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Official Twitter of Western Golf Association and Evans Scholars Foundation. We run golf championships and send caddies to college!

Glenview, IL
Joined March 2011
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4 years
Last week, we asked our Instagram followers about the most famous golfers they've ever caddied for. The answers ranged from pop stars like Harry Styles to Hall of Famers like Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. Who's your most famous loop?
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4 years
No one: Absolutely No One: Random College Student to Evans Scholar: So, you caddie for the golf team?
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5 years
Congratulations to Joe LaCava on his induction tonight into the Caddie Hall of Fame!
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4 years
The names of all 11,050 Evans Scholars Alumni can be found on the windows at our new headquarters in Glenview, Illinois.
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We’re proud to announce that in 2019, a record 280 students nationwide have been awarded the Evans Scholarship. To celebrate this record-setting group of Scholars, we've produced a video documenting their journey. 🔁 RT this if your life was changed by the Evans Scholarship.
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Why is caddying the best summer job a young person can have? Who better to ask than 2015 Caddie Hall of Fame inductee Bill Murray? (🎥 William Murray Golf)
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5 years
The newest members of the Evans Scholars Family!
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3 years
Caddying is *the* best summer job for a young person.
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Caddie Network
3 years
As high school and college students soon start looking for a summer gig, one college student explains why being a country club caddie might be the best summer job there is.
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Happy birthday, Chick!
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5 years
Can we please give it up for @uoregon Evans Scholar Sarahi Ortiz who brought the house down with her speech at Caddies to College on Monday night and is on the bag for Tiger Woods this morning? 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
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Drop a 👍 in the replies if you proudly display your Evans Scholars Bag Tag like Bob Hope and Ben Hogan.
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5 years
Caddies stick together. Nine PGA TOUR caddies who looped in the 2019 #BMWCHAMPS were so impressed by the work of Evans Scholars during the Gardner Heidrick Pro-Am that they made a donation to our Program at Medinah. Our partners at @BMWUSA matched their donation. Just wow.
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What a week at Medinah. Thanks to our partners at @BMWUSA for their support of the #BMWCHAMPS and the Evans Scholars Program and congratulations to @JustinThomas34 !
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Caddying is more than a summer job. It introduces young people to the game of golf. It teaches life skills. It provides opportunities for college scholarships. It helps build a foundation for life success.
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┳┻| ┻┳| ┻┳| ┳┻| ┻┳| ┻┳| ┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻| _ ┻┳| •.•) It's Evans Scholars. ┳┻|⊂ノ Not Evan's Scholars. ┻┳| ┳┻|
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Winter Outing Swag 💯💯💯
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6 years
The Evans Scholars Program is one of the greatest stories in golf. Since 1930, we've awarded more than $365 million in tuition and housing scholarships to more than 10,000 deserving caddies from coast to coast. ... And we're just getting started.
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1,000 by 2020? How about 1,000 by 2019? This fall, 1,010 caddies will attend one of 18 leading universities on the Evans Scholarship. Together, we're helping meet the growing needs of deserving young men and women and their families.
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4 years
How it started: How it’s going:
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Thank you, Viktor! This ace on No. 2 will result in the donation of a $125,000 Evans Scholarship in Viktor’s name courtesy of @BMWUSA !
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One life-changing moment. Congratulations to Jack from Ridge Country Club in Chicago on earning the Evans Scholarship! Share this video if you remember the moment you became part of the Evans Scholars Family!
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“The caddie is the lifeblood of the game of golf…a great companion, a friendly conversationalist and a smiling face. This is what the game of golf is all about.” - Chick Evans
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Youth caddie programs change lives. Caddies are being trained this week to start looping at @Old_Barnwell in Aiken, SC!
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2 years
Thank you to our friend and legendary broadcaster @JimmyRobertsNBC for once again telling the world about the lives that have been and continue to be changed by caddying and the Evans Scholarship!
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Through caddying, teenagers learn valuable life lessons, develop a strong work ethic and money management skills. RT if caddying has changed your life.
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4 years
Honored to have the legendary @JimmyRobertsNBC helping tell the story of the Evans Scholars Program and the impact we've made on the lives of thousands of deserving caddies.
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5 years
I'm not crying you're crying
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Happy 132nd Birthday to the one and only, Charles "Chick" Evans Jr.! 🎂 ⁣ ⁣ Born on this day in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1890, Chick's legacy lives on in the thousands of Evans Scholars and Evans Scholars Alumni around the world. ⁣
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"I think everyone should caddie. You learn a lot about people, how you'd like to be treated and how to treat other people. It really was the most informative education." - Bill Murray, Caddie Hall of Fame '15
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The pre-dawn wake-up calls. The sweltering summer days. The double loops. Caddies answer the call. We stand with them. Then. Now. Forever.
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🎥 WATCH: Newly awarded Evans Scholar Morgan from Inverness Club in Ohio surprises her family with her New Scholar Pin Flag.
