Vince Contorno of Annapolis, California was selected to receive the Mort Schwartz Award, which is the highest award granted and is named after the scholarship program's founder and former CAWA Chair of the Board, Mort Schwartz.  Mr. Contorno is attending Universal Technical Institute in Sacramento.

"CAWA continues to improve our scholarship program, and the 2010 awards total the largest amount of funds we've awarded in the past 10 years," said Tim Gerrity of General Auto Parts and CAWA Chair of the Board.  "The recipients selected represent the record amount of outstanding applications received this year.  We are pleased to be able to provide assistance to so many well-qualified and deserving candidates in the states that CAWA represent, which are California, Nevada, and Arizona." stated CAWA Scholarship Task Force Chair, Borise Cota of Akebono.

Additional students selected to receive the scholarships are:
Lee Esten, Burbank, CA - Rio Hondo College 
Cortney Zellman, Citrus Heights, CA - American River College
Dillon Bown, Glendale, AZ - Universal Technical Institute 

  Raymond Pauly, Sacramento, CA - Chabot College
Kevin Carone, San Ramon, CA - Weber State University 
Larry Shields, Las Vegas, NV - McPherson College

and:

Steven Leach, Sacramento, CA - Universal Technical Institute

Stephen Stegall, Auburn, CA - WyoTech

Applications for the CAWA Memorial Scholarship were taken through the automotive scholarship web site - www.automotivescholarships.com and we are now accepting new applications for 2011.  Applicants may be qualified for more than one scholarship, but only need to submit one application. Take advantage of this opportunity and apply today.  Contact Julie Snyder with questions - 800-332-2292, ext 2 or programs@cawa.org.

Founded in 1955, CAWA is a nonprofit trade organization representing automotive jobbers, warehouse distributors, retailers, manufacturers and manufacturers' representatives in California, Nevada and Arizona.  CAWA's mission is to provide communications, education, legislative and regulatory advocacy and group purchasing of services for its members while promoting the automotive aftermarket industry.