Atwell receives Mike Allen Scholarship
This year’s recipient of the Mike Allen Award is Colt Atwell, son of Lauren Atwell,
Petticoat-Schmitt Civil Contractors and Melanie Atwell. Colt will begin his final year
at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University this fall majoring in Aviation Maintenance
Science. While in college, he has been active in the Society of Aviation Technicians,
Florida Tech ASCE Concrete Canoe team, Florida Tech Integration Bee and
Discovery Day. Outside of school, Colt has participated in the City Rescue Mission
Bed Race and Seamark Ranch Mud run and assisted clients during their adaptive
shooting program at Brooks Rehabilitation Adaptive Sports. In his spare time, Colt
enjoys hunting, fishing, horseback riding, building functional model rockets,
competitive shooting and longboarding. Colt was unable to attend this evening as he
is interning at Textron Aviation as an A & P Mechanic Intern..
The Mike Allen award is given to a high school student, High School graduate,
Undergraduate College Student or Graduate Student who is the daughter or son of a
NUCANF member company employee or a member company employee and is
enrolled or will be enrolling full or part time in an academic institution of higher
education this summer/fall. The enrollment may be in any curriculum for any number
of years. This may be a four-year college or a community college anywhere in the
United States. The Mike Allen Scholarship is a $1,000 one-time award.
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