Students will begin college as NJSGA Evans Scholars
Glenview, Ill. – Seven students from New Jersey have been awarded the New Jersey State Golf Association Evans Scholarship, a full housing and tuition college grant offered to golf caddies, following a final selection interview held Feb. 8.
The result of a partnership between the Western Golf Association’s Evans Scholars Foundation and the NJSGA’s Caddie Scholarship Foundation, NJSGA Evans Scholars are chosen based on displaying a strong caddie record, excellent academics, financial need and outstanding character. Candidates must meet the qualifications of both organizations in order to earn the scholarship. Winners are listed below.
The students will begin college this fall as NJSGA Evans Scholars at leading universities across the nation, with most planning to attend Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The Evans Scholarship is valued at more than $120,000 over four years. There are currently 15 NJSGA Evans Scholars in school this year.
“Our NJSGA Evans Scholars 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.”
“We are extremely excited to partner with the Evans Scholars Foundation to announce this group of NJSGA Evans Scholars,” said NJSGA President Michael McFadden. “They are all outstanding individuals and well deserving of the award.”
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.
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.
Listed below are the newly awarded NJSGA Evans Scholars.
Name |
City |
Club |
High School |
University |
Nicholas Nuzzi |
Howell |
Spring Lake Golf Club |
Howell HS |
Rutgers |
Lily Formichella |
Manasquan |
Manasquan River Golf Club |
Manasquan HS |
Rutgers |
Noah Loveland |
Manasquan |
Manasquan River Golf Club |
Manasquan HS |
Rutgers |
Maxwell Walker |
Midland Park |
Arcola Country Club |
St. Joseph HS |
Rutgers |
Nicholas Horowitz * |
Old Bridge |
Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck |
Christian Brothers |
Indiana U |
William Martis |
Point Pleasant |
Manasquan River Golf Club |
Christian Brothers |
Rutgers |
Mairead Martin |
Spring Lake Heights |
Spring Lake Golf Club |
Manasquan HS |
Rutgers |
*Awarded the NJSGA Evans Scholarship for three years as he is currently a freshman in college.