Marist Senior Olubukola Onimole Earns Prestigious Chick Evans Golf Caddy Scholarship

BLUE ISLAND, IL—Blue Island resident Olubukola Onimole, a senior at Marist High School, was recently awarded the Western Golf Association’s Chick Evans Scholarship, a full four-year housing and tuition scholarship for golf caddies, and the nation’s largest privately funded scholarship program.

Onimole earned the scholarship by meeting its four selection criteria: a strong caddie record, excellent academics, demonstrated financial need, and outstanding character. The full tuition and housing college scholarship is valued at an estimated $125,000 over four years.

The Marist senior is one of 104 students in the Chicago area to receive the prestigious Evans Scholarship this year.

Onimole caddied at the Beverly Country Club in Chicago. She is a graduate of Veterans Memorial Middle School in Blue Island.

“When I found out I got the Evans scholarship, I was shocked,” said Onimole, who plans to study medicine. “Getting the Evans has always been a dream since I started caddying, but it always felt like a distant dream. Now it has come through, and I am just so thankful for everyone who has supported me.”

Onimole is vice president of the Marist student council and serves on the Green Team Executive Board. She is also co-president of the book club and is a student ambassador officer. Onimole is involved with the speech team, track team, manager of the hockey team, Marist Youth, Black Student Union, National Honor Society and French National Honor Society.

Marist High School has produced 201 Chick Evans scholars. Evans Scholars will receive their official university placements by mid-March.

An estimated 380 caddies will be awarded the Evans Scholarship this year. Currently, a record 1,260 are enrolled at 27 universities nationwide as Evans Scholars, and more than 12,575 caddies have graduated as Evans Scholars since the program was founded in 1930.