2023 Maverick Employee Appreciation Week Food Schedule

  Friday, May 12, 2023

One of the key tenets of The Maverick Way is to value our people. We're so grateful for all of the employees who choose to call Maverick home, and we're excited to celebrate this upcoming week! Hopefully you can grab a meal and join us at one of our locations or at a Dedicated customer.

Our hope is that you feel celebrated and important, because you are. Have a great week!

2022 Maverick Employee Appreciation Week Food Schedule

  Sunday, May 8, 2022

Maverick Employee Appreciation Week is here, and we're thrilled to be celebrating in-person this year! Check out the food schedule below - we're looking forward to celebrating all of our valued employees at our facilities throughout the U.S.!

2019 Driver Appreciation Week Schedule

  Thursday, September 5, 2019

Happy Driver Appreciation Week, everyone! Below you’ll find the food schedule for all of terminals across the US throughout the week.

Be sure to join us for food & fun if you can!

Thank you so much for all that you do - we wouldn't be the company we are today without our Maverick drivers!

2019 ARKANSAS TRUCKING CHAMPIONSHIP

  Thursday, July 25, 2019

You know it is Arkansas Trucking Championship season when the heat and humidity set in! Maverick had five drivers and two technicians compete in this years’ event. It was held July 11-13th at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers, AR. The drivers’ competition included a pre-trip inspection, written exam and driving test. Click here to view ATA’s truck driving championship photos. The truck and trailer technician competition consisted of both written and hands-on tests. Click here to view ATA’s tech photos.

Every individual worked so hard to prepare for this event and we are very proud of their dedication. Well done, Mavericks!

Drivers:

Kalyn Turner- 25th in 5-Axle

TJ Hargis- 8th in Flatbed

Paul Hillman- 11th in 3-Axle

Shawn Garrison- 19th in 4-Axle

Tom Garner- 21st in Sleeper Division

Technicians:

Tony Stover: 36th

Tyler Harmon- 47th

Check out some of highlights below!

Pictured from left: TJ Hargis, Tom Garner, Kalyn Turner, Paul Hillman, Shawn Garrison and Doug Cutler

Kalyn awaiting her time to compete!

The entire Maverick crew who was there to help cheer our drivers on!

TJ, Shawn, Kalyn, Paul and Tom ready for the banquet on Saturday evening.

2019 Employee Appreciation Week Schedule

  Friday, May 3, 2019

While Maverick appreciates all of its employees every day of the year, it's always special when we can set aside time to focus on that gratitude. For this year's Employee Appreciation Week, we're excited to add more festivities to the roster, and across more locations!

Our hope is that you feel celebrated and important, because you are. As one of the tenets of The Maverick Way, know that you are valued!

2018 Driver of the Year Event Recap

  Monday, February 4, 2019

Check out the recap of last year’s Driver of the Year event!

The annual Driver of the Year banquet and presentation is always a wonderful way to kick off the new year! We love celebrating our drivers, and especially honoring those who have worked hard to obtain the status of the "Black Hat" - a Driver of the Month or Dedicated Driver of the Quarter.

This year's banquet was held at the historic Union Station in Little Rock.

During the evening's festivities, we heard from Executive VP & COO Doug Richey, VP of Operations John Coppens, and Chairman & CEO Steve Williams.

There was also a surprise gift presented to VP of Operations John Coppens, on behalf of all current/former Drivers of the Year.

Here are a few pics of this year's attendees (more on our Facebook page):

Friday is always the day our Black Hats look forward to most! After a long day of meeting with the Driver Advisory Council and spending time in business unit breakout sessions, it was time for the presentation.

This year's Driver of the Year presentation was held in a new venue -- our Training Center. As all of our drivers become Mavericks through our training program, this was a special venue indeed.

2017 Driver of the Year Lou Webber and Dedicated Driver of the Year Gary Lipscomb being presented with their flags

Then the announcement of our 2018 Dedicated Driver of the Year, Randy Smith! Congratulations, Randy!

After the new DDY was announced, it was on to the OTR Driver of the Year!

Congratulations to our 2018 Driver of the Year, Scott Schwarzlose!

It takes hard work and dedication to become a Black Hat. It's an honor and a privilege to be able to celebrate all 20 of our Dedicated Drivers of the Quarter and Drivers of the Month. Congratulations to our new Drivers of the Year, we can't wait to see what 2019 holds for you and the Council!

2018 Driver Appreciation Week Schedule

  Thursday, September 6, 2018

Happy Driver Appreciation Week, everyone! Below you’ll find the food schedule for all of our locations across the US. We hope that most of our drivers can get through a terminal to partake in festivities.

Thank you so much for all that you do - we wouldn't be the company we are today without our drivers!

2017 Driver of the Year Event Recap

  Tuesday, February 20, 2018

For those of you who are unfamiliar with our Driver of the Month program/each year’s Driver of the Year event, you can check out our recap of last year’s event.

Here at Maverick, we absolutely love our drivers. And we especially love celebrating them! Every year, we honor our 12 Drivers of the Month at our Driver of the Year Banquet in Little Rock, AR. This year we added a few new drivers to the mix - 3 of the finalists from our new Dedicated Driver of the Quarter program, as well as our Rookie of the Quarter Cleo Williams and Trainer of the Quarter Herb Withrow.

Driver of the Quarter Royce Simons and Wife Lee

Driver of the Quarter Darryl Hammond and Wife Nancy

Musicians Ten Penny Gypsy with Buddy Case (pictured left) - Justin Patterson (pictured right), is an Area Logistics Manager at Maverick

The night was filled with good music, good food, and great company. Among our speakers were VP of Operations John Coppens, Chairman and CEO Steve Williams and COO John Culp. It was a wonderful evening filled with honoring our drivers, praising their hard work and the steps it takes to become a Driver of the Month/Quarter.

COO John Culp

Chairman & CEO Steve Williams

Driver of the Month Kenny Williams
2015 Driver of the Year Roger Wyble

The next day was full of meetings with drivers and office personnel - specifically, our quarterly Drivers' Advisory Committee meeting. Drivers also broke out into divisional meetings - it was a busy day!

Driver of the Month Doug Hend