Michigan Golf Journal March 2018

Michigan News 25 STUDENTS IN MICHIGAN NAMED EVANS SCHOLARS By Tom Lang ZĞďĞŬĂŚ >ŽŶŐ ĮŐƵƌĞĚ ŝƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŐŽŽĚ ŶĞǁƐ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ large envelope she found in the ŵĂŝůďŽdž ƚŚŝƐ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ͘ ͞/ ƌĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ŐĞƫŶŐ ƚŚĞ ŶŽƟĮĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŝů͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ Ă ďŝŐ ĞŶǀĞůŽƉ ƐŽ / ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚ ŝƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ŐŽŽĚ ŶĞǁƐ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ďĂĚ ŶĞǁƐ ǁŽƵůĚ Įƚ ŝŶ Ă ƐŵĂůůĞƌ ĞŶǀĞůŽƉ͕͟ >ŽŶŐ ƐĂŝĚ͘ ͞/ ƐĂŝĚ͕ ͚ĚĂĚ͕ ĚĂĚ / ƚŚŝŶŬ / ŐŽƚ ŝŶ͛͘͟ ^ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ that announcement, Long – a ƐŽŽŶͲƚŽͲďĞ ĞƚƌŽŝƚ ĂƐƐ dĞĐŚ ŐƌĂĚƵĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ ŽĨ Michigan pre-med student – became one of the 25 recent Michigan recipients of a coveted Evans Scholarship. The historic program sends high- ĂĐŚŝĞǀŝŶŐ͕ ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂůůLJͲƐƚƌĂƉƉĞĚ ĐĂĚĚŝĞƐ ƚŽ ĐŽůůĞŐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ŵŽŶĞLJ ƚŽ ĐŽǀĞƌ ĨƵůů ƚƵŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ housing for all four years. Each ĂǁĂƌĚ ŝƐ ǀĂůƵĞĚ Ăƚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ $100,000 per student. ͞DLJ ĮƌƐƚ ĐĂůů ǁĂƐ ƚŽ ŵLJ ŐƌĂŶĚĚĂĚ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ one that really has been itching ĨŽƌ ŵĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐĐŚŽůĂƌƐŚŝƉ͕͟ >ŽŶŐ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞĚ͘ ͞,Ğ͛Ɛ ďĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ one on my back, more so than ŵLJ ƉĂƌĞŶƚƐ͕ ůĞƫŶŐ ŵĞ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚĂƚ / ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĚŽ͘ tŚĞŶ / ǁĂƐ ŶŽƟĮĞĚ / ǁĂƐ Ă ĮŶĂůŝƐƚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ŽŶ ŚŝƐ ďŝƌƚŚĚĂLJ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĂŶ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ŵŽŵĞŶƚ͕ ďƵƚ ĞǀĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ǁĂƐ ďĞŝŶŐ ŶŽƟĮĞĚ / ĚŝĚ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽůĂƌƐŚŝƉ͘ /ƚ͛Ɛ ƐƵĐŚ Ă ďůĞƐƐŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ ŵLJ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͘͟ dŚĞ ǁĞůůͲĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĞĚ ǀĂŶƐ ^ĐŚŽůĂƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ ǁĂƐ established in 1930 by the tĞƐƚĞƌŶ 'ŽůĨ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ honor of legendary Illinois ĂŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŐŽůĨĞƌ ŚŝĐŬ ǀĂŶƐ͕ :ƌ͕͘ ƚŚĞ ǀŝƐŝŽŶĂƌLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƐĐŚŽůĂƌƐŚŝƉ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƟŵĞ͕ $365 million has been given ƚŽ ĐĂĚĚŝĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶƚ academic studies and proof of ĮŶĂŶĐŝĂů ŚĂƌĚƐŚŝƉ͘ dĞŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