BEDFORD, Texas – Michael Loy, owner of Mike Loy’s Collision Inc. in Lewisburg, Ohio, has been named the Automotive Service Association (ASA)/National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Collision Technician of the Year, an award that recognizes the ASA Collision Division member who received the highest score on the 2008 ASE master collision repair/refinish certification test.

The award was presented during the Automotive Service and Repair Week (ASRW), the umbrella under which the International Autobody Congress and Exposition (NACE), and the Congress of Automotive Repair & Service (CARS) were co-located at the Mandalay Bay and Convention Center.

When Loy was informed of the award, he said: “I feel honored to receive this award from ASA. It was a real surprise to receive the phone call from Bill Haas [of ASA] to find out this award came with an all-expense-paid trip to NACE. Ten days later I received another surprise. ASE called to congratulate me on winning the Snap-On/ASE Master Collision Repair and Refinish Technician of the Year Award for the United States and Canada. Wow, what an honor. These awards can be received by anyone taking ASE testing. ASE testing can make a real difference in a person’s life.”

Loy, 56, has been an ASA member 15 years and has been active in the collision repair industry since 1972. He represents the third generation that has owned and operated a collision shop in Lewisburg. Mike Loy’s Collision is celebrating its 91st year.

Loy has been an I-CAR instructor 19 years and is the lead I-CAR instructor for Ohio. He is an I-CAR Platinum Individual. Loy has been an I-CAR instructor qualification trainer and won the Instructor of the Year award in 1996 for the South Central Region.