• The 2023 VISION awards and scholarship winners

    On a night to celebrate the industry, VISION honored its brightest stars for 2023
    March 8, 2023

    By Chris Jones, editor of Ratchet + Wrench

    On Saturday, March 4, 2023, VISION HiTech Training and Expo commemorated significant milestones as well as honored those people who earned scholarships and made a noticeable impact in the automotive aftermarket industry. Here is a list of those honored at the evening's awards banquet.

    Years of service:

    • Sheri Hamilton was honored for 25 years as the manager of VISION.

    Student scholarship awards ($1,000 each):

    • Hailey Cranwell (North Kansas Technical College)
    • John Paul Jansen (Pittsburg State University)
    • Desiree Jones (Manhattan Area Technical College)
    • Calin Martin (Red River Technical Center)

    Tim Cummings Memorial scholarship:

    • Mollie Carbon (MJ Auto Repair - Wichita, Kan.)

    Anthony Williams Memorial scholarship:

    • Dakota Boles

    Amazing women in automotive

    • Linda Sepulveda (Oz Mechanics, Pasadena, Tex.)

    Social media engagement of the year

    • Honest Wrenches Automotive

    Best website award of the year

    • Iowa City Tire & Services

    Green Star service facility of the year

    • Finzel's Service

    President's Club

    • Al Wright

    Member of the year

    • Travis Troy, Honest Wrenches

    Humanitarian of the year

    • Matt Lachowitzer, Matt's Auto Care

    President's award

    Service facility of the year

    • Dynamic Automotive
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