It’s been a busy last couple of weeks for the caddies at the Evans Scholarship house at the University of Colorado.
After being out of the house for a semester while it underwent a $6 million renovation and expansion (CLICK HERE), they moved back in earlier this month. … Then they started up school for the spring semester. … After activating 13 of their members last week, they elected new leadership for the house on Monday. … And on Thursday at Colorado Golf Club, a selection committee will interview finalists for the E.S. class that will enter the house in August.
Suffice it to say there’s been no lack of happenings for the CU Evans Scholars lately.
The Scholars at CU have long been a flagship program for both the CGA and CWGA. The Illinois-based Western Golf Association/Evans Scholars Foundation, which administers the Evans Scholarship nationwide, is a longtime partner of the CGA and CWGA in supporting the scholarship at CU. Through CGA and CWGA bag-tag sales and Par Club contributions, Colorado donors fully fund the year-to-year scholarship costs at the CU Evans Scholars house.
Since the 1960s, more than 440 CU alums have been produced by the Evans Scholars program, which provides high-achieving caddies with significant financial need full tuition and housing scholarships that are now estimated to be worth an average of $80,000 each.
The new executive board and other leaders (pictured above) who were elected this week by the CU Evans Scholars — along with where they caddied — are:
President — Jordan Gillmore (Lakewood CC)
Executive VP — Asni Solomon (Solich Caddie Academy at CommonGround GC)
VP of New Scholars — Peter Evans (The Alotian Club in Roland, Ark.)
Administrative VP — Dalton Anderson (Cherry Hills CC and Solich Caddie Academy at CommonGround GC)
VP of Finance — Kobe Padilla (Denver CC)
VP of Communications — Andrea Pickford (Green Valley Ranch GC)
House Manager — Tim Johnson (Roaring Fork Club)
Social Chair — Alex Atwater (Shinnecock Hills GC in Southampton, N.Y.)
Athletic Director — Soren Fuchs (Denver CC)
