SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
BRIEF
THE URG SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED IN 2014, IN HONOR OF INDIVIDUALS WHO GIVE THEIR TALENT, TIME AND VERY OFTEN THEIR OWN FINANCES TO ENSURE THE GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF THE AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING INDUSTRY.
THE FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLERS IN THEIR PURSUIT OF SUPERIOR SERVICE AND EXCEPTIONAL PRODUCTS TO THE REPAIR INDUSTRY.
REQUIREMENTS
- Employee who has worked at least 1 year or child of employee who has worked at least 1 Year
- Enrolled in 12 hours for full-time student
- Enrolled in 6 hours for full-time employee
- Minimum 3.0 GPA
- Must be attending college in the fall of the current year
- Can win up to four times
- Employee who has worked at least 1 year or child of employee who has worked at least 1 Year
- Enrolled in a trade/technical/vocational program
- Must be attending school in the fall of the current year
- Can win up to two times
APPLICATIONS
Applications will be made available each January for the following fall semester.
Award winners are announced at the URG Annual Training Conference.
Note: owners, their relatives, and those owning over $100,000 of stock in the employing yard are not eligible.
2020 AWARD RECIPIENTS
BLAKE RENTZ
$5,500
Mullins Auto Parts Son of Craig & Karen Rentz
JACOB STEINBECK
$5,000
Stoystown Auto Son of Jim & Cheryl Steinbeck
LAUREN CLARK
$4,500
Jerry Brown’s Auto Parts
Daughter of Frederick & Constance Clark
CLAIRE STACK
$4,000
City Auto Wreckers Daughter of Gene & Christina Stack
ABIGAIL STEINBECK
$3,500
Stoystown Auto Daughter of Jim & Cheryl Steinbeck
REAGAN SHULTZ
$2,750
Yancey Auto Parts Daughter of Shawn Shultz, Melody & Darin Reynolds
HAILEY PIEPER
$2,000
Nordstrom’s Auto Daughter of Scot & Deb Pieper
GRACE SEWELL
$1,250
Arizona Auto & Truck
Daughter of Russell & Ann Sewell
ALAYNA MCKAY
$1,000
Patterson Auto Wrecking Daughter of Jarrod & Melanie McKay
TREVOR GRIFFIN
$500
American Auto Parts
Son of John & Carrie Griffin
THOMAS MacDUFF JR.
$4,000
Jerry Brown’s Auto Parts Son of Thomas & Jodi MacDuff
SAMMY COZADD
$3,000
Midway Auto Parts Daughter of Jerry & Gert Cozadd
LARAMIE DICKSON
$2,000
Nordstrom’s Auto Daughter of Keith & Heather Dickson
CURTIS COURNEYA
$1,000
Hotch’s Auto Parts Son of James Courneya & Terri-Lynn Sennet
2019 AWARD RECIPIENTS
BETH BRUGGEMAN
$4,500
LAUREN CLARK
$4,000
CLAIRE STACK
$3,500
DYLAN FERNALD
$3,000
LISSETTE GARZA
$2,500
KENNEDY MATUSCHKA
$1,500
MOLLY SNOW
$1,000
LARAMIE DICKSON
$1,000
CHRISTIAN PACIFICO
$1,000
ELIZABETH AFFOLTER
$500
GARRETT PINNEO
$3,000
STANLEY HARPER
$2,500
