Rick Huggins Scholarship Fund Information

The Southeastern Insulation Contractors Association (SEICA) is proud to offer the Rick Huggins Scholarship Fund to assist students who are interested in pursuing a career in engineering, design, construction, and related professions or students who are sponsored by a SEICA member. Applications are currently being accepted for the upcoming academic year, 2025–2026. The Scholarship Committee will select the most qualified and deserving applicants and make recommendations to the SEICA Board of Directors to award scholarships of up to $2,000, as determined by the Committee.

To apply, you must be one of the following:

• 1. A SEICA member, dependent of a member, an employee of a member, or be sponsored by a member.

• 2.. A full-time high school student; or be currently enrolled in a construction, engineering, design, or related curriculum at an accredited college or university; or be currently enrolled in a construction-related course in a vocational school or career development program.

Applications will be evaluated based on the applicant’s past academic performance, relationship of course study to the engineering, design and construction industry, financial need, extracurricular activities, community involvement, work history, and attitude. Interviews with applicants will be held in the Spring each year.

Interested applicants may access the SEICA Scholarship Guidelines and download an application at the links below. Applications must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. ET, Thursday, February 27, 2025. Contact SEICA at 571-266-3129 or director@seica.org if you have any questions.

The Southeastern Insulation Contractors Association does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, ethnic origin, or gender and is under no obligation to make any scholarship grants. SEICA reserves the right to withdraw this offer, in whole or in part, at its sole and absolute discretion.

Rick Huggins Scholarship Fund 2024-2025 Recipients

The scholarship committee and SEICA’s Board of Directors approved Trey Jernigan, Mabel McGuire, and Chloe Morris as the deserving recipients of the scholarship. Each of them will receive a $2,000 scholarship to support their educational pursuits.

• Trey Jernigan, currently studying Business Administration and Marketing at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is the grandson of SEICA member Tommy Jernigan from Performance Insulation Fabricators.

• Mabel McGuire, pursuing a Nursing degree at Northwest Ohio Community College. She is the daughter of SEICA member Erica McGuire from Johns Manville.

• Chloe Morris, studying Communications and Speech Pathology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She is the daughter of SEICA member Laura Morris from GFI Solutions, Inc. We wish them success in their future endeavors.