Scholarship winner Thomas Solloway, middle, is shown with Tippecanoe Lake Country Club members and Western Golf Association directors Tom Dormin, left, and Chris Hoke, right. Photo provided.

News Release

WARSAW — Thomas Solloway, a senior at Warsaw Community High School, has been awarded the Western Golf Association’s Evan’s Scholarship.

The Evan’s Scholarship is a four-year, full tuition and housing scholarship.
Solloway will attend Purdue University, West Lafayette, in this fall.

Solloway was awarded the golf caddie scholarship based upon a number of criteria.

The number of golf “loops” (rounds), his high school GPA, recommendation letters sent on his behalf, his school sports/club involvement, his community services and overall dedication and commitment to caddying at his home course, Tippecanoe Lake Country Club.

Solloway will be living in the Evan’s Scholar house on the campus of Purdue University with many fellow Evan’s Scholarship winners throughout Indiana and beyond. Solloway is the son of Jenny and Jay Solloway, of Warsaw.

Chick Evans in 1916 won, as an amateur, the U.S. Open championship and the U.S. Amateur golf championship in the same year. Evans started his golfing career as a caddie. With encouragement from his mother, Evans decided to give back to the sport by starting a scholarship for caddies to assist financially with their future collegiate endeavors. Participating Western Golf Association Evan’s Scholarship universities in the state of Indiana include Purdue University, Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame.