Women in Auto Care Announces 2025 Scholarship Recipients

Women in Auto Care has achieved another record-breaking year for its scholarship program, awarding $448,745 in scholarships and tool kits in 2025, as shared in a recent press release.

This marks the sixth consecutive record-breaking year for the program, which first began in 2004 with a $2,000 scholarship. Since then, the program has awarded nearly $2.5 million in cash scholarships and tool kits to young women pursuing careers in the automotive aftermarket.

This year’s program had 55 sponsors, with WiAC highlighting the following as major partners and contributions:

• Garage Gurus; $35,000 annually for the last six years;
• NAPA Carlyle Tools; anchoring the Tool Kit program for the last five years;
• Dorman; $10,000 annual contribution;
• Synchrony Car Care; new partner in 2025 with a $25,000 contribution; and
• Repair Pal; new partner in 2025 celebrating 4000 repair shops with a $4,000 contribution.

WiAC said that it’s seen an uptick of support from tool and chemical manufacturers over the past five years, and recognized the following manufacturers and suppliers for their tool kit contributions: ATD Tools Inc.; Autel, BH Sens; Big Time Products, Bosch, Carlyle Tools, Clore, CRC, DHC, Dorman, EZ Red, FedPro Inc., FJC, Great Neck Saw, John Dow Industries, LDS Industries, Lincoln, Lisle, Lucas Oil, Mahle, Mechanix Wear, Milwaukee, Niterra, Omega USA, PB Blaster, Power Probe, Stanley Black & Decker DeWalt, Sunex, TOPDON.

In addition to scholarships and tool kits, all 82 scholarship recipients received an industry swag box filled with aftermarket goodies and a personalized card thanking them for joining the automotive aftermarket industry.

“Carlyle Tools is extremely proud to partner with the Women in Auto Care,” said Joe Saba, senior product manager for NAPA. “As the private label professional tool and equipment brand of NAPA AUTO PARTS, we share in the Auto Care Associations’ mission to advocate for the automotive aftermarket including its manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, shop owners and most importantly its technicians. We would like to thank the Women in Auto Care for allowing us to be part of this program, and we’d very much like to congratulate each of the scholarship recipients and wish them the best of luck in their future careers in our automotive industry.”

See below for a full list of this year’s scholarship recipients:

Garage Gurus Scholarship Recipients

• Aaliyah Ayling — Norcross, Ga.
• Journey Fullingim — Socorro, N.M.
• Zoey McElveen — Bristol, Pa.
• Jackeline Reyes-Rodas — Sterling, Va.
• Sydney Terpstra — Winfield, Ill.

Synchrony Car Care Scholarship Recipients

• Rebekkah Cunningham — Tacoma, Wash.
• Savannah Fritz — Middletown, Del.
• Jocelyn Pandolfo — Clark, N.J.
• Nicole Pasterski — Elk Grove Village, Ill.
• Alexia Valdez — Indio, Calif.

Dorman Scholarship Recipient

• Anabel Lopez — Binghampton, N.Y.

RepairPal Scholarship Recipient

• Piper Wright — Henry, Ill.

Large Tool Kits, valued at $9,000, anchored in Carlyle Tools Recipients

• Sarah Anderson — Plainfield, Ill.
• Ashley Barrett — Hampstead, Md.
• Barbara Byrge — Oneida, Tenn.
• Rowyn Coffman — Glen Dale, W.Va.
• Savannah DeMeritt — Lewiston, Idaho
• Nicole Dethloff — Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
• Leaf Evergreen — Hillsboro, Ore.
• Amelia Gianella — Aurora, Ore.
• Ashley Guerrero — Austin, Texas
• Natalie Julow — Colchester, Vt.
• Elliot McDill — Duluth, Minn.
• Joyce Middleton — Lake City, Fla.
• Danielle Parrish — Juneau, Ark.
• Kristy Rubino — Buffalo Grove, Ill.
• Abigail Shaffer — Springdale, Ark.
• Sadie Southerland — Spindale, N.C.
• Hayley Thomas — Sonora, Calif.
• Isabel Tuman — Cypress, Calif.
• Charlotte Westmoreland — Seattle, Wash.

Small Tool Kits valued at $2500 Recipients

• Denia Adams — St. Louis, Mass.
• Madelyn Brien — Paxton, Mass.
• Olivia Casey — Noble, Okla.
• Brooke Cochran — Guntersville, Ala.
• Alexandrea Coleman — Starkville, Mass.
• Madalynn Fulton — Belmont, Mich.
• Samantha Gardner — Clearfield, Pa.
• Ayla Keller — Juneau, Ark.
• Madisyn Kelly — Willows, Calif.
• Amber Land — Boss, Mass.
• Megan Layton — Englewood, Colo.
• Alexis Mackow — Little Egg Harbor, N.J.
• Ava Mills — Evansville, Ind.
• Laila Netlandsnes — Mount Juliet, Tenn.
• Abigail Organ — Westland, Mich.
• Grace Pisano — New Castle, Pa.
• Yezibel Stepp — Saint Paul, Minn.
• JoAnna Swartwood — Duluth, Minn.
• Willow Tucker — Dwight, Ill.
• Abbygayle Wesner — Wallkill, N.Y.

Women in Auto Care Scholarship Recipients

• Sophia Anderson — Schwenksville, Pa.
• Scarlett Andrew — Cary, N.C.
• Piper Barth — Aiken, S.C.
• Joanna Bejar — Saratoga, Calif.
• Kimberly Betty — Farmington Hills, Mich.
• Kaylee Carlton — Whitesboro, Texas
• Breanna Cotterman — Catawba, S.C.
• Bridget Dunfee — Scarborough, Maine
• Kristina Glasow — Simpsonville, S.C.
• Ashley Hainline — Pocatello, Idaho
• Aleesha Howard — Atoka, Okla.
• Allison Kent — Hampton,Va.
• Noelle Kim — Santa Ana, Calif.
• Waverly Landrith — Mustang, Okla.
• Ayline Maqueda Flores — Kennewick, Wash.
• Mersadies Nichols — Mooresville, N.C.
• Allison Prentice — Eldorado, Ill.
• Laci Prignon — Dryden, N.Y.
• Alyssa Ritchie — Defiance, Ohio
• Isabella Roll — Berthold, N.D.
• Harmony Rizor — Pink Hill, N.C.
• Alivia Schneider — Blooming Prairie, Minn.
• Tegan Stimac — Fort Smith, Ark.
• Cady Tipple — Lancaster, Ohio
• Fatou Tunkara — Fairburn, Ga.
• Claire Uhler — York, Neb.
• Emma Uhler — York, Neb.
• Faith White — Creola, Ohio
• Brooklyn Yeago — Stanton, Va.