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4 years
Thanks to our friends @chicagobulls for their hospitality last night at the United Center!
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6 years
Congratulations to future Wisconsin Evans Scholar Max Kubisiak, who is the first @Sand_Valley caddie to earn the Evans Scholarship!
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7 years
One great shot from @JDayGolf = $100,000 for caddie scholarships.
@PGATOUR
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@JDayGolf Hop, roll ... ACE! #QuickHits
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It's with heavy hearts that we mourn the passing of @missouri_evans Jack Perlongo. Jack passed away last month after a battle with Synovial Sarcoma but not before leaving an indelible mark on the Evans Scholars Community. Our thoughts are with Jack's family and friends.
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That Caddying Changed My Life Feeling. ⁣ Congratulations to Nina from The Dunes Club in Michigan on earning the Evans Scholarship!
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We're in this together. #WeAreES
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Another #CaddieToCollege ! Help us congratulate Hugo from Oak Park Country Club and @fenwickfriars on earning the Evans Scholarship!
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“I started as a caddie, just like a lot of other kids. If my father hadn’t taken me out and said, ‘I need somebody to carry the bag,’ I wouldn’t be sitting here tonight, I’m sure of that.” - @jacknicklaus Thanks, Dad. #HappyFathersDay
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😄😄😄😄
@ellenesharp
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i’m going to tell my kids this was Chick Evans
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A message from our family to the #ESFamily .
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It's a day you never forget.
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No high school in the country has produced more Evans Scholars than @fenwickfriars in Oak Park, Illinois. We're so grateful to our friends at Fenwick for their steadfast support of our Program and its mission, as well as this new plaque honoring Fenwick's 115 Evans Scholars.
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🚚 📦 It's Moving Day! 📍 2501 Patriot Boulevard Glenview, Illinois
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Tiger Woods says he's proud of Oregon Evans Scholar Sarahi Ortiz and he's certainly not alone. We're honored to be part of her journey.
@PGATOUR
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"I never ever in a million years thought this would ever happen." Sarahi ... meet @TigerWoods . #LiveUnderPar
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Today we welcome 280 deserving young men and women into the Evans Scholars Family! Happy New Scholar Day!
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Our thoughts are with @TigerWoods and his family. Tiger has made an indelible mark on the WGA and we wish him the very best during his recovery.
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"It's a full tuition *and* housing scholarship."
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. @SportsCenter giving some love to this trick shot video by recently graduated Miami Evans Scholar Tom Broders.
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He sent that ball into orbit 🛰
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𝑫𝒐𝒕 the 𝒊
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A message to Evans Scholars.
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The Evans Scholars Program is one of the greatest stories in golf. Since 1930, we've awarded more than $385 million in tuition and housing scholarships to more than 10,800 deserving caddies from coast to coast. ... And we're just getting started.
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Evans Scholars leave their mark. 🔁 RT if you're one of 11,815 Evans Scholars Alumni.
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It's Caddie Appreciation Week! RT 🔄 if you #LoveYourLooper
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6 years
So sad to learn of the passing of longtime WGA Director and past chairman John Kretzschmar. We're so thankful for Mr. Kretzschmar's many years of service to our organization. He touched countless lives, and will be dearly missed.
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More than a summer job.
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Thank you to the legendary Pat Foley for attending yesterday's Selection Meeting at Evanston and sharing his experience during the @NHLBlackhawks telecast!
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Congratulations to Ohio State Evans Scholar Sam Maciejewski on being named the 2018 Scholar of the Year last night at the 67th annual Evans Scholar Summer Outing!
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Caddying changes lives.
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Excited to announce our new partnership with @swaggolfco , which is now the Official Putter and Headcover of the Western Golf Association and Evans Scholars Foundation. 📰 More:
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🔟 young men and women from the Chicago area will interview today for the Evans Scholarship. Wish them luck!
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It's our last full day in Golf, Illinois. 😔 We've loved making this building our home since its dedication in 1955, but are excited for our next chapter in nearby Glenview. Do you have any favorite memories of 1 Briar Road?
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@WGAESF
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Welcome to the Evans Scholars Family!
@BrotherRice
Brother Rice Chicago
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Congratulations to senior Tim Novick for being named a Chick Evans Scholar! Tim will be attending the University of Illinois with a major in Civil Engineering. #BeExceptional
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Making futures brighter since 1930.
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Help us welcome Regan from Hinsdale Golf Club into the Evans Scholars Family!
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Myles from the Country Club of Detroit is today's #CaddieToCollege ! Help us congratulate Myles and welcome him to the Evans Scholars Family!
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Get you a founder of a life-changing scholarship program who can do it all.
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Our first #CaddieToCollege from the state of Michigan is Bailey from Point O'Woods Golf & Country Club! Welcome to the Evans Scholars Family, Bailey!
