The Marsha Daves Memorial Scholarship 2025

Each year, one scholarship award of $1,500 is awarded to a SkillsUSA state officer in any pathway to support continued education at the college/postsecondary level.

During Marsha Daves’ SkillsUSA career she filled many roles, including: first recipient of the Marsha Daves Lifetime Achievement Award, SkillsUSA Board of Director member, Chair of the State of Oklahoma Director’s Association, recipient of the Honorary Life Award, and her final role as Director of Education and Training with the national SkillsUSA staff. To the students and colleagues who were able to work with Marsha, her role was truly an educator, advisor and mentor.

SkillsUSA is America's proud champion of the skilled trades. We're a student-led partnership of education and industry that's building the future of the skilled workforce. Representing nearly 400,000 career and technical education students and teachers, SkillsUSA chapters thrive in middle schools, high schools and college/postsecondary institutions nationwide. Our mission is accomplished through the SkillsUSA Framework of Personal Skills, Workplace Skills and Technical Skills Grounded in Academics, which is integrated into classroom curriculum.

To be eligible to apply, applicants must be:

• a current SkillsUSA state officer

• a registered member of a SkillsUSA chapter

• a 12th grader or current college/post-secondary student

• a reference letter from the SkillsUSA Advisor

• a reference letter from the SkillsUSA State Director