Scholarship Details - Currently Accepting Submissions For 2020
*A-1 Auto Transport will NOT share, sell, rent or otherwise transfer any student information.
How much is the scholarship?
Three awards worth $1,000, $500, and $250 will be awarded under the A-1 Auto Transport Scholarship every year. The scholarship will be sent directly to the school/university/college’s financial aid office.
Who is eligible?
Any current, full-time, part-time student of an accredited or non-accredited institute, truck driving school or other logistics program, must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 to become eligible. There is no requirement of minimum age.
How do I apply?
To apply for this scholarship, applicants must write an essay/article (of at least 1000 words and may NOT be posted elsewhere on the internet) about a topic related to this site. Email your essay/article to: scholarships@a1autotransport.com along with your full name, contact information, and school you will be attending. Some typical topics could be anything related to:
- vehicle shipping services
- moving cars overseas
- enclosed/covered auto transport
- doortodoor car transportation
- classic car transport services
- motorcycle moving
- TL & LTL freight transport
- state to state moving
- overseas moving
- etc.
Essays 2020
- An Appetite for Building Community - Submitted by Hannah Hook on 5/16/2019
- Getting Your Car Ready for Transport - Submitted by Alexis Sturrock on 4/26/2019
- Hot August Nights Nostalgia - Submitted by Eliana Ornelas on 4/3/2019
- How Cars Reflect the Times - Submitted by Matt McIntyre on 4/5/2019
- INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION & INCOTERMS – LOGISTICS VALUE CREATION - Submitted by Samuel Owusu on 4/18/2019
- Getting Your Car Ready for Transport - Submitted by Alexis Sturrock on 4/26/2019
- An Appetite for Building Community - Submitted by Hannah Hook on 5/16/2019
Important dates:
Last date to apply for the scholarship program is March 10, 2020.
Who decides the winner?
Essays/articles shall be posted on our website with content attributed to the author and linked from this page, to be voted on by the A-1 Auto Transport Scholarship committee. The A-1 Auto Transport scholarship committee will be announcing the winners on our website at the end of March 2020 The winners will also be notified via email. Applications will be taken on a rolling basis.
I submitted my essay, now what?
Once you submit, we recommend you get the word out -- let all of your friends and family know about this scholarship and share the link to your essay with them on your social media.

Winners 2019 - Congratulations!
- $1,000 prize: "Transporting Cars, Transporting Memories" submitted by Cameron Munford
- $500 prize: "The Woes of Agricultural Inspections" submitted by Teresa Fox
- $250 prize: "Transporting Classic Cars" submitted by Cheslin Jacobs
We will be contacting the winners so they can claim their scholarships soon. Thanks to everybody who participated, if you didn't win this year feel free to try again next year. Submissions for next year will be opening soon so stay tuned and keep checking the website for updates!

Winners 2018
- $1,000 prize: "Comedy in cars" submitted by Warren Alphonso
- $500 prize: "Moving Internationally" submitted by Esme Crocker
- $250 prize: "Keep on Trucking: Reducing our Carbon Footprint" submitted by Akudo McGee

Written By:Joe Webster


Joe Webster began his journey in the auto transport field by attending the University of Southern California (USC), where he graduated with a Bachelor of Business Marketing.
After college, he started his career in the auto transport industry from the bottom up and has done virtually every job there is to do at A-1 Auto Transport, including but not limited to: Truck Driver, Dispatch, Sales, PR, Bookkeeping, Transport Planner, Transport Manager, International Transport Manager, Brokering, Customer Service, and Marketing. Working with his mentor Tony Taylor, Joe Webster has learned the ins and outs of this industry which is largely misunderstood.
With over 30 years experience in the industry, we've been helping people ship their vehicles, motorcycles, RV's, heavy equipment, household goods and more across the country or overseas without a hitch. Ask us anything.