The Ohio Contractors Association’s (OCA) Hall of Fame Scholarship Program turns 26 years old. Including the $32,500 in scholarships being awarded for the 2022-2023 academic year, the program has granted more than $340,000 in financial assistance to college students working toward degrees in the areas of civil engineering, construction management or construction technology.
For the 2022-2023 academic year, the OCA Hall of Fame Scholarship Program is awarding 12, oneyear scholarships to students attending six in-state universities. Among this year’s scholarship students are three repeat recipients – Bryce Eisel (Bowling Green State University), Karie Ladd (University of Akron) and Josh Pinchek (Ohio Northern University) – who also were honored with the monetary awards for 2021- 2022. Traditionally, the OCA Hall of Fame Scholarship Program awards scholarships to students obtaining twoyear associate and four-year bachelor’s degrees.
Since it began in 1996, OCA’s Hall of Fame Scholarship Program has awarded scholarships to college students pursuing careers in the heavy/highway construction industry. To be eligible for an OCA Hall of Fame Scholarship, students must be a U.S. citizen and enrolled in at least their second year of study in either an associate’s or master’s degree program or in at least their third year of a bachelor’s degree program. Preference is given to Ohio residents and those students showing an interest in the Ohio heavy/ highway or utility construction fields.
2022 – 2023
OCA HALL OF FAME
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS
Hailey DeGeorge
Case Western Reserve University
Brad Dieterich
University of Akron
Blake Dowalter
Ohio University
*Bryce Eisel
Bowling Green State University
Zachary George
Ohio Northern University
Austin Grillo
Case Western Reserve University
Corbin Holzapfel
Ohio Northern University
*Karie Ladd
University of Akron
Ethan Lauder
University of Cincinnati
Allison Monyak
University of Akron
*Josh Pinchek
Ohio Northern University
Cole Rieman
Bowling Green State University
*Also 2021-2022 recipient