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For Immediate Release

June 27, 2003

Contact: Nancy O’Liddy, Director of Public Affairs
703/838-1950 or noliddy@truckload.org

Truckload Carriers Association Awards Scholarships

Alexandria, VA, June 27, 2003 - The Truckload Carriers Association Scholarship Fund continued its long tradition of providing financial aid to truck drivers, their spouses, children or grandchildren by awarding fifteen college scholarships for the 2003-2004 academic year. The scholarships were awarded on the basis of need, academic excellence, major field of study and quality of an assigned essay. Special consideration is given to those students studying in the field of transportation.

"The Scholarship Trustees are proud to have once again been able to award scholarships to so many deserving students - who care deeply about our industry," stated Barry Riley, Chairman of the Scholarship Fund and President of United Carriers Corp., Newark, OH. "The Scholarship Trustees thank all those who contribute to the fund throughout the year - our hope is to reach $1 million in the fund by 2006."

Recipients Receiving Memorial Scholarships in honor of Thomas Welby and Kai Norris in the amount of $3,000 are:

  • Susana Lucar-Cuculiza, a former employee of UPS and Choice Cargo, is an International Business Administration major at Grand Rapids Community College. Susana's goal is to eventually manage a logistics branch office and achieve maximum customer satisfaction.
  • Christina Saint, whose father is a truck driver for Crete Carrier Corporation, is studying business at Southeastern College. Christina spent a summer traveling with her father when she was thirteen and quickly discovered a love of travel that has taken her to places as far as Suriname, South America.

Recipient of our Truck Writers of North America Scholarship of $2,500 is:

  • Jennifer Myrick, whose father-in-law is employed by United Cartage Company, is an elementary education major at Ball State University. After being awarded a scholarship last year Jennifer began using trucking in her student teaching experiences and found that "the trucking industry provides countless opportunities for presenting relevant content throughout the curriculum."

Recipients Receiving $2,000 Scholarships are:

  • Max Fletcher is an accounting student at Indiana Wesleyan University and a planner at Celadon Trucking Services, Inc. Fletcher wrote, "The trucking industry has touched my life in many ways. Every experience has been both positive and beneficial."
  • Jessica Meek, whose mother is employed by G & P Trucking Company is an elementary education major at Clemson University. She explained that her summer work at G & P Trucking taught her responsibility, commitment, and integrity.
  • Lori Neubauer is a criminal justice major at Metropolitan State University; her father is employed by Dart Transit Company. She remembers looking semi-trucks at age five with astonishment and awe and writes that, "Now I see semi-trucks on a regular basis, however, the astonishment and awe still remains."
  • Matthew Brand's connection to trucking is his mother, an employee of Midwest Coast Transport. He is business management major at the University of South Dakota. He would like to work in the trucking business after earning his college degree and finds that his connection to the industry motivates him to excel academically.
  • Arianna Magallon is a business management major at the University of Houston and a safety clerk at W.W. Rowland Trucking Co., Inc. She wrote her essay about the misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding trucking, explaining that "big trucks make big targets."
  • Amanda Kissel is a small business management major at the University of Akron and the granddaughter of a truck driver. She wrote that seeing how much her grandfather enjoys truck driving has inspired her to pursue her dream of opening her own small business.
  • Molly Geiger, whose father is employed by Crete Carrier Corporation, is majoring in social work and Spanish at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Geiger said that winning a scholarship last year allowed her to volunteer at local agencies relating to her field of study rather than working extra jobs to pay for college.
  • Kelly Quarmstrom, whose grandfather was an owner/operator, is a transportation and logistics and international business major at Iowa State University. Though she never met her grandfather, Quarmstrom is inspired by his trucking career and hopes to have a career in transportation and logistics.
  • Brett Vaughn is a business major at Missouri Southern State College and a mechanic for Sitton Motor Lines, he works with his father who is the Director of Maintenance at Sitton. Vaughn said that his work as a mechanic has taught him how to be a leader and how to handle himself in high stress situations.
  • Amie Willoughby, a health sciences major at McMaster University is the daughter of a truck driver for Erb Transport. Willouhby explained how her father's career in the trucking industry provided for her family and supported her physical and emotional well-being.
  • Angela Labrie, daughter of truck driver Daniel Labrie, is studying business finance Bentley College. Labrie traveled with her father many times and she feels these experiences gave her the confidence to leave her small rural town and relocate to Boston to pursue her studies.
  • Erin Mullaugh is a chemistry major at the University of Vermont whose father is employed by C-Line. Mullaugh compared the trucking industry to the foundation of a very tall building because everything we rely upon is made available to us by the trucks that ship them.

Truckload Carriers Association Scholarship applications for the 2004-2005 school year will be available in early April, 2004. For more information, call the association office and ask for Aimee Cirucci at (703) 838-1950 or visit www.truckload.org/scholarships.shtml.

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TCA is the only national trade association whose collective sole focus is the truckload segment of the motor carrier industry. The association represents dry van, refrigerated, flatbed, and intermodal container carriers operating in the 48 contiguous states as well as Alaska, Mexico, and Canada. Representing operators of over 200,000 trucks, which collectively produce an annual revenue of over $20 billion, TCA is an organization tailored to specific truckload carrier needs.