New partnership with ASU gives scholarships to student golf caddies
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Leaders from the Evans Scholars Foundation and Arizona State University have announced a new partnership, with the inaugural class of Evans Scholars to attend ASU beginning next fall.
The foundation provides full housing and tuition scholarships to student golf caddies who show financial need and academic and leadership excellence. Currently, a record 1,260 students are attending 27 universities nationwide on an Evans Scholarship.
“Our new partnership with Arizona State will help us expand our reach and impact in a new area, while giving future Evans Scholars an opportunity to live and learn together in a supportive community,” said Western Golf Association Chairman Steve Colnitis in a statement.
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New partnership with ASU gives scholarships to student golf caddies
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Connect with other professionals at the Chandler Chamber of Commerce’s largest monthly networking event. This month's event is Thursday, Nov. 13, 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Ocotillo Golf Club, 3751 S. Clubhouse Drive in south Chandler.
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Leaders from the Evans Scholars Foundation and Arizona State University have announced a new partnership, with the inaugural class of Evans Scholars to attend ASU beginning next fall.
The foundation provides full housing and tuition scholarships to student golf caddies who show financial need and academic and leadership excellence. Currently, a record 1,260 students are attending 27 universities nationwide on an Evans Scholarship.
“Our new partnership with Arizona State will help us expand our reach and impact in a new area, while giving future Evans Scholars an opportunity to live and learn together in a supportive community,” said Western Golf Association Chairman Steve Colnitis in a statement.
Organization and university officials, along with donors, youth caddies and their families, and other special guests attended ASU's Homecoming football game on Saturday, Nov. 15, at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe, where they announced the partnership on the field.
ASU will become the ESF’s 28th partner university. The school is now included as an option for local applicants to attend on this year’s Evans Scholarship application, and the first group of up to 10 Evans Scholars will be enrolled at ASU in the fall of 2026. Eventually, as many as 50 Evans Scholars could attend ASU each year.
Arizona continues to be a major area of growth for the Midwestern-based Evans Scholars Program, and the university will be the foundation's “gateway to the Southwest,” organization leaders say.
“Students are rewarded for work and experience, and by welcoming Evans Scholars to ASU, we are supporting high-achieving student caddies whose character and leadership reflect the best of what higher education can offer. ASU President Michael Crow said in a statement.
Future Evans Scholars could come from the Tucson and Phoenix areas, as well as throughout California, Washington and Oregon. The Western Golf Association, which oversees the ESF, runs a growing youth caddie program out of public courses, Papago Golf Club and Encanto 9 Golf Course in Phoenix.
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