Nine finalists named in Trucking’s Top Rookie contest

Aug 3, 2018

Updated Aug 5, 2018

The finalists have been chosen for this year’s Mike O’Connell Trucking’s Top Rookie Award presented by Overdrive sister site Truckers News.

The winner will be announced during a ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.

The finalists, where they’re from, the companies they drive for and the driving school they attended are:

James Bell – Stevensville, Montana; Jim Palmer Trucking; Sage Truck Driving School

Platt Brabner – Coupland, Texas; TMC Transportation; Roadmaster Drivers School

Adam Cobb – Deltona, Florida; Celadon Trucking; Sage Truck Driving School

Matthew Donahue – Weedsport, New York; H.O. Wolding; National Tractor Trailer School

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