The Seattle Times shared the story about how a Ballard High School graduate landed a full scholarship from working as a caddie ahead of his freshman year at Seattle Golf Club.
Matthew Miller from Decatur High School in Federal Way also got the reward.
Both students will be getting a Chick Evans Scholarship for caddies, which covers four years of tuition and housing and has an average value of $120,000. The program has been running since 1930, gifting thousands of students who show academic strength, financial need, outstanding character, and a strong caddie record, reporters wrote.
“From the very first presentation (when starting as a caddie), you find out about the Chick Evans scholarship and what are the requirements, and I was always interested in it,” Sellers told the
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For his dedication to caddying, academic strength, and outstanding character, Luke Schlimgen is a recipient of the highly competitive Chick Evans Scholarship a full ride valued at $120,000 over 4 years.
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Peggy Evans Thomas Thursday, May 13, 2021
Peggy Evans Thomas, 98, passed away peacefully on May 5, 2021.
She was born March 22, 1923, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to the late Theodore I. Evans, Sr., and Faith Elliott Evans. Although she spent nearly her entire life in Chattanooga, her family lived in Georgia for part of her youth, and she earned a diploma from Montezuma High School in Montezuma, Ga., in 1940, when students were graduated after 11th grade. She then returned to Chattanooga for an additional year of secondary school and attended Chattanooga High School, graduating with the class of 1941. It was there that she met the love of her life and husband of 40 years, Richard C. (Dick) Thomas, who preceded her in death in 1989.