Each year more than 800 deserving caddies attend college on tuition and housing grants from the Evans Scholars Foundation. To qualify, caddies must be nominated by their club and meet four requirements:

1. Must rank among the top 25 percent of their high school class
2. Have a superior caddie record for two or more years
3. Show financial need and have outstanding personal character
4. Outstanding personal character, integrity, and leadership abilities.

More than 200 new Scholars are chosen annually. The culmination of the selection process is the applicant’s interview with the Scholarship Committee, consisting of WGA officials and other friends of the program. The decision follows, and the new Evans Scholar is notified within a few days.

The Trust Agreement under which Evans Scholars Foundation operates specifies that the candidate must be a qualified caddie. This requires that he/she has been a full-time caddie on a regular basis for a minimum of two summers. The student must be:

1. Be trained and certified as a caddie
2. Caddies a minimum of 25 loops per year

In clubs which do not have a caddie program, the candidate must get caddie training from the Golf Professional who will arrange for him or her to caddie a minimum of 25 loops per year. Students are encouraged to volunteer to caddie for members if it will help get the required rounds needed for a scholarship; it will pay off in the future with a scholarship!

The Trust Agreement under which Evans Scholars Foundation operates specifies that the candidate must be a qualified caddie. This generally requires that he/she has been a full-time caddie on a regular basis for a minimum of two summers. In the Pacific Northwest there also is an alternative combination-option with the following three requirements:

1. Be trained and certified as a caddie
2. Caddies a minimum of 15 loops per year
3. Be employed for a minimum of two years at a club in golf-related duties

In clubs which do not have a caddie program, the candidate must get caddie training from the Golf Professional who will arrange for him or her to caddie a minimum of 15 loops per year concurrent with the candidate’s other golf-related duties.

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Evans Scholarships are awarded each year to those candidates who have the greatest financial need among those candidates who have satisfied the minimum academic and caddie requirements for nomination.

Every year many candidates are eliminated in the Semifinals for one or more reasons: (1) the family’s income and/or assets are above our cutoff point in reference to the number of dependent children in the family; (2) the candidate’s caddie and employment record at the Club does not satisfy our minimum requirement: (3) the candidate’s rank in class and/or test scores are not high enough; and (4) failure of the candidate or the candidate’s parents to submit all of the materials required to evaluate (1) (2) and (3) above.

We advise every candidate, therefore, to apply for other scholarships in the event that there is a negative decision on his or her application for an Evans Scholarship.

The cutoff point on financial need is not made until we have received the required Parents’ Financial Aid Form from the College Scholarship Service and a photocopy of the required previous year’s IRS 1040 and W-2 forms from the parents. The cutoff point then insures that those candidates who have the greatest need and who also satisfy the minimum academic and caddie requirements will reach the Finals. (When a candidate is eliminated on the Financial Need factor, it does not imply that there is no financial need; rather, it means that other candidates have a greater degree of financial need.)

It must be remembered that the primary purpose of the Evans Scholarship Program is to assist those caddies who have the greatest need for financial assistance to attend college. The golfers who contribute to Evans Scholars Foundation do so with this understanding.

The Trust Agreement under which Evans Scholars Foundation operates specifies that the candidate must be a qualified caddie. This generally requires that he has been a full-time caddie on a regular basis for a minimum of two summers. In the Pacific Northwest the following two requirements exist: be trained and certified as a caddie; caddies a minimum of 25 loops per year In Clubs which do not have a caddie program, the candidate’s only hope is that the Golf Professional will train him as a caddie and will arrange for him or her to caddie a minimum of 25 loops per year.

“When will I know the Committee’s decision?”
No decision will be made on a candidate’s application until the Semifinals when all candidates from his section will be compared on all required materials. No personal interview is involved in the Semifinals. In the Pacific Northwest the Semifinals are scheduled for early February, and candidates will be notified promptly of the decision.

Only those candidates who survive the Semifinals are invited to the Finals: A personal interview is scheduled with the Scholarship Committee in either Portland or Seattle in late February.

In the Finals, Evans Scholarships will be awarded to those candidates who (1) satisfy the Committee’s evaluation of their financial need and their caddie & employment record, (2) have the best combined high school record and test scores, and (3) have actively participated in extracurricular, civic or community activities. Finalists will be informed of the Committee’s decision within a few days after the interview.

All scholarships to Washington residents will be awarded to the University of Washington in Seattle, and all scholarships to Oregon residents will be to the University of Oregon in Eugene. Each award is contingent upon the candidate’s admission to the University.

1. Application Process Begins (summer after junior year in high school) – Candidate obtains a scholarship application from sponsoring club. Candidates apply at the end of their junior year in high school. SAT and ACT exams should be taken during the junior year.

2. July 1 – Evans Scholarship application is filled out by candidate. Pages 5 through 8 complete with caddie information verified by caddie superintendent and photo of candidate are sent immediately to Western Golf Association. After candidate’s statement is completed, principal’s report is given to high school to be completed and sent to WGA along with high school transcript, rank in class and SAT/ACT scores. Candidate should request the required letters of recommendation from club officials. The letters are sent directly to WGA.

3. Upon receipt of application, WGA sends a Financial Aid Form (FAF) to candidate. Candidate and parents must complete this form and mail it to the College Scholarship Service for processing. Candidates must send WGA copies of their parents’ federal tax returns, schedules and W-2 forms.

4. September 30– Application deadline-all applications must be received by this date to be considered.

5. October 1 – Applications acknowledged by mail after October 1. Any materials missing from an applicant’s file will be indicated at this time. This is the only notification applicants will receive of missing materials.

6. October 1 – March 1 (dates vary by state) WGA Scholarship Committee evaluates all applications. Candidates with incomplete applications will be considered voluntary withdrawals and will be removed from the competition.

7. December 1 – March 1 (dates vary by state) Candidates notified by mail as to the status of their application.

8. Candidate is eliminated from competition for caddie record, academic, or financial reasons or a combination of these. Candidate proceeds to the finals of the competition and is invited to the selection meeting in their state.

9. December – March (dates vary by state) Selection meetings are held. Finalists are interviewed by Selection Committees comprised of WGA and local officials, Evans Scholars Alumni and others. Candidates are notified by mail of the committee’s decision within one week.

10. Candidate is or is not awarded a scholarship. If awarded, the scholarship is only applicable to the university indicated. Newly awarded Scholars must send a written letter of acceptance to WGA. If not warded and circumstances change, candidates may re-apply for the next year’s competition.

11. August/September – New Evans Scholars begin their college career.