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the selection process every year
and serves as a director in the
program.
Sprunk is eternally grateful for
his Evans Scholarship and said,
“I have to credit the members
of Highland Meadows Golf
Club that actively supported
the caddie program
when I was a youth.
Attending Michigan
State on an Evans
Scholarship helped
me throughout my life
attain the standard of
living necessary for
myself and my family.”
Adam Reny grew up
looping at Inverness
Country Club in
Toledo, Ohio and
received an Evans
Scholarship to attend
Ohio State. Upon graduation,
he returned to Inverness to
be the Caddie Manager and
has helped many Toledo-area
caddies earn scholarships. Last
year, Reny accepted a new role
as the Executive Director of The
First Tee of Lake Erie and will
be able to pass the benefits of
caddying and the Evans Scholars
program to an ever-increasing
group of young people.
Reny said of the Evans Scholars
program,
“For me, the best part of the
Evans Scholars program, other
than receiving full tuition and
housing to attend college, was
living in the Evans Scholars house
on campus. Being among former
caddies was a huge boost during
my college years that provided a
sense of family and support.”
One of the key components
of the Evans Scholars Program
is a sense of family provided
by living in the Evans Scholars
houses that have been built at
14 of the 19 partner universities.
One of the organization’s big
goals over the next five years is to
spend over $40 million in capital
expenditures to renovate existing
houses and construct newones to
meet the ever growing demands
of the foundation.
Students are not forgotten
once their studies begin. The
program constantly monitors
each
student’s
academic
progress and they are expected
to maintain certain educational
parameters to remain in the
program. As a whole, Evans
Scholars students carry a 3.2
accumulative average and 95%
of the students in the program
receive their diplomas.
Good grades in high school are
onlyonecriteriaforconsideration
for an Evans Scholarship.
Exhibiting leadership qualities
and financial need are also high
on the list of requirements and
prospective applicants must
have been a caddie at their local
club for two years.
The final piece of the puzzle for
these future college students is
to attend an interview with the
Selection Committee.
The
selection
committee
meeting for Ohio was an eye-
opening experience. Twenty-
four high school seniors, 17-18
year old caddies, were required
to stand in front of 100 Evans
John Kaczkowski wga
Evans Scholars ceo
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