Western Golf Association & Evans Scholars Foundation Background Information

  • Stacy  Morris

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Facts about the Evans Scholars

  • One of the nation’s LARGEST privately funded college scholarship programs
  • Golf’s FAVORITE charity with over 100,000 contributors
  • More than 200 full TUITION AND HOUSING awards each year
  • Average grant VALUED at $70,000 over four years
  • 850 Evans Scholars currently enrolled at 18 universities.
  • Evans SCHOLARSHIP HOUSES at 14 universities
  • COMPREHENSIVE selection criteria – academic achievement, financial need, excellent caddie record and good character
  • CAMPUS LEADERS in academic and extracurricular activities
  • Nearly two-thirds of Scholars maintain a B AVERAGE or better
  • GRADUATION rate of 90 percent
  • More than 9,000 Evans Scholar Alumni
  • Alumni contributions of more than $4 MILLION annually and over $40 million cumulatively