MAMA awards majority of car manufacturing scholarships to seven MSU students

Contact: Mary Pollitz 

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State students are claiming a majority of scholarships this year awarded by the Mississippi Automotive Manufacturers Association.  

Of nine university scholarships presented this year by MAMA to help grow the state’s automotive industry, seven are supporting MSU students interested in this field. Since its inception in 2006, the association has awarded more than $400,000 scholarships to 243 Mississippi college students.

MAMA works to improve the state’s automotive industry by promoting its growth and development, while serving as a forum for automotive manufacturers throughout state. The scholarships are awarded based on academic achievements, essays and an expressed interest in the automotive industry.

“Mississippi has an environment conducive to advanced manufacturing,” said MAMA President Skip Scaggs. “We are proud that Mississippi’s higher education system has invested heavily in educational opportunities and facilities which ensure the state will be able to produce the talented workforce necessary to keep the automotive industry strong. MAMA is committed to doing our part to recognize that workforce.”

The MSU awardees and their majors include:

PETAL—Eli Chancellor, junior mechanical engineering

VANCLEAVE —Kendall Chandler, senior mechanical engineering

SALTILLO—Haley Dean, senior mechanical engineering

FRANKLIN, Tennessee—Collins Fiscus, senior mechanical engineering

JACKSON—Jordon Jasper, senior computer science

GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania—Naomi Martin, senior mechanical engineering and minor in mathematics

HAMMOND, Louisiana—Abigail Potrament, junior in industrial engineering

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