TCA awards 24 scholarships to member-related students
This year’s scholarships range in size from $2,725 to $6,250 and were awarded without regard to sex, race, color, national origin or religion.
The Trucker News Services
8/8/2012
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) announced it has selected 24 college scholarship recipients for the 2012-2013 academic year.
The TCA Scholarship Fund has been providing money for higher education to students associated with the truckload industry since 1973.
This year’s scholarships range in size from $2,725 to $6,250 and were awarded without regard to sex, race, color, national origin or religion.
“We are pleased to report a record number of qualified applicants for the scholarship program this year. Due to the ongoing generosity of TCA members, we have once again increased the amount of money going to scholarships,” said Tom McLeod, chairman of the TCA Scholarship Fund and the president of McLeod Software Corporation of Birmingham, Alabama.
As per TCA’s requirements, each scholarship recipient is a college student in good standing who attends an accredited four-year college or university, and is either the child, grandchild, or spouse of an employee, or an employee of a TCA member company, or the child, grandchild, or spouse of an independent contractor or an independent contractor affiliated with a TCA member.
In addition, each scholarship recipient has shown financial need and scholastic achievement, maintained full-time student status, and has demonstrated that he or she is an individual of high character and integrity.
The following students will be receiving the scholarships. The TCA member affiliation, hometown and scholarship amount are listed.
To learn more about each recipient, click here.
Katherine Hoekstra
Hoekstra Transportation LLC
St. Anne, Ill.
National Association of Independent Truckers Scholarship Winner ($6,250)
Patrick Lawhon
Scudder Law Firm P.C.
Kansas City, Mo.
Kai Norris Scholarship Winner ($3,250)
Matthew Reed
TravelCenters of America
Wadsworth, Ohio
Thomas Welby Scholarship Winner ($3,250)
Deborah Bessent
deBoer Transportation, Inc.
Saint Joseph, Mich.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Amanda Bravo
Knight Transportation Inc.
Litchfield Park, Ariz.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Graham Higgins
Prime inc.
Ozark, Mo.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Hughston Hodges
Hodges Trucking Co.
Hamilton, Ga.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Jennifer Hoekstra
Hoekstra Transportation LLC
Peoria, Ill.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Hannah Holloway
Epes Transport System Inc.
Greensboro, N.C.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Jessika Jeppson
C.R. England Inc.
West Jordan, Utah
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
John Kabase
McLeod Software Corp.
Birmingham, Ala.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Laura Konkol
Cummins Inc.
Madison, Wis.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Michelle Lehnus
Hoekstra Transportation LLC
Bourbonnais, Ill.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Juliette Luna
Sky Transportation Services, Inc.
El Paso, Texas
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Nathaniel McCormick
Fremont Contract Carriers, Inc.
Hooper, Neb.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Kolby McGee
Big G Express, Inc.
Shelbyville, Tenn.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Kenna Nelson
Warren Transport Inc.
Cedar Falls, Iowa
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Kaylynn Olmstead
Roehl Transport Inc.
Auburndale, Fla.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Alyssa Ramsey
Jet Express, Inc.
New Lebanon, Ohio
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Julie Schneier
Tri-National Inc.
Florissant, Mo.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Joanna Stawarz
Landstar System Inc.
Mount Prospect, Ill.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Brieanne Tingley
CRST Malone Inc.
Madison, Wis.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Lyndra Tingley
CRST Malone Inc.
East Lansing, Mich.
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Justin Williams
Dysart's Transportation, Inc.
Dixmont, Maine
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
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