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

