The Business Technology Association (BTA) has announced its 2026-27 scholarship winners. Fifty students were awarded scholarships. This year, BTA awarded two $3,000, two $2,000, and a number of $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 two $3,500 scholarships, made possible through the BTA Scholarship Foundation, to office technology U.S. military veterans, their children and grandchildren. Since the 1984-85 school year, the BTA Scholarship Foundation has awarded 1,682 scholarships to deserving students, totaling $2 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 2026-27 school year and their sponsoring BTA member dealerships are as follows:

• Rithik Aggarwal, Function4 LLC, Sugar Land, Texas
• David Aulisio, Automated Business Solutions, Warwick, Rhode Island
• Emily Aulisio, Automated Business Solutions, Warwick, Rhode Island
• Ethan Bishop, Systel Business Equipment, Fayetteville, North Carolina
• Avery Bowe, EO Johnson Business Technologies, Wausau, Wisconsin
• Diane Bradley, UBEO LLC, San Antonio, Texas
• Gillian Bunse, UBEO LLC, San Antonio, Texas
• Benjamin Burch, Duplicator Sales & Service Inc., Lexington, Kentucky
• Mirabella Carrara, Printsmart Office Solutions, Milford, Massachusetts
• Gradin Cogswell, Current Office Solutions, Bryan, Ohio
• Allison Couch, Standley Systems, Chickasha, Oklahoma
• Maddux DeWinter, Gordon Flesch Co. Inc., Fitchburg, Wisconsin
• Devin Doeden, Century Business Products, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
• Ellen Dotzler, Gordon Flesch Co. Inc., Fitchburg, Wisconsin
• George Elliott, Systel Business Equipment, Fayetteville, North Carolina
• Alyssa Ericson, EO Johnson Business Technologies, Wausau, Wisconsin
• Cam Evans, Allied Document Solutions & Services, Swedesboro, New Jersey
• Avery Gregory, Centriworks, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Olivia Gonzales, Fisher's Technology, Boise, Idaho
• Noah Hearn, Purvis Business Machines, Meridian, Mississippi
• Nadia Heitkemper, Advantage Print Solutions, Evansville, Indiana
• Jack Holt, Applied Innovation, Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Kelsey Holt, Centriworks, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Haylea Ledbetter, Systel Business Equipment, Fayetteville, North Carolina    
• Alexa Leitzel, Central Office Service and Supply Inc., Clay Center, Kansas
• Emma Lewis, Standley Systems, Chickasha, Oklahoma
• Sara Lewis, Standley Systems, Chickasha, Oklahoma
• Riley Mancuso, LDI Connect, Jericho, New York
• Nick Marigo, Kyocera Document Solutions Northern California, Santa Rosa, California
• Magnolia Miller, Blue Technologies, Cleveland, Ohio
• Rachel Morgan, Modern Office Methods, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Paige Moris, Copiers Northwest, Seattle, Washington
• Elaina Nicholas, Memphis Communications Corp., Memphis, Tennessee
• Bailey Nutter, Eakes Office Solutions, Grand Island, Nebraska
• Becca Nutter, Eakes Office Solutions, Grand Island, Nebraska
• Makray Palecek, EO Johnson Business Technologies, Wausau, Wisconsin
• Liam Paulic, Blue Technologies, Cleveland, Ohio
• Greyson Pew, Fisher's Technology, Boise, Idaho
• Ethan Reyes, Gordon Flesch Co. Inc., Fitchburg, Wisconsin
• Mattelena Rice, Standley Systems, Chickasha, Oklahoma
• Abigail Robel, Forward TS, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Holland Robertson, R.K. Black Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Isabella Salinas, UBEO LLC, San Antonio, Texas
• Nealy Sankey, Memphis Communications Corp., Memphis, Tennessee
• Kaiden Schmidt, Hoosier Business Machines Inc., Jasper, Indiana
• Kelsi Seltenreich, Standley Systems, Chickasha, Oklahoma
• Christian Shamblin, American Business Systems Inc., Morehead, Kentucky
• Abby Shanafelt, Da-Com Corp., Saint Louis, Missouri
• Daniela Valderrama, Copiers Northwest, Seattle, Washington
• Collin Willeford, DOCUmation, San Antonio, Texas

The Patriot Pack scholarship recipients for the 2026-27 school year and their sponsoring BTA member dealerships are as follows:

• Emma Lewis, Standley Systems, Chickasha, Oklahoma
• Sara Lewis, Standley Systems, Chickasha, Oklahoma
• Nick Marigo, Kyocera Document Solutions Northern California, Santa Rosa, California
• Christian Shamblin, American Business Systems Inc., Morehead, Kentucky

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.