The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) awarded $16,000 in scholarships to help post-secondary automotive students pay for tuition during the 2012-13 school year.
The scholarships were 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 generous donation from the Minnesota State I-CAR Committee. All recipients will be entering the second year of a NATEF-certified automotive program based in Minnesota.
Recipients are:
- Kyle Boche, Hennepin Technical College, Brooklyn Park – Auto Body Collision Repair program
- James Elvidge, MN State College Southeast Technical, Winona – Automotive Service Technology program
- John Hanson, Jr., Century Community & Technical College, White Bear Lake – Automotive Service Technology program
- Bryan Johnson, MN State College, Detroit Lakes – Automotive Service Technology program
- Brandon Kirkwold, Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie – Automotive Service Technology program
- Corey Kokette, St. Cloud Technical & Community College, St. Cloud – Auto Body Collision Repair program
- Jesse Leabo, MN State College, Detroit Lakes – Automotive Service Technology program
- Eric Mayfield, Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis – Auto Body Collision Repair program
- Nghia Nguyen, Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis – Automotive Service Technology program
- Dillion Paumen, St. Cloud Technical & Community College, St. Cloud – Auto Body Collision Repair program
- Virgil Perry, Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie – Auto Body Collision Repair program
- Chris Peterson, Northland Community & Technical College, Thief River Falls – Automotive Service Technology program
- Sarah Roesler, MN State College Southeast Technical, Winona – Auto Body Collision Repair program
- Christopher Thompson, Northland Community & Technical College, Thief River Falls – Automotive Service Technology program
- Bradley Wilkie, Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie – Auto Body Collision Repair program
- Yeng Yang, Century Community & Technical College, White Bear Lake – Automotive Service Technology program.
Thirty four students from 13 schools applied for the scholarships. Scholarships were available to students entering the second year of a NATEF- certified automotive program. 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 ofAASP-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.
The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) is an association of independently-owned automotive service businesses and industry suppliers dedicated to improving the state’s automotive service industry and the success of its members.
