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Touching Bases: Avfuel scholarship winners
By: Matt Thurber
Caption: Fuel distributor Avfuel awarded its annual Avtrip scholarships to George  Hoyt and Sage Santangelo.
Word Count: 79
Fuel distributor Avfuel awarded its annual Avtrip scholarships to George  Hoyt and Sage Santangelo. Hoyt received the first prize of $2,000 and a  $500 savings bond. Based in Texas, Hoyt is a supervisor of aviation  operations and a pilot and plans to use the money to help pay for his  aviation administration degree. Santangelo is from Maine and plans to  use her second-prize award of a $1,000 savings bond to keep flying and  eventually give back to aviation through teaching and mentorship.