The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) awarded $15,000 in scholarships to help post-secondary automotive students pay for tuition during the 2014-15 school year.
The scholarships are in the amount of $1,000 per student and were made possible by a successful fundraising drive within the AASP-MN membership, as well as a donation from the Minnesota State I-CAR Committee.
All recipients will be entering the second year of a NATEF-accredited automotive program based in Minnesota.
This year’s recipients include:
- Anthony Ammann, Century College, White Bear Lake – Automotive Service Technology program
- Tyler Anderson, Hennepin Technical College, Brooklyn Park – Auto Body Collision Repair program
- Courtney Bisbee, Lake Superior College, Duluth – Automotive Service Technology program
- Matthew Bisbee, Lake Superior College, Duluth – Auto Body Collision Repair program
- Tyler Bode, South Central Technical College, No. Mankato – Automotive Service Technology program
- Luis Garcia, Ridgewater College, Willmar – Automotive Service Technology program
- Levi Gustafson, Riverland Community College, Austin – Automotive Service Technology program
- Tyler Hoyles, Dakota County Technical College, Rosemount – Automotive Service Technology program
- Austin Rikhus, MN State Community & Technical College, Moorhead – Automotive Service Technology program
- Michael Torgerson, Pine Technical College, Pine City – Automotive Service Technology program
- Seth Schure, MN State College Southeast Technical, Winona – Auto Body Collision Repair program
- Alex Winder, Dakota County Technical College, Rosemount – Auto Body Collision Repair program
- Joseph Wright, Dakota County Technical College, Rosemount – Auto Body Collision Repair program
- Peter Yang, Hennepin Technical College, Brooklyn Park – Auto Body Collision Repair program
- Christopher Yanish, Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie – Auto Body Collision Repair program
Twenty-seven students from 12 schools applied for the scholarships. Applications were reviewed by a committee of industry representatives, with consideration given to scholastic achievement, education and career goals, financial need and written recommendations.
The scholarship awards are the centerpiece of AASP-MN’s Automotive Education Fund, which was established to provide financial resources to support automotive students, enhance automotive programs and raise awareness of career opportunities in the independent automotive service industry.