Truckload Carriers Association Names 2017-18 Scholarship Winners
08/03/2017
Alexandria, Virginia:
The Truckload Carriers Association’s (TCA) Scholarship Fund will be providing financial assistance to 50 undergraduate college students for the 2017-18 academic year. Each student will receive a scholarship ranging from $2,725 to $6,250, from a total pool of approximately $150,000.
The six largest scholarships are named after dedicated members, affiliates, and past TCA chairmen. The largest scholarship—named after the National Association of Independent Truckers (NAIT) in the amount of $6,250—will be awarded to Dylan Tungate of Louisville, Kentucky. Tungate has earned a TCA Scholarship in each of the past four years, but this will be his first
time receiving the NAIT Scholarship.
A senior at Campbellsville University studying Business Administration, Tungate has maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout his collegiate career. He attributes his successes to the work ethic that his father instilled in him. “As a little kid, I remember my dad getting up early in the morning to go to his job at Hendrickson,” Tungate recalls. “It has taught me how to be an exceptional student and employee, which includes always showing up on time, completing every task you start, and working together as a team. I’ve followed the example he set for me as I grew up, and it has paid off.”
The second-largest award, $4,500, named after John Kaburick, TCA chairman from 2010-2011, will be awarded to Bailey Snow of Lincoln, Nebraska. Snow is a sophomore at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln who, like Tungate, is studying Business Administration. Also like Tungate, she credits her father with providing a model of how hard work can lead to success. “My dad thoroughly enjoys going to work, which is both promising and inspiring for me. His work ethic and joy for work give me hope that I will one day find a career that I can also enjoy.”
TCA’s Scholarship Fund has been providing assistance to students associated with the truckload industry since 1973. Each of the winners must be a student in good standing who will be attending a four-year college or university in the Fall, and must be associated with a TCA member company as an employee, or independent contractor, or be the child, grandchild, or spouse of an employee or independent contractor of a TCA member company. The Fund awards its scholarships without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, or religion.