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... then used his fame and notoriety to create a program that has helped more than 11,000 caddies attend college on full tuition and housing scholarships.
@SHistorians
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@PeterBurnsESPN Chick Evans won the 1916 US Open with only 7 clubs, which was 10 clubs less than the player who had the most in their bag. Of those 7 clubs only 4 of them were irons. #GolfHistory
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I'm not crying, you're crying.
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It’s a proud day for the Evans Scholars Program as we celebrate the opening of the J. Wood Platt Evans Scholars Scholarship House at Penn State!
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The Evans Scholars Program is one of the greatest stories in golf. Since 1930, we've awarded more than $365 million in tuition and housing scholarships to more than 10,000 deserving caddies from coast to coast. ... And we're just getting started.
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What a cool moment for Marquette Evans Scholar Noah Enright.
@PGATOUR
PGA TOUR
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Noah is a leader in the Evans Scholars program for deserving caddies of modest means. Growing up, he caddied and gave guitar lessons to help with family finances. @DariusRucker heard about Noah and paid him a visit @BMWChamps . #LiveUnderPar
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Our Program wouldn't be what it is today without premier caddie programs like the one at The Beverly Country Club in Chicago. Beverly has helped 326 caddies realize their dream of a college education through the Evans Scholarship, most of any club in the country.
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Good morning from the Country Club of Detroit where a select group of deserving caddies will interview today for the opportunity of a lifetime -- the Evans Scholarship.
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The moment before the moment that changes your life forever.
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The Evans Scholars Foundation is proud to announce @UIowa as our 2️⃣ 3️⃣ rd partner university! Our inaugural class of 10 Evans Scholars will attend the University of Iowa in Iowa City as incoming freshmen this fall. 🖤 💛
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Grateful for the support of the Keiser Family and the Dunes Club in Michigan for supporting youth caddies and making it possible for deserving young people like Josh to earn the Evans Scholarship! #CaddieToCollege
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The time @b_dechambeau surprised Erin Cronin with news she's Evans Scholar of the Year at the 2020 @BMWchamps .
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Excited to welcome Miami Evans Scholar Alum and longtime WGA Director Joe Desch of Cincinnati, Ohio, as the 69th chairman of the Western Golf Association. MORE:
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@WGAESF
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We're working to help ensure that youth caddies are not forgotten and caddie programs can be restarted as quickly and safely as possible when restrictions are lifted.
@dailyherald
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Caddies are not allowed on Illinois golf courses yet, but the Western Golf Association has laid out ideas to help once restriction is lifted.
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Today we welcome 275 deserving young men and women into the Evans Scholars Family. Happy New Scholar Day!
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The Evans Scholars Program is one of the greatest stories in golf. Since 1930, we've awarded more than $365 million in tuition and housing scholarships to more than 10,000 deserving caddies from coast to coast. ... And we're just getting started.
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What can we say? Par Club supporters love their premiums.
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We're so proud of you, Sarahi!
@TeddyGreenstein
Teddy Greenstein
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Pls indulge me for a sec. This is Sarahi Ortiz, an Evans Scholar at Oregon. She caddied for the only sub-80 round of my life, at Jax Park. Today she guest-looped for ⁦ @TigerWoods ⁩ at ⁦ @BMWchamps ⁩ pro-am. Tiger signed her hat, hugged her and said he was proud of her
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𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙲𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚃𝚘 𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚎 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝟷𝟿𝟹𝟶
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Congratulations, Scottie. 🏆
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Changing lives one loop at a time.
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Congratulations again to 2020 Evans Scholar of the Year Erin Cronin!
@PGATOUR
PGA TOUR
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"This is the first time I've been speechless." @B_DeChambeau surprised Erin Cronin and presented her the honor of Evans Scholar of the Year @BMWChamps .
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Our New Year's resolution? Send even more deserving caddies to college on the life-changing Evans Scholarships.
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Congratulations to @MiamiUniversity Evans Scholar Erin Cronin on being named the 2020 Evans Scholar of the Year!
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The Evans Scholars Foundation is proud to announce @HowardU as our 2️⃣ 4️⃣ th partner university and our first historically Black college and university! Kaleise Foy of Chicago and Beyonce Reid of Philadelphia will attend Howard in Washington, DC as incoming freshmen this fall.
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Let's all give it up for Miami Evans Scholar Thomas Broders!
@BsbLifestyle__
Baseball Lifestyle™
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When baseball players play golf 😂💣
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Danny from Ridge Country Club in Chicago is today's #CaddieToCollege ! Help us welcome him into the Evans Scholars Family!
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Thanks to everyone who joined us today at Briar Ridge Country Club to interview 1️⃣ 8️⃣ Indiana caddies for the Evans Scholarship!
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Help us welcome the newest members of the Evans Scholars family from the Buckeye State!
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Home Sweet Home. ❤️
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