Group will begin college in the fall of 2022
Glenview, Ill. – Twenty-eight students from the state of Michigan have been awarded the Evans Scholarship, a prestigious full housing and tuition college grant offered to golf caddies, following online selection interviews held Jan. 5 and 6.
Each caddie has a unique story that reflects the scholarship’s four selection criteria: a strong caddie record, excellent academics, demonstrated financial need and outstanding character.
They will begin college in the fall of 2022 as Evans Scholars, attending either Michigan State University in East Lansing or the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The Evans Scholarship is valued at more than $120,000 over four years. Winners are listed below.
“These young men and women are part of an exceptional incoming class of New Scholars from around the nation,” said WGA Chairman Joe Desch. “They represent what the Evans Scholars Program has been about since 1930.”
The Evans Scholars selection interviews are being held with applicants nationwide through the spring. When the 2021-22 selection meeting process is complete, an estimated 315 caddies from across the country are expected to be awarded the Evans Scholarship.
The Western Golf Association, headquartered in Glenview, Illinois, has supported the Chick Evans Scholarship Program through the Evans Scholars Foundation since 1930. Known as one of golf’s favorite charities, it is the nation’s largest scholarship program for caddies.
Currently, a record 1,070 caddies are enrolled at 21 universities across the nation as Evans Scholars, and more than 11,500 caddies have graduated as Evans Scholars since the program was founded by famed Chicago amateur golfer Charles “Chick” Evans Jr.
“These young students have each shown excellence in the classroom, in their communities and on the golf course,” said WGA President and CEO John Kaczkowski. “We are proud to welcome them to the Evans Scholars family.”
Scholarship funds come mostly from contributions by nearly 35,000 supporters across the country, who are members of the Evans Scholars Par Club program. Evans Scholars Alumni donate more than $17 million annually, and all proceeds from the BMW Championship, the penultimate PGA TOUR Playoff event in the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup competition, are donated to the Evans Scholars Foundation. In 2022, the BMW Championship will be held at Wilmington Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware, from Aug. 16-21.
Name |
City |
Club |
High School |
University |
Ahmed Hamadah* |
Bloomfield Hills |
Bloomfield Hills CC |
Bloomfield Hills HS |
U of Michigan |
Nadir Mostafa* |
Bloomfield Hills |
Bloomfield Hills CC |
Bloomfield Hills HS |
U of Michigan |
Kevin Biergans* |
Charlotte |
CC of Lansing |
Lansing Catholic HS |
Michigan State |
Abigail Zahra |
Commerce Twp |
Orchard Lake CC |
Walled Lake Central HS |
U of Michigan |
Treasure Gibson |
Detroit |
Evanston GC |
Cass Technical HS |
Michigan State |
Myles Spencer-Walker |
Detroit |
CC of Detroit |
Roseville HS |
Michigan State |
Sutton Wright* |
Grosse Pointe |
Lochmoor Club |
Grosse Pointe South HS |
U of Michigan |
Joseph Plieth* |
Grosse Pointe Woods |
Lochmoor Club |
Grosse Pointe North HS |
Michigan State |
Joseph Scherff |
Keego Harbor |
Pine Lake CC |
West Bloomfield HS |
Michigan State |
Joseph Miller |
Lake Orion |
Bloomfield Hills CC |
Lake Orion Community HS |
U of Michigan |
Anna Rimatzki |
Livonia |
Meadowbrook CC |
Mercy HS |
U of Michigan |
Jonathan Bartley |
Novi |
Meadowbrook CC |
Divine Child HS |
Michigan State |
William Combs |
Okemos |
CC of Lansing |
Lansing Christian School |
U of Michigan |
Jacob Schornak |
Petoskey |
Wequetonsing GC |
Petoskey HS |
U of Michigan |
Amarian Johnson |
Pontiac |
Franklin Hills CC |
West Bloomfield HS |
Michigan State |
Trevor Navarre |
Pontiac |
Pine Lake CC |
West Bloomfield HS |
Michigan State |
Harrison Bullotta |
Rochester |
Oakland Hills CC |
Stoney Creek HS |
U of Michigan |
Gunner Bliss |
Rochester Hills |
Pine Lake CC |
Avondale HS |
Michigan State |
Blake Griffith |
Rochester Hills |
Great Oaks CC |
Stoney Creek HS |
Michigan State |
Bailey Kulich |
Saint Joseph |
Point O' Woods CC |
Saint Joseph HS |
Michigan State |
David Garner |
Southfield |
Oakland Hills CC |
Bloomfield Hills HS |
Michigan State |
TaNylah Jenkins |
Southfield |
Evanston GC |
Cass Technical HS |
Michigan State |
Ryan Larson |
Spring Lake |
Wuskowhan Club |
Grand Haven HS |
Michigan State |
Jack Lewandowski |
Troy |
Red Run GC |
Troy HS |
Michigan State |
Jeffrey Nugent |
Warren |
Red Run GC |
Warren Woods Tower HS |
Michigan State |
Aidan Swenson |
Waterford |
Edgewood CC |
Kettering HS |
Michigan State |
Daniel Wisely |
West Bloomfield |
Orchard Lake CC |
West Bloomfield HS |
U of Michigan |
Madalynn Pelto |
White Lake |
Oakland Hills CC |
Walled Lake Northern |
U of Michigan |