In June 1983, The Ray Foley Memorial Youth Education Foundation was created in memory of the late National Candy Wholesalers Association executive vice president, Ray Foley. Each year, through the Distributors Education Foundation, AWMA awards two $5,000 Ray Foley Scholarships to deserving candidates who are involved in or who plan to join the convenience products wholesale distribution industry. These candidates must either work for an AWMA-wholesaler member company or be the spouse, sons or daughters of an employee of an AWMA-wholesaler member company.

Marc Herschberger     Coby Rodman AWMA and the Distributor’s Education Foundation are proud to award the 2011 Ray Foley Scholarships to Marc Herschberger and Coby Rodman. Marc is in his junior year at Metropolitan State College of Denver where he is majoring in business management and business marketing.  Marc believes that "hard work, dedication, and perseverance can overcome any challenge that gets in the way."  Marc's father, Linden Herschberger, is a driver for McLane Western in Longmont, CO. Coby is pursuing a business management major as a freshman at Penn State University, The Smeal College of Business.  Coby feels that "a business must constantly keep up with ever-changing technology in order to succeed."   After college, Coby hopes to bring innovative profit building and organizational, distribution, and sales management strategies to the family business.  Coby's mother, Lori Rodman, is vice president of Century Distributors Co. in Rockville, MD.

All applicants for the Ray Foley Scholarship must be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate program in an accredited college or university. They also must be pursuing a business-related degree.

Applications for the 2012 Ray Foley Memorial Scholarship are due to the AWMA by May 16, 2012.

For more information on the Foley scholarships contact Meredith Kimbrell at 800-482-2962, ext. 648, or meredithk@awmanet.org