The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota (AASP-MN) is pleased to announce scholarship awards totaling $19,500 to help automotive service and collision repair students pay for tuition or tools during the 2020-21 school year. The scholarships are in the amount of $1,000 or $1,500 and were made possible by a successful fundraising drive within the AASP-MN membership, as well as generous donations from the Minnesota State I-CAR Committee and the Bill Smith Fund.

Twenty college and high school students from 7 schools submitted scholarship applications. 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 recipients are:
• Austin Allison, South Central College, North Mankato – Auto Body Collision Repair
• Carter Brandes, South Central College, North Mankato – Auto Body Collision Repair
• Carisa Camarillo, Lake Superior College, Duluth – Auto Body Collision Repair
• Clifton Draghine II, Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie – Automotive Service Technology
• Dylan Draxten, Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis – Automotive Service Technology
• Holly Isdahl, Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis – Auto Body Collision Repair
• Makaila Kewatt, Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie – Auto Body Collision Repair
• Madyan Khidir, MN State Community & Technical College, Moorhead – Automotive Service Technology
• Luis Mendoza Martinez, Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie – Automotive Service Technology
• Khoa Luc Nguyen, Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie – Automotive Service Technology
• Reed Patterson, Lake Superior College, Duluth – Automotive Service Technology
• Logan Peterson, Ridgewater College, Willmar – Automotive Service Technology
• Matthew Pipes, South Central College, North Mankato – Automotive Service Technology
• Mitchell Robertson, South Central College, North Mankato – Automotive Service Technology
• Kaleb Vanhavermaet, Ridgewater College, Willmar – Automotive Service Technology
• Holden Whiting, Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis – Automotive Service Technology
• Sean Wood, Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis – Automotive Service Technology

Congratulations to all of this year’s recipients!

The scholarship awards are the centerpiece of AASP-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 nearly 750 independently-owned automotive service businesses and industry suppliers dedicated to improving the state’s automotive service industry and the success of its members.