FedEx freight’s Matthew Sloan wins TMCSuper Tech Competition

Matthew Sloan, a FedEx Freight technician from Jacksonville, Florida, was crowned TMCSuperTech 2025 Grand Champion at the American Trucking Associations’ Technology & Maintenance Council’s National Technicians Skills Competitions.

The competition was held as part of the Technology & Maintenance Council’s gathering in Raleigh, North Carolina.

“Being named Grand Champion at TMC’s National Technician Skills Competitions is a tremendous honor,” said TMC Executive Director Robert Braswell. “Matthew demonstrated the kinds of skills, technical knowledge, and professionalism we have come to expect from our members. Congratulations to him and to all our competitors who displayed extraordinary talent during this competition.”

FedEx Freight’s Kelby Bentley — himself a TMCSuperTech Grand Champion in 2019 — placed second, and Hogan Truck Leasing’s Carl Diehl placed third. FedEx Freight won the team competition with John Blanchet and Philip Barlow.

Tully McKinley of Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, North Caroilina won the TMCFutureTech National Student Technician Skills Competition. Madison Boone, also of Forsyth Technical Community College, was second, and Bennett Fischer, WyoTech, of Laramie, Wyomin placing third.

Here’s the complete list of finishers in the TMCSuper Tech competition:

NO	FIRST	LAST	Company	STATE CHAMP	RANK
62	Matthew	Sloan	FedEx Freight		1
55	Kelby	Bentley	FedEx Freight		2
13	Carl	Diehl	Hogan Truck Leasing, Inc.		3
9	Brian	Peters	Salem Leasing Corp.	NORTH CAROLINA	4
59	Lucas	Coyle	TravelCenters of America	INDIANA	5
36	Jamie	Smith	FedEx Freight		6
76	Nicholas	Bryant	FedEx Freight		7
80	Philip	Barlow	FedEx Freight		8
49	John	Blanchet	FedEx Freight		9
86	Steven	Layton	TravelCenters of America		10
69	Mitchell	Buelow	FedEx Freight		11
42	Jessica	McAllister	Hogan Truck Leasing, Inc.		12
20	Cory	Westfall	FedEx Freight		13
56	Kevin	DaCosta	Publix Super Markets, Inc.		14
71	Michael	Krause	Clarke Power Services, Inc.	MISSOURI	15
66	Michael	Kerfoot	Cox Automotive		16
91	Terry	Podralski	W. W. Williams	OHIO	17
14	Jeramiah	Carter	Averitt Express, Inc.		18
75	Nicholas	Brown	FedEx Freight		19
32	Ian	Matje	Iron Buffalo		20
92	Tyler	Young	FedEx Freight		21
24	Toby	De Voy	TravelCenters of America	OKLAHOMA	22
4	Aven	Blozan	Iron Buffalo	COLORADO	23
7	Benjamin	Kirtley	J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.	ARKANSAS	24
60	Lukas	Grincevicius	Iron Buffalo		25
26	Adam	Dixon	TravelCenters of America		26
28	Garrett	Deziel	TravelCenters of America		27
19	Corey	Tegeler	Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.	TEXAS	28
35	Jameson	Haney	Cox Automotive		29
61	Lucas	Noyes	Blaine Brothers		30
46	Josh	Keiser	Clarke Power Services, Inc.		31
44	John	Kidd	TravelCenters of America		32
10	Robert	Maxcy	PepsiCo, Inc.		33
12	Brian	Climes	Hogan Truck Leasing, Inc.		34
41	Jacob	Grayson	Ruan		35
5	Alan	Anderson	RDO Truck Center	NEBRAKSA	36
93	Walter	Whitley	Red Classic Transportation Services LLC		37
37	Jason	Miller	Cox Automotive		38
57	Jonah	Kisser	W. W. Williams		39
94	William	Liles	PepsiCo, Inc.		40
83	Ross	Stungurys	Carolina International Trucks, Inc.	SOUTH CAROLINA	41
18	Clyde	Weathers	Hogan Truck Leasing, Inc.		42
2	Andrew	Williams	Lakeside International Trucks	WISCONSIN	43
25	Dillon	Grimes	Cox Automotive		44
8	Bobby	Key	Shamrock Environmental		45
67	Michael	Perkins	PepsiCo, Inc.		46
73	Nathaniel	Hinman	Publix Super Markets, Inc.		47
27	David	Pittman	Amerit Fleet Solutions		48
82	Phillip	Rorrer	Ruan		49
17	James	Claypool	Blaine Brothers		50
3	Alan	Snyder	Cox Automotive		51
11	Brendan	Johnston	PepsiCo, Inc.		52
48	John	Masarick	Wiers International/Wiers Fleet Partners		53
16	Christopher	Gerrald	TravelCenters of America		54
29	Jeremy	Colf	Regional International Corp.	NEW YORK	55
31	Christopher	Ferguson	TravelCenters of America		56
84	Rudy	Montenegro	TravelCenters of America		57
64	Mohammad	Algaghbeir	TravelCenters of America		58
50	Jordan	Spaid	PepsiCo, Inc.		59
22	David	Logalbo	Cox Automotive		60
65	Michael	Castro	Publix Super Markets, Inc.		61
72	Erin	Murphy	Saia, Inc.		62
1	Adam	Teesdale	Saia, Inc.		63
70	Grant	Mitchell	Clean Harbors Environmental Svcs. Inc.		64
90	Todd	Mareno	Cox Automotive		65
33	Jackson	Rice	Clarke Power Services, Inc.		66
45	Jesus	Rodriquez	Ruan		67
47	John	Matthews	Smithfield Transportation		68
81	Richard	Deyoung	Tesla, Inc.		69
58	Leonardo	Mendez-Ortiz	Saia, Inc.		70
53	Justin	Parson	Messer North America, Inc.		71
77	Nicholas	Wheeler	Whited Peterbilt	MAINE	72
21	Martin	Cote	Clean Harbors Environmental Svcs. Inc.		73
6	Bruce	Marshall	Amerit Fleet Solutions		74
34	James	Wilburn	Messer North America, Inc.		75
63	Matthew	Degennaro	Saia, Inc.		76
23	DJ	Edwards	W. W. Williams		77
43	Jimmy	Eichelberger	Tyson Foods		78
87	Shawn	Vaughn	W. W. Williams		79
88	Thomas	Jackson	Tesla, Inc.		80
15	Collin	Hawkinson	Amerit Fleet Solutions		81
79	David	Pena	Best Specialized		82
78	Oscar	Brousset	FleetPro, Inc.	MARYLAND	83
54	James	Vaughn	W. W. Williams		84
40	Josh	Paisie	Amerit Fleet Solutions		85
89	Thomas	Norwood	W. W. Williams		86
74	Eric	Neuenschwander	Clean Harbors Environmental Svcs. Inc.		87
38	Jaziel	Espinoza	Iron Buffalo		88
30	Michael	Griffith	Saia, Inc.		89
51	Joshua	Green	Red Classic Transportation Services LLC		90
68	Mike	McBride	Messer North America, Inc.		91
39	Jonathan	Carter	Saia, Inc.		92
52	Jordan	Schloesser	Amerit Fleet Solutions		93
95	Zachary	Nikorak	Cox Automotive		94