Mission Vista Excessive College twins obtain prestigious caddie scholarship

OCEANSIDE, Calif. (KGTV) — Twin sisters, senior college students at Mission Vista Excessive College, obtained a four-year faculty scholarship after practically 5 years of caddying at Goat Hill Golf Membership in Oceanside.

Ada and Annabelle Lee love {golfing}. Their dad launched them to it once they have been youngsters.

“I like how tough golf is,” Annabelle Lee mentioned.

As caddies, Annabelle Lee mentioned the sisters clear golf equipment, give yardages and hold gamers optimistic.

“Despite the fact that it is essential to hold the bag and stroll quick, I really feel like speaking rather well along with your participant is the perfect a part of it,” Ada Lee mentioned.

Their years of assist with membership choice, tending the pin, studying putts, and filling divots as caddies at Goat Hill helped them get hold of a four-year faculty scholarship with the assistance of the Western Golf Affiliation and the Chick Evans Students Basis, which develops younger caddies at golf programs throughout the nation.

“This program is for younger caddies, who’re college students making an attempt to get into faculty,” Western Golf Affiliation Vice President of Communication Amy Fuller mentioned. “There’s a standards they need to meet. They need to have monetary wants, good grades, excellent character, and a robust caddie file. Then they’re eligible to use for the Evans Scholarship.”

The 2 sisters wrote essays and went via the interview course of earlier than they have been chosen to obtain the scholarship, which is estimated at $125,000 over 4 years.

“We have been shocked,” says Annabelle. “We have been very stunned, and it was the perfect response. We wakened one morning, and we obtained a scholarship.”

The ladies are contemplating the College of Oregon, the College of Washington and the College of Kansas. They need to main in mechanical engineering.