2020 IMPACT REPORT J. WOOD PLATT CADDIE SCHOLARSHIP TRUST 145 Platt-Scholars hail from 41 GAP Member Clubs Scholars attend 58 colleges and universities. ONE CADDIE, ONE GOLFER, (Scholars are free to choose the school that they attend and must ONE FUTURE AT A TIME. maintain grade point average and caddying minimums for the entire term of their scholarship.) The J. Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship Trust is the official charitable arm of GAP. The Trust’s mission, More than which has remained constant since its inception, $ is to financially aid deserving caddies in their pursuit 1 .2 million of higher education. Since 1958, more than $23 million in Scholarships with an has been awarded to more than 3,500 caddies. $ 8,200 The Outstanding Network of JWP Donors Average Award features partners in our work who: in 2020–21 REWARD determination and perseverance. 42 Scholars successfully completed their INVEST in our future leaders. degrees and joined the JWP Alumni Community. STRENGTHEN the crucial caddie legacy. 2 | 2020 Impact Report www.PlattCaddieScholarship.org | 3 Shown, left to right J. Lloyd Adkins North Hills Country Club • Pennsylvania State University MEET THE NEW CLASS Thomas Andruszko Rolling Green Golf Club • Neumann University Thomas Bagnell IV Philadelphia Cricket Club • Pennsylvania State University James Blaisse Rolling Green Golf Club • DeSales University 2020-2021 Hunter Bradbury Green Valley Country Club • Providence College Donovan Brickus Stonewall • University of Pittsburgh Dylan Cardea Tavistock Country Club • Rutgers University James Carr Philadelphia Cricket Club • Montgomery County Community College SCHOLARS James Casper Huntingdon Valley Country Club • Drexel University Michael Dambra Manufacturers’ Golf & Country Club • Temple University Joseph Daye Philadelphia Country Club • West Chester University Declan Dowd Merion Golf Club • University of South Carolina Liam Dowling Aronimink Golf Club • University of South Carolina Jack Fletcher The Springhaven Club • Temple University Andrew Fuhrman Philadelphia Cricket Club • Temple University Thomas Gavin Chester Valley Golf Club • University of Delaware Samuel Giordano Cedarbrook Country Club • Temple University John Guidotti Chester Valley Golf Club • Pennsylvania State University Alexander Hahalis Lancaster Country Club • Immaculata University David Hammond Philadelphia Cricket Club • Pennsylvania State University Christopher Horn Lehigh Country Club • Stevens Institute of Technology Abasiama Ibanga Tavistock Country Club • Rutgers University Severin Johnson Waynesborough Country Club • Bucknell University Thomas Kelly North Hills Country Club • Montgomery County Community College Robert Koosha Chester Valley Golf Club • Temple University Melissa Landis The ACE Club • Jefferson University Zachary Lesak Saucon Valley Country Club • Temple University Andrew Lord Merion Golf Club • University of Scranton Jesse Mast Stonewall • Liberty University Brady McCormick Commonwealth National Golf Club • Pennsylvania State University Jacob McDermott The Springhaven Club • Temple University Christopher McGee Riverton Country Club • Rowan University Benjamin McGrath North Hills Country Club • Drexel University Joseph McHugh Huntingdon Valley Country Club • West Chester University Abigail McNamee Llanerch Country Club • Duquesne University Brian Menkhaus Whitemarsh Valley Country Club • Pennsylvania State University Michael Mitnick Galloway National Golf Club • College of William & Mary M. Taylor Munn Huntingdon Valley Country Club • Drexel University Patrick Murphy Metedeconk National Golf Club • Seton Hall University Sean Murphy Rolling Green Golf Club • Pennsylvania State University Shane Nocito Philadelphia Country Club • Pennsylvania State University Harmon Piatkowski Whitemarsh Valley Country Club • Pennsylvania State University Will Price North Hills Country Club • St. Joseph’s University Matthew Reifer Lookaway Golf Club • Fairleigh Dickinson University Samuel Roberts Trenton Country Club • Pennsylvania State University Liam Ross Lehigh Country Club • Temple University Landon Rychener Lancaster Country Club • University of Richmond Paul J. Schulte Union League National Golf Club • Chestnut Hill College Caleb Setlock Bent Creek Country Club • Duquesne University Joseph Sortino Whitemarsh Valley Country Club • Villanova University Not pictured: Cole Stout Chester Valley Golf Club • Millersville University Kenneth Adkins North Hills Country Club • University of Pittsburgh David Stuart Bluestone Country Club • Pennsylvania State University Jacob Barndt Saucon Valley Country Club • Coastal Carolina University Brendan Teufel Waynesborough Country Club • Pennsylvania State University Simon Gajewski Chester Valley Golf Club • Lehigh University Carl Visscher