The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) recently named its 2025-26 TCA Scholarship Fund recipients who collectively will be receiving a total of $176,725.
Since 1973, the Fund has been providing scholarships to students associated with the trucking industry. Each scholarship recipient must be a student in good standing attending a four-year or two-year college or university and must be associated with a TCA member company.
“The TCA Scholarship Fund remains one of the most valuable initiatives offered through TCA membership, providing an opportunity to give back and honor the legacy and future of the truckload industry," said Scholarship Fund Chairman Joey Hogan of Covenant Logistics. "In the face of economic challenges, we were able to provide over $176,000 in scholarship monies which reflects TCA’s strong commitment to this important program.”
Endowed named scholarships to four-year university recipients:
Aadya Menon
NFI Interactive Logistics
NAIT Scholarship – $6,250
Michael Henretty Jr.
Werner Enterprises, Inc.
John Kaburick Scholarship – $4,500
Emma Bowden
Roehl Transport, Inc.
Darrel Clark Wilson III Scholarship – $3,250
Jorkaeff Nogales
Bennett Motor Express, LLC
Kai Norris Scholarship – $3,250
Nicholas Farrell
Load One, LLC
Thomas Welby Scholarship – $3,250
Joe Smith III
Western Dairy Transport, LLC
Stoney Reese Stubbs Scholarship – $3,250
Kaden Buatte
Prime Inc.
Robert Low Scholarship – $3,250
Annika Waltenberg
Bison Transport
Robert D. Penner Scholarship – $3,250
Jennifer Miranda
Tucker Freights Lines
Thomas R. Schilli Scholarship – $3,250
Kalee O’Brien
Paschall Truck Lines, Inc.
Thomas R. Schilli Scholarship – $3,250
Jorleney Aguirre
Landstar Transportation Logistics, Inc.
Keith Tuttle Scholarship – $3,250
Gitali Jain
NFI Interactive Logistics
Tom Kretsinger, Jr. Scholarship – $3,250
Emily Ritenour
Werner Enterprises, Inc.
Bill Giroux Scholarship – $3,250
Caleb Studdie
Central Oregon Truck Company
Bill Giroux Scholarship – $3,250
Brianna Telles Fernandez
Covenant Transport Services
Bill Giroux Scholarship – $3,250
Four-year university scholarship recipients at $2,725 each:
Kennedy Buatte — Prime Inc.
Teigen Wormstadt — Fortune Transportation Company, Inc.
Hong Han — Kriska Holdings
Gurjaan Rai — Bison Transport
Sebastian Ruiz — S&H Express
Matthew Tlapanco — Knight-Swift Transportation
Ganella Adams — Brown Trucking Co.
Kaitlyn Huff — J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Gabrielle McClister — Landstar Transportation Logistics, Inc.
Andrea Mistichelli — NFI Interactive Logistics
Caleb Moore — J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
Zachary Polubinski — Spur Freight / AIT
Hannah Sherer — Knight-Swift Transportation
Kathrinne Sugandi — Millis Transfer, Inc.
Jack Rogers — Don Hummer Trucking Corp
Alec Schaublin — Thomas E. Keller Trucking, Inc.
Brandon Stice — CFI
Uriel Aguillon — Hendrickson
Cooper Calvert — Paschall Truck Lines, Inc.
Parnoor Singh Gill — Bison Transport
Isabella Ivins — TCI Transportation Services Inc.
Robert Tolhurst — Bison Transport
Antonio Verdugo — TCI Transportation Services Inc.
Brett Faccio — Buchanan Hauling & Rigging, Inc.
Ethan Moore — Halvor Lines, Inc.
Isaac Crespo — NFI Interactive Logistics
Roberto Rodriguez — Landstar Transportation Logistics, Inc.
Sadisha Widyalankara — Bison Transport
Theresa Stephens — McLeod Software
Kevin White — Prime Inc.
Drew Merritt — Hendrickson
Isilma Villalta — Roehl Transport Inc.
Firas Elkhattabi — Boyle Transportation
Chase Gugliuzza — TCI Transportation Services Inc.
Jeremiah Mathew — Stevens Transport Inc.
Logan Dudley — Knight-Swift Transportation
Kendrick Brown — NFI Interactive Logistics
Madeline Falknor — Fremont Contract Carriers, Inc.
Lillian Maddox — Covenant Transport Services
Isabella Yust — CFI
Joshua Seo – Bison Transport
Two-year college scholarship recipients at $2,000 each:
Alanna Severson — Marten Transport, Ltd.
Carson Kunze — Grand Island Express, Inc.
Mabel Ornelas — Arlo G. Lott Trucking, Inc.
Lucas Brooks — Givens Transportation Inc.
Clare Phillips — Werner Enterprises, Inc.
Jacob Greene — Covenant Transport Services
