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Jersey Number 9
Ian Evans
- Position:
- INF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 175
- Class:
- Junior
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Covina, Calif.
- HS:
- Charter Oak
- Prev School:
- Gateway College
- Major:
- Business Administration
Bio
Grand Canyon
Previous College
High School
2018 | Senior
- His team-leading 53 RBIs was the most in a single season at GCU since 2010.
- Second-toughest batter to strike out in the WAC, doing so just 25 times in 213 at bats.
- During conference play, was among the conference's leaders in RBIs (38, t-1st), hits (37, 5th), and runs (26, t-2nd).
- Did not earn end-of-year All-WAC recognition despite tying for the WAC lead with 38 RBIs in conference play.
- Had three-hit game against TCU on Feb. 18, scoring two runs including the game-winner.
- Set GCU career high with five RBIs at CSU Bakersfield on May 4, highlighted by a three-run double in GCU's 13-4 win.
- Tied career high with four hits at UC Riverside on March 14.
- Engineered the longest hit streak of GCU's season at 16 games ranging from March 14 to April 7.
2017 | Junior
- Quickly became a key component of the Lopes' championship season, starting all but three games at first base and hitting .323 on the year. He ranked second on the team in RBIs (46) behind only Garrison Schwartz.
- Earned first team All-WAC honors at first base after placing in the conference's top 10 in slugging percentage (8th, .593) and RBIs (5th, 30) during WAC play.
- Finished the year with 18 multi-hit games including a four-hit game at New Mexