ASE honors the best: 2025 Service Professionals Awards celebrate industry excellence
The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence celebrated its annual Service Professionals Awards on November 19, 2025, at The DeSoto in Savannah, Georgia. Emceed by Endeavor Business Media's EVP of Transportation, Fleet, and Trailer Group, Chris Messer; and Babcox Media's VP Group Publisher Jim Merle, the event honored 56 automotive professionals who have demonstrated exceptional knowledge, skill, and dedication to the industry. Drawing from all segments of automotive service — including collision repair, truck and school bus maintenance, parts distribution, education, and training — the 2025 award recipients represent the highest-scoring ASE-certified professionals and those who exemplify the standards of excellence that define what it means to be an automotive service professional.
Here are the winners:
- Advance Auto Parts/ASE Parts Specialist of the Year
Ray Loek - Auto Value and Bumper to Bumper/ASE Master Technician of the Year
Kevin Kiggins - Big O Tires/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Nathan Warshawsky - BMW/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Joshua Zohar - BMW/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Derrin Holt - BMW/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Bruce Beyer - BMW/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Tom Kopp - BMW/ASE Master Collision Repair Technician of the Year
Jacob Gilbert - BodyShop Business/ASE Master Collision Repair & Refinish Technician of the Year
Timothy Essick - Bridgestone Retail Operations/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Zachary Borden - ASE Education Foundation Instructor of the Year
Ken Kunz - CCAR/Electude/ASE Instructor of the Year
Michael Angell - Cengage Learning/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Greg Weigart - Cloyes/ASE Automobile Technician of the Year
Larrin Nottke - Delco Remy/ASE M/H Truck Electrical/Electronic Systems Technician of the Year
Bryan Hall - Discount Tire/ASE Automobile Technician of the Year
Jason Baratta - Enterprise Mobility/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Barry Howell - First Student/ASE Master School Bus Technician of the Year
Jordan Trent - Ford/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Scott Yoshioka - Army/Ford/ASE Master Military Technician of the Year
Colin Weyker - Freightliner/ASE Master M/H Truck Technician of the Year
David Goretcki - Gates Tools for Schools/ASE Instructor of the Year
Todd Brandenburg - Gates/ASE Master Automobile + L1 Technician of the Year
Robert Pratt - GM/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Jason Corey - GM/ASE Parts Consultant of the Year
Brian Chatman - GM/ASE Service Consultant of the Year
Patrick Bible - USAF/GM/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Justin Vigil - G-W/ASE Educator of the Year
Rebecca Fenton - Honda/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Steven Delgado - Acura/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Ryan Feeley - I-CAR Platinum/ASE Master Collision Repair & Refinish Technician of the Year
Lincoln Whipple - Kia/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Dennis Corson - Midas International/ASE Master Automotive Technician of the Year
Jeremy Jones - Mitchell 1/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Mariano Rubio - Motor Age Training/ASE Master Automobile + L1 Technician of the Year
Jason Powell - NAPA/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Antonio Martinez - U.S. Marines/NAPA/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Bridger Gull - Pep Boys/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Scott Horst - The Pronto Network/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Douglas Zugnoni - Car-O-Liner/ASE Master Collision Repair Technician of the Year
Nicholas Trusso - NEXIQ/Snap-on/ASE Master M/H Truck Technician of the Year
David Gibson - Snap-on/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year
Mike Loyd