TXTA Foundation announces 2022-2023 scholarship recipients

FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION—August 24, 2022
TXTA Contact: Kimberly Leggett
kimberly@texastrucking.com

AUSTIN—Texas Trucking Association (TXTA) Foundation is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 scholarship recipients. This year, the Foundation awarded 37 scholarships totaling $200,000 to deserving students across the country—all affiliated with TXTA member companies.
 
“In 1991, TXTA Foundation began the scholarship program to give back to the families of trucking industry employees—the men and women who keep our country moving,” said TXTA Foundation Chairman Brandon Woods. “Since the establishment of the scholarship program, the Foundation has awarded more than $2.1 million in scholarships to students to help them achieve their education and vocational goals.” 
 
This year’s recipients are:
 
Joyce & Herbert E. Skinner Memorial Scholarship
Established in 2008 and awarded to the top overall recipient
Chase Alford
Apache Oil Company
University of Texas at Dallas

Mike Craddock Memorial Scholarship
Established in 2018 and awarded to the top freshman recipient as a four-year scholarship
Ellington Hull
Trout Trucking Company
The University of Texas at Austin

Rex & Marillyn King Foundation Scholarship
Established in 2018 and awarded to a top recipient
Stacey Arriaga
Southwestern Motor Transportation

Ed Kyrish Memorial Scholarship
Established in 2021 and awarded to the top University of Texas at Austin recipient
Maranda Suescun
Pulido Transport
The University of Texas at Austin

Stoney Reese Stubbs Memorial Scholarship Recipient
Established in 2011 and awarded to the top Texas A&M University at College Station recipient
Tori McVey        
Merfish United Distribution
Texas A&M University at College Station

Grace Ajamiseba
Acme Truck Line
University of Houston

Julia Alford
Apache Oil Company
Trinity University

Hunter Bailey
Kyrish Trucks of Houston
Blinn College

Hallie Crabtree
Hendrickson International
Abilene Christian University

Jonathan Cruz
Kyrish Truck Centers
Texas A&M University at College Station

Harlee DePoyster
Housley Group
West Texas A&M University

Alaina Domingue
United Vision Logistics
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Elyse Domingue
United Vision Logistics
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Hailey Drerup
Walmart
Texas A&M College of
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Clarisa Ferreyra
Pulido Transport
Lone Star College System-Kingwood

Maredith Ferreyra
Pulido Transport
University of Houston-Downtown

Nayeli Garcia
W&B Service Company
University of Houston-Clear Lake

Abby Garrett
Garrett Transfer Storage Inc
The University of Texas at Austin

Wesley Green
Housley Group
The University of Texas Medical Branch

Alexander Harden
NFI Industries
West Texas A&M University

Madison Harper
Cummins Corporation
University of Arkansas

AnaClaire Henderson
Housley Group
Texas Tech University

Matthew Henderson
Housely Group
Texas A&M College of
Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Amaya Johnson
Lone Star Truck Group/TAG Truck Center
Texas State University

Edwin Johnson Jr.
Lone Star Truck Group/TAG Truck Center
The University of Texas at Arlington

Kade Keeling
Bunch Wholesale Incorporated
Texas Tech University

Grace Lam
Cheetah Transportation
The University of Texas at Austin

Kaili Manthei
Lone Star Truck Group/TAG Truck Center
Texas A&M University at College Station

Christal Moreno
United Petroleum Transports
Texas Tech University

Asia Nixon
Palletized Trucking Inc
Sam Houston State

Kassadee Rodriguez
Housley Group
Angelo State University

Carter Routh
Rush Truck Centers, Wichita Falls Freightliner
Midwestern State University

Pamela Serensits
GenOx Transportation
University of Missouri

Garrett Smith
Atmos Energy
The University of Texas at Austin

Lani Rae Stanton
TNT Crane & Rigging
Sam Houston State University

Ashlee Taber
Lone Star Truck Group/TAG Truck Center
Arkansas Tech University

Ricardo Vargas
GND Transport Services
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
  
The 2023-2024 scholarship period will open in Spring 2023. For more information on the TXTA Foundation Scholarship Program, please visit TXTA’s website.
 
TXTA Foundation was established in 1978 to fund education and research projects for the Texas trucking industry. The Foundation is a non-profit educational, public relations, research and community service organization governed by a Board of Trustees. The mission of this all-volunteer organization is to work with TXTA member companies to fund educational and community service programs to enhance the understanding of and image of the Texas trucking industry, with the goal of positioning trucking as the most vital and necessary industry in Texas.
 
 

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