who not only excels individually but also raises the standard for those around her,” said Victoria Reibenspiess, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems