{"id":40734,"date":"2025-06-23T17:41:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T21:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=40734"},"modified":"2025-06-23T17:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T21:41:38","slug":"saratoga-builders-association-awards-scholarships-to-two-future-construction-industry-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2025\/06\/saratoga-builders-association-awards-scholarships-to-two-future-construction-industry-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Saratoga Builders Association Awards Scholarships To Two Future Construction Industry Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40735\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2025\/06\/2025-sba-scholarships-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2025\/06\/2025-sba-scholarships-photo.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2025\/06\/2025-sba-scholarships-photo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SBA Executive Director Barry Potoker, 2025 SBA Scholarship recipient Jameson Brownell, 2025 \u201cBob Best\u201d Memorial Scholarship recipient Sean Ward and SBA President Matt Whitbeck of Whitbeck Construction.<br \/>Courtesy Saratoga Builders Association, Inc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Saratoga Builders Association, Inc. is proud to announce the awarding of two student $1000 cash scholarships. One is the annual SBA Scholarship and the second is the annual \u201cBob Best\u201d Memorial Scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Sean Ward of Corinth. Sean will be graduating from Corinth High School this June and plans on attending Hudson Valley Community College pursuing a degree in Construction Technology.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Jameson Brownell of Schuylerville. Jameson will be graduating from Schuylerville High School this June and plans on attending Utica College pursuing a degree in Construction Management.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><span class=\"\"><b><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>The Saratoga Builders Association makes these two student scholarship awards available annually to high school seniors or college students who are planning to pursue a career in the construction industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saratoga Builders Association, Inc. is proud to announce the awarding of two student $1000 cash scholarships. One is the annual SBA Scholarship and the second is the annual \u201cBob Best\u201d Memorial Scholarship. Congratulations to Sean Ward of Corinth. Sean will be graduating from Corinth High School this June and plans on attending Hudson Valley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":40735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-building-trades"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Saratoga Builders Association Awards Scholarships To Two Future Construction Industry Leaders - Saratoga Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2025\/06\/saratoga-builders-association-awards-scholarships-to-two-future-construction-industry-leaders\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saratoga Builders Association Awards Scholarships To Two Future Construction Industry Leaders - Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Saratoga Builders Association, Inc. is proud to announce the awarding of two student $1000 cash scholarships. 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