$1.8955 million has been awarded to students since 1984-85

Kansas City, Mo. — The Business Technology Association (BTA; www.bta.org) has announced its 2025-26 scholarship winners. Forty students were awarded scholarships. This year, BTA awarded two $3,000, two $2,000 and 31 $1,500 scholarships to qualifying children of full-time employees of current BTA member dealerships. The Patriot Pack awarded one $10,000, one $7,500 and three $3,500 scholarships, made possible through the BTA Scholarship Foundation, to the children or grandchildren of U.S. military veteran full-time employees of current BTA member dealerships. Since the 1984-85 school year, the BTA Scholarship Foundation has awarded 1,627 scholarships to deserving students, totaling $1.89 million.

On Feb. 23, 1968, the Dorothy R. Ames Scholarship Fund was announced in honor of Ames at her retirement dinner in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, for her many contributions to the industry. Ames retired as the executive vice president of the Ames Supply Co. Ultimately, the fund became the BTA Scholarship Foundation, benefiting the sons and daughters of employees of BTA member dealerships nationwide.

Scholarship recipients are chosen each year by an impartial and independent evaluator. The BTA scholarship recipients for the 2025-26 school year and their sponsoring BTA member dealerships are as follows:

  • Ethan Bishop, Systel Business Equipment Co. Inc., Fayetteville, North Carolina
  • Avery Bowe, EO Johnson Business Technologies, Wausau, Wisconsin
  • Nora Brandt, Definitive Technology Solutions Inc., Bloomington, Minnesota
  • Anthony Brown, Current Office Solutions, Bryan, Ohio
  • Malia Burke, Applied Innovation, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Allison Couch, Standley Systems LLC, Chickasha, Oklahoma
  • Devin Doeden, Century Business Products, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Ellen Dotzler, Gordon Flesch Company Inc., Fitchburg, Wisconsin
  • Alyssa Ericson, EO Johnson Business Technologies, Wausau, Wisconsin
  • Lauren Furey, United Business Systems, Fairfield, New Jersey
  • Samantha Gardner, Applied Innovation, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Anna Hamvas, Coordinated Business Systems, Burnsville, Minnesota
  • Holden Harris, UBEO LLC, San Antonio, Texas
  • Noah Hearn, Purvis Business Machines Inc., Meridian, Mississippi
  • Nadia Heitkemper, Advantage Print Solutions, Evansville, Indiana
  • Jack Holt, Applied Innovation, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Kelsey Holt, Centriworks, Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Holden Hussey, Pacific Office Automation Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
  • Lydia Imbrogno, Gordon Flesch Company Inc., Fitchburg, Wisconsin
  • Estella James, Gordon Flesch Company Inc., Fitchburg, Wisconsin
  • James Jehn, Waltz Business Solutions, Crestview Hills, Kentucky
  • Deacon Kosloskus, Next Day Plus, Orland Park, Illinois
  • Garrett Lee, Centriworks, Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Nick Marigo, Kyocera Document Solutions Northern California, Santa Rosa, California
  • Elaina Nicholas, Memphis Communications Corp., Memphis, Tennessee
  • Bailey Nutter, Eakes Office Solutions, Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Makray Palecek, EO Johnson Business Technologies, Wausau, Wisconsin
  • Liam Paulic, Blue Technologies, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Jadyn Rhone, Knight Office Solutions Inc., San Antonio, Texas
  • Mattelena Rice, Standley Systems LLC, Chickasha, Oklahoma
  • Nealy Sankey, Memphis Communications Corp., Memphis, Tennessee
  • Abigail Shanafelt, Da-Com, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Grace Sullivan, Image Matters Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee
  • Brady Watts, Function4, Sugar Land, Texas
  • Jackson Weiland, Pacific Office Automation Inc., Beaverton, Oregon

 

The Patriot Pack scholarship recipients for the 2025-26 school year and their sponsoring BTA member dealerships are as follows:

  • Riley Austin, Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office, New York, New York
  • Kate Dushane, Repeat Business Systems, Albany, New York
  • Hannah Hortman, Gray & Creech Inc., Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Timothy Larkin III, Cobb Technologies Inc., Glen Allen, Virginia
  • Courtney Schweizer, UBEO LLC, San Antonio, Texas

The BTA Scholarship Foundation is supported by continuing contributions from individual dealers, as well as manufacturers and distributors. If you would like to donate to the BTA Scholarship Foundation, click here.

For more information on BTA scholarships, visit www.bta.org/Scholarships, or to learn about Patriot Pack scholarships, visit www.bta.org/PatriotPackScholarships. 

Founded in 1926, the Business Technology Association serves office technology dealerships, resellers, manufacturers, distributors and service companies. Its core members — office technology dealerships — consult, sell and service hardware, software and supplies with the primary goal of helping businesses optimize business document and information workflows. Through the association’s various educational programs, information, legal services, publications and guidance, BTA member dealerships are positioned to be the premier source of the office technology used by businesses throughout the United States every day. For more information on BTA, visit www.bta.org.

SOURCE BTA