Choose Aerospace Announces 2020 Award Winners

ATEC's sister organization, Choose Aerospace--a coalition of stakeholders pursuing greater awareness of opportunities in aviation maintenance--today announced its inaugural slate of scholarship and award recipients.

A host of partner organizations sponsored $25,000 worth of scholarships, textbooks, training systems, and testing fee credits for educators and future aviators. Scholarship donors include the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA), Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA), Nida Corporation, AVOTEK, Aircraft Technical Book Company (ATBC) and CertTEC.

Choose Aerospace also provided a $2,500 award funded by the organization’s founding steering committee members: United Airlines, Piedmont Airlines, Envoy Air, AAR, PSA Airlines, AVOTEK, Aviation Technical Services, ASA, the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, ARSA, the Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance, and ATEC.

Congratulations to this year's award winners:

Choose Aerospace $2500 Scholarship: Angelina Kapp, Southern Illinois University of Carbondale

ARSA $1000 Scholarship: Craig Ritzman, Southern Utah University

ASA $1000 Scholarship:

• Amanda Colon, Lewis University
• Sophia Taylor-Home, Gavilan College

Avotek AMT Series Textbooks:

• Sufian Shaikh, Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Irving
• Ana Claudia Viertons, Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Houston
• Reni Llupa, Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Philadelphia
• Marc Jackson, MIAT College of Technology - Houston
• Matthew Finley, Hallmark University

ATBC EASA Part 66 Study Set:

• Harris Dy, Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Irving
• Rene Hermosillo Tanori, Pima Community College
• Andrea McGilvray, Hallmark University
• Xsabian Ortiz, Lewis University

ASA A&P Textbook & eBook Set: Kathryn Pena, Pima Community College

Avotek Avionics Textbook Set:

• JuliAnne Miller, Lansing Community College
• Joshua Charlier, Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics - Youngstown
• Daniel Garrett, Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Charlotte
• Trevvor Kotrba, Lansing Community College
• Tigran Melkonyan, Reedley Community College

CertTEC AET Certification Exam Testing Scholarship: Travis Rabenberg, School of Missionary Aviation Technology

ATBC A&P Textbook Set:

• Jonathan Schroeder, Spartan School of Aeronautics - Denver
• Thaddeus Baughman, Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics - Pittsburgh
• Aiden Shih, MIAT College of Technology - Houston

Nida Training System: Middle Tennessee State University

Avotek Dale Hurst Memorial Instructor Scholarship: Carlos Smith, Middle Tennessee State University

An updated compilation of scholarship opportunities once hosted on ATEC's site is now available through Choose Aerospace. The singular resource for aviation technical award opportunities is at chooseaerospace.org/awards.