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Robert Evans
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All-Star Candidate Two-sport athlete (football and baseball) at Samford . . . enters fourth season as starter in right field . . . led the team in hits (72), RBI (38), slugging percentage (.516) and total bases (112) in 2002 . . . second on the team in home runs (9), runs scored (40) and at-bats (217). . . will start the season as the closer out of the bullpen . . . also led the football team in tackles (104) from his safety position. 2002 (Junior): Hit .332 on the season with 11 doubles and nine home runs . . . started all 58 games as either the right fielder or pitcher . . . thrown into the starting rotation on the mound midway through the season and finished 4-2 with wins over Stetson, UCF, Georgia State and Belmont . . . best pitching performance came against Georgia State April 26 when he struck out a career-high 10 batters in a nine-inning complete game . . . had a .370 on-base percentage . . . had a .962 fielding percentage with 101 putouts in 105 chances . . . went 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored against Alabama A&M April 3 . . . went 3-for-6 with four RBI and two runs scored against McNeese State . . . collected three hits six times (Birmingham-Southern March 19, UAB March 26, Troy State April 14, Eastern Kentucky April 24, McNeese State May 5, Belmont May 19) . . . had 19 multiple-hit games and 11 multiple-RBI games . . . named Co-Atlantic Sun Player of the Week for his performance in the final regular season series against Belmont. 2001 (Sophomore): Team leader in batting . . . started 52 of 52 games in right field . . . also was 9-of-13 on stolen bases . . . went 3-for-4 on four occasions, including one double and two RBI against Southern Miss Feb. 23; one double, one home run, two RBI and one run scored against Birmingham-Southern College March 13; one double and one run scored against Stetson March 24; and one run scored against UCF April 6 . . . was a perfect 3-for-3 with one double and two runs scored against Mississippi State March 1 . . . had 21 multiple-hit games . . . drew 15 walks to lead the team . . . batting average did not fall under .400 from March 1 to April 14, which included 25 games and SEC opponents Mississippi State, Vanderbilt and Auburn, and conference opponents Stetson, Campbell, Florida Atlantic, UCF and Jacksonville . . . hit .439 with runners on base and .553 in the lead-off spot . . . recorded 113 putouts or assists with only three errors to finish with a .974 fielding percentage . . . pitched 35.2 innings to finish third on the team in ERA (5.30) . . . appeared in 11 games with four starts on the mound . . . named TAAC Player of the Week in April. 2000 (Freshman): Saw action in the outfield and on the mound. . . finished fifth in hitting last season at .313 . . . posted 15 multiple-hit games . . . hit nine home runs and tied with Grant Caldwell with 38 RBI . . . went 2-for-4 with a homer, a walk, an RBI and two runs against Auburn in the season opener . . . followed the Auburn game with a 2-for-5 outing with two runs scored and a double against Louisiana-Monroe . . . had one of his best games against UT-Martin by going 3-for-4 from the plate with a home run, a walk, three RBI and a run scored . . . hit three doubles, knocked in three runs and scored one in a 3-for-4 outing against Alabama A&M . . . went 16-for-24 in a seven-game stretch, where he scored nine runs, tallied 16 RBI and hit five doubles and four home runs . . . hit two home runs in the first game against Wisconsin-Milwaukee . . . also went 6-for-8 with five runs scored, eight RBI and finished with three home runs in two games against UWM . . . tied for the team lead in games played with Grant Caldwell and Ash Gale . . . pitched 4.2 innings and finished with five strikeouts in 13 at-bats with a 1.93 ERA. High School: An honorable mention All-America selection by USA Today . . . carried a .358 batting average with five home runs and 21 RBI as a senior at Vestavia Hills HS, one of the top high school baseball programs in the nation. . . helped Rebels to three Class 6A state titles in baseball and the 1998 state title in football . . . coached by Sammy Dunn . . . went 6-1 with a 1.06 ERA on the mound . . . hit .409 with nine home runs and 43 RBI as a junior, while going 9-0 on the mound with a 2.57 ERA . . . named the Metro Player of the Year by the Birmingham News and was named to the football and baseball Super All-state teams. Personal: Born March 1, 1981 . . . son of Bruce and Donna Evans . . . majoring in history. Bulldog Bits on Evans Favorite sports besides baseball: football Most memorable moment in athletics: winning football and baseball state championships my senior year in high school My parents were right when they said: God is all I have I am proudest of: my autistic brother, James Bruce I can't imagine going a week without: some sort of practice I have to admit, I am really good at: being hard on myself The hardest thing I have ever done is: play two sports in college My roommates think I am: messy Craziest dream: going to the majors My teammates think I am: a good player Nobody believes me when I tell them I: am not that good at athletics Favorite place to eat: Milo's Favorite athlete: Bo Jackson |
