Submitted Photo Doug Thompson, center, who received the Impact Player of the Year award, is shown with Jason Vogel, left, president of APH Stores, and Corey Bartlett, CEO of Automotive Parts Headquarters.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Doug Thompson of Minot was recognized as Impact Player of the Year during the annual conference of Automotive Parts Headquarters Inc. (APH) recently. The conference brought together 500 store owners, managers, sales representatives, suppliers and support staff.

Thompson works in outside sales for the Auto Value parts store in Minot.

Award recipients honored at an awards banquet were chosen based on evaluations from APH’s store operations team and support center staff.