Monroe High School senior Jacob Traver has been selected for the prestigious Chick Evans Scholarship, a full, four-year housing and tuition college scholarship awarded to golf caddies.  Jacob will attend Miami University of Ohio in Oxford, Ohio, in the fall to study business.

     Jacob is believed to be the first Monroe High School recipient of this prestigious national scholarship in at least two decades. 

     He was among 26 students who were selected for the scholarships in Ohio and Southeast Michigan. 

     Evans Scholars, like Jacob, are chosen based on a strong caddie record, excellent academics, leadership skills, demonstrated financial needs and outstanding character.  Only some 900 caddies supported by the Evans program are attending colleges across the nation now. 
     “Jacob is well deserving of this prestigious honor,” said Mrs. Sandra Kreps, Jacob’s principal at Monroe High School.  “His service to his school and golf community are just a few of the areas that Jacob excels in and were noted by the selection panel.”

     Jacob is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Traver of Monroe.  At MHS, Jacob played varsity football and baseball and also is active in Business Professionals of America, DECA, the Calculus Club and the National Honor Society. He also has earned top honors in the Trojan Pride academic excellence program.  He has been caddying at the Inverness Club in Toledo for three years.

     Created in 1930, the program was founded by famed Chicago amateur golfer Charles (Chick) Evans Jr.