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title: Mastering the Course
date: 2021-09-22T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
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# Mastering the Course

*September 22, 2021* — by [Liam Farrell](/author/liam-farrell)


> Inaugural Class of Outstanding Golf Caddies Comes to UMD

*I Stock 1300273818 1920x1080 — The Western Golf Association’s Evans Scholars Foundation this fall welcomed its two first Evans Scholars at UMD, both former caddies in the Baltimore area. The foundation has also purchased a College Avenue house that will serve as the future home for Evans Scholars (below).*

Becca Lannon ’25 and Varada Maulkhan ’25 faced the same standardized tests, personal essays and pressure to keep their grades up as other college-bound students, but their prep also included a few nonstandard requisites: carrying clubs, figuring distances to greens and warning people about sand traps.


*Evans Scholars house rendering*


*Varada Maulkhan ’25 headshot*


*Becca Lannon ’25 headshot*




**Topics:** [People](https://today.umd.edu/tags/people)


**Tags:** [Golf](https://today.umd.edu/topic/golf)