The 2023 VISION awards and scholarship winners

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

• Chris Messer, Endeavor Business Media

Service facility of the year

• Dynamic Automotive