Apply for a 2025-26 Scholarship

GENERAL INFORMATION
The New Jersey State Golf Association (NJSGA) Caddie Scholarship is available to qualified applicants who have caddied at a participating NJSGA club for at least two seasons. Full-time attendance as an undergraduate at an institution of higher education accredited by the U.S. Department of Education is required.

The open application period for the 2025-2026 academic year closed on October 15, 2024. If you wish to submit a late application, please contact Jeff Knapp, Caddie Scholarship Foundation Director at 973-985-7729 or jknapp@njsga.org, or Sheila Menendez, Caddie Scholarship Foundation Director of Education at 848-863-6781 or smenendez@njsga.org.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The NJSGA Caddie Scholarship Committee reviews applications based upon the following criteria:

Academic record
Financial need
Qualities of character and leadership
Club's financial support of the Foundation

Caddie Scholarship Applications

IMPORTANT DATES:

July 15, 2024 - Application period opens for 2025-26 academic year
Mid-August 2024 - First installment of scholarship sent to college and universities for the 2024-25 academic year
October 15, 2024 - Application due date for 2025-26 academic year
Mid-December 2024 - Second installment of scholarship sent to colleges and universities for the 2024-25 academic year
March 2025 - Applications under Committee Review
April 2025 - Award letters sent electronically
May 31, 2025 - Scholarship Acceptance Agreement completed and submitted via portal
June 15, 2025 - Thank you note and head shot uploaded to portal
June 25, 2025 - Scholars' Banquet at Galloping Hill Golf Course

QUESTIONS?
For more information about the scholarship application process, contact Sheila Menendez, Director of Education, at 848-863-6481 or smenendez@njsga.org.

For more information about the Scholarship Program, contact Jeff Knapp, Caddie Scholarship Foundation Director at 973-985-7729 or jknapp@njsga.org.

NJSGA Evans Scholars Foundation Application Information
Since 2021 the NJSGA’s Caddie Scholarship Foundation has partnered with the Western Golf Association’s Evans Scholars Foundation to provide full tuition and housing scholarships to caddies from New Jersey who meet the requirements set by the Evans Scholars Foundation. Additionally, the Caddie Scholarship Foundation is working closely with the Evans Scholars Foundation to raise funds for an NJSGA/Evans Scholars House on the campus of Rutgers University so that NJSGA/Evans Scholars can live together in community.

NJSGA/Evans Scholars currently attend such prestigious universities as Indiana University, Miami University of Ohio, Ohio State University, Purdue University, Rutgers University, and University of Notre Dame. As of the 2022-2023 academic year, NJSGA/Evans Scholars will attend Rutgers University.

To learn more about the Evans Scholars Foundation, please visit https://wgaesf.org/a-life-changing-opportunity.

To learn more about the Evans Scholarship, please visit https://wgaesf.org/a-life-changing-opportunity/applying-evans-scholarship.

For more information about the Evans Scholarship application process, contact Brian Bianchi, Senior Director – Evans Scholars Foundation, at 908-956-5973 or bianchi@wgaesf.org.