Twenty-five college students will receive scholarships from the Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) Scholarship Fund for the 2013-14 academic year. The scholarships are broken down into amounts ranging from $2,725 to $6,250 from a total fund of about $75,000. Scholarships are awarded to students associated with the trucking industry.
“The people who work in the trucking industry already work hard – very hard. By underwriting some of the financial burden for these individuals, we are happy to be reducing stress for families who already sacrifice to move North America’s freight,” said Josh Kaburick, chairman of TCA’s Scholarship Fund and the COO of Earl L. Hederson Trucking Company.
Each scholarship recipient is entering or already a student in good standing at a four-year college or university and associated with a TCA member company as an employee or independent contractor or is the child, grandchild or spouse of an employee or independent contractor. Recipients show financial need and scholastic achievement, maintain full-time student status and demonstrate integrity.
This year, a scholarship was given in memory of Stoney “Reese” Stubbs, son of Russell and Dawn Stubbs of FFE Transportation Services, Inc. Stubbs died in June 2012 at age 20.
Applications for the 2014-15 scholarships are due in June 2014. For more details about TCA’s Scholarship Fund and this year’s winners, visit www.truckload.org/Scholarships.
Below is a list of students who received scholarships. Under each name is the TCA member the student is associated with.
Matthew Reed
TravelCenters of America
Wadsworth, Ohio
National Association of Independent Truckers Scholarship Winner ($6,250)
Jennifer Hoekstra
Hoekstra Transportation
Peoria, Illinois
Kai Norris Scholarship Winner ($3,250)
Hannah Holloway
EPES Transport
Greensboro, North Carolina
Thomas Welby Scholarship Winner ($3,250)
Jordan Ames
Knight Transportation
Peoria, Arizona
Reese Stubbs Memorial Scholarship ($2,725)
Samantha Block
Comp Care Partners
Morganville, New Jersey
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Timothy Chism
FFE Transportation
Midlothian, Texas
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Tanner Dennis-Brown
Roehl Transport
Marshfield, Wisconsin
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Evan Grant
Baylor Trucking
Mount Vernon, Ohio
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Ethan Grant
Baylor Trucking
Fairborn, Ohio
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Sarah Heerboth
Knight Transportation
St. Louis, Missouri
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Hughston Hodges
Hodges Trucking Company
Athens, Georgia
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Mackenzie Jeffries
Great Dane Trailers
Savannah, Georgia
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Allison Keene
U.S. Xpress Enterprises
Chattanooga, Tennessee
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Sarah Lucas
Hirschbach Motorlines
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Amanda Mankovich
Wabash National Corporation
West Lafayette, Indiana
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Nathaniel McCormick
Fremont Contract Carriers
Hooper, Nebraska
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Wendy McKamie
Fikes Truck Line
Hope, Arkansas
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Ellen Mundie
CRST International/STI Division
Euless, Texas
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Kenna Nelson
Warren Transport
Cedar Falls, Iowa
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Tyler Prebor
Watkins Inc / LandSpan Inc
Gainesville, Florida
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Rachel Ryan
Earl L. Henderson Trucking Company
Hazelwood, Missouri
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Ashley Smith
Knight Transportation
Danville, Illinois
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Kalie Snyder
Wabash National
Mars, Pennsylvania
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Meg Will
Celadon
Fishers, Indiana
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)
Courtney Young
TLD
North Charleston, South Carolina
TCA Scholarship Winner ($2,725)