POSITIVE OUTCOMES
TO DATE, MORE THAN
10,600
MEN AND WOMEN HAVE GRADUATED FROM
COLLEGE AS EVANS SCHOLARS
965
For nearly 90 years, the Evans Schol-
arship program has offered full college
tuition and housing for teenage caddies like
Fuentes. More than 960 caddies through-
out America are selected for achievement
each year and are awarded four-year schol-
arships at one of 19 partnering universities.
That includes 14 universities where the
Evans Scholars Foundation operates Evans
Scholarship Houses, where students live
and work together cooperatively.
The WGA has awarded $365 million in
scholarships, with the average value of
an Evans Scholarship worth more than
$100,000.
REAL RESULTS
Currently, there are 965 Evans Scholars in
college with a cumulative GPA of 3.3. Per-
haps without surprise, the graduation rate
for Evans Scholars is 95 percent. To date,
more than 10,600 men and women have
graduated from college as Evans Scholars.
The WGA lists 40 percent of all Evans
Scholars as first-generation college stu-
dents and notes that more than 75 percent
of recent graduates in the Evans Scholar-
ship program were working full time within
six months of graduation.
vsga.org
EVANS SCHOLARS
IN COLLEGE
CURRENTLY HAVE A
CUMULATIVE GPA OF
3.3
95%
GRADUATION RATE
THE WGA HAS
AWARDED
$365
million
IN
SCHOLARSHIPS,
FOR EVANS SCHOLARS
75%
WITH THE AVERAGE
VALUE WORTH MORE
THAN $100,000
OF RECENT GRADUATES
IN THE EVANS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
WERE WORKING FULL TIME WITHIN
SIX MONTHS OF GRADUATION
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