LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – For the ninth year, the Arkansas Trucking Association plans to award scholarships of up to $7,500 to students interested in pursuing careers as medium- and heavy-duty truck technicians. Scholarship applications are being accepted now through April 4, 2025, and are available at arkansastrucking.com/scholarship.
“The Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship has invested $97,500 in Arkansas’s future technicians,” said ATA President Shannon Newton. “By helping young people access quality education, we’re not just filling jobs – we’re ensuring Arkansas has the skilled workforce needed to keep commerce moving safely and efficiently on our highways. Each scholarship recipient represents both individual opportunity and our commitment to Arkansas’s economic future.”
ATA established the Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship Fund in 2017 to encourage growth in the state’s technician workforce and to help assure that the safest, most knowledgeable and skilled technicians are working on the trucks and trailers on our nation’s roads.
Applicants must be graduating seniors from accredited high schools. A scholarship of up to $7,500 will be awarded for students attending a minimum two-semester medium- and heavy-duty truck technician program at an Arkansas institution.
In 2017, ATA’s Maintenance & Technology Council founded the Carl Tapp Memorial Scholarship Fund to encourage young Arkansans to pursue career paths as technicians in the trucking industry. The scholarship is named for the late Carl Tapp, the Council’s first chairman, who was known for recognizing and empowering talent in the next generation of technicians.
Applications will be accepted through April 4, 2025, for students beginning coursework in August 2025 or January 2026, based on individual program requirements. ATA plans to name the 2025 recipient(s) in May. Contact Sarah Newman (sarahnewman@arkansastrucking.com) for more information about the Scholarship Fund and find the application at https://www.arkansastrucking.com/scholarship/.