Lookaway Golf Club • Temple University Owen Sheehan Rolling Green Golf Club • University of Notre Dame Jack Williamson Doylestown Country Club • Pennsylvania State University Matthew Shiffer Metedeconk National Golf Club • Clemson University 4 | 2020 Impact Report www.PlattCaddieScholarship.org | 5 Board of Trustees Club Directors LETTER FROM THE CHAIRWOMAN CHAIRWOMAN Applebrook Golf Club Metedeconk National Golf Club Tina Gregor Huntingdon Valley Kevin Mulqueen David Folkes Country Club Robert DiLeo Aronimink Golf Club The defining words for 2020 are undoubtedly VICE CHAIRMAN Lew Cook North Hills Country Club Bill Pancoast Rob Streit flexibility and resilience! Thomas L. Spano Llanerch Country Club Michael Walsh, III Overbrook Golf Club First and foremost, we have you – our amazing donors SECRETARY Bent Creek Country Club Robert Fahey Jeffrey R. Mitzak ’01 Philadelphia Damon Heller Bob Loftus – to thank for enabling us to be resilient in awarding Cricket Club our educational grants. Your support, especially Blue Bell Country Club Philadelphia Cricket Club TREASURER Jules Quinones Powell Arms through Lifetime and Scholarship gifts, is Michael P. Helmick ’64 Lookaway Golf Club Andrew Downs allowing us to maintain our Scholar awards for Commonwealth National Golf Club Kevin Galllagher 2020–21, at a time when we know our Scholars need TRUSTEES Karen Siegel Philmont Country Club them most. We are incredibly grateful to you for your Robert M. Aiken St. Davids Golf Club Doylestown Country Club Scott Landsberg unwavering loyalty and for making this possible. Michael J. Ayrer Merion Golf Club Matt McFarlane Rolling Green Golf Club Todd Baron Pine Valley Golf Club Fieldstone Golf Club Michael Ryan Richard Ogorek Our Club Directors (see listing on opposite page) have Gerald E. Darling Union League Golf Sandy Run Country Club also been incredibly helpful as leaders with our fundraising Club at Torresdale Hidden Creek Golf Club Mark O’Neill efforts while we transition our 2020 calendar. When it Gerald C. Eckert Bent Creek Anthony Franchi Saucon Valley Country Club became clear that our Dawn to Dusk Golf Marathon could Country Club Indian Valley Country Club Rob Ashford not be held in a one-day format, many decided to host Edward T. Ellis ’72 Chester Valley John Choyka Tony Auteri efforts at their own Clubs. We have been reassured and Golf Club Lancaster Country Club The Springhaven Club encouraged by the show of support from so many of you William W. Jeremiah Bidermann Golf Club Ryan Miller Richard Blonski at these “pop-up” events. Adapting in these creative Brian P. Kelly Whitemarsh Valley Lehigh Country Club St. Davids Golf Club ways helps us maintain our forward momentum, Country Club Tim Yenawine Scott Deakins which is especially important during such challenging times. William E. Lynch Merion Golf Club Llanerch Country Club Tavistock Country Club Michael J. Ryan ’17 Rolling Green Golf Club Tom Spano John Plower The resilience of our Scholars has also been noteworthy. to kick off late this summer. We are committed to Erik O. Strid Philadelphia Lookaway Golf Club Waynesborough Country Club Employment opportunities and internships have been helping those Scholars who have had career Country Club Matthew & Ali Jankowski Rich Mingey canceled, coupled with months in early spring when opportunities interrupted by accelerating the T. Quinn Spitzer Makefield Highlands Manufacturers’ Golf & Country Club Whitemarsh Valley Country Club caddying was not an option. Many campuses have yet launch of our mentoring program to 2020–21. (President, GAP) Golf Club Todd Bevington Dan Galbally to define their fall schedule and policies, leaving our We are confident that the various aspects of The Karen Green Sandy Run Emmett McGowan Megan Galbally (President, WGAP) Country Club students in a state of limbo. Will they return to campus, EMPOWER Program will better prepare of Scholars Merion Golf Club Anthony Rizzo attend classes or complete experiential coursework for the future. Charles M. Raudenbush Pine Valley Golf Club David Ix Whitford Country Club are just a few of the looming questions they face. For (PGA Philadelphia) Don Eicher incoming freshman, this uncertainty must be especially We are committed to moving ahead to strengthen J. WOOD PLATT STAFF difficult. Yet,we see an innate optimism in our those initiatives that began in 2019, and we hope that Mark E. Peterson Executive Director Scholars and an excitement to continue their our Impact Report reflects this momentum. While we Michael G. Ajjan Controller journeys that in turn motivates us to fulfill do not know exactly what the upcoming days will look Martin D. Emeno, Jr. Director of Operations @jwoodplatt our mission. They are determined to not let these like, we promise to share the accomplishments