AKRON, OH--June 20, 2002--Roadway Express, Inc. has awarded the Roadway Express, Inc. Scholarship to Natalina E. Elliott of McGavock High School in Nashville, Tenn. Natalina is the daughter of Kathleen Arivett and Gerald Elliott. Gerald is a mechanic for Roadway Express at the Nashville, Tenn., facility.
Natalina was chosen to receive the scholarship on the basis of her test scores, academic record, leadership and extracurricular accomplishments. The scholarship has a value of $5000 per year for up to four years.
A top student in her class, Natalina is included in Who's Who Among American High School Students and has earned further recognition as a Spence Medalist and recipient of the Student of America Award, the Academic Excellence Award, and the Principal's Award. Active in community service, she is a Senior Girl Scout, Peer Mentor, Teen Leader, and School Cleanup program participant, as well as a tutor for small classes and peers.
Future plans for Natalina include majoring in genetics in the fall.
Included in the Dow Jones Transportation Average, Roadway Corporation (NASDAQ: ROAD), is a holding company dedicated to identifying opportunities to expand the transportation-related service offerings available to customers through the Roadway portfolio of strategically linked transportation companies. Roadway Corporation's principal operating subsidiaries include: Roadway Express, a leading ISO 9002-certified transporter of industrial, commercial and retail goods in the two- to five-day regional and long-haul markets. Roadway Express provides seamless service between all 50 states, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico including export services to 66 countries. New Penn Motor Express, a regional, next-day ground less-than-truckload carrier of general commodities serving twelve states in the Northeastern United States, Quebec, Canada and Puerto Rico, with links to the Midwest and Southeast United States and Ontario, Canada. And, Arnold Transportation Services (ATS), an irregular route, dedicated truckload carrier serving short-haul markets in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Southwest regions of the U.S. For additional information, contact the Company at www.roadwaycorp.com.
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