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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 M AY / J U N E 2 0 18 | V I R G I N I A G O L F E R 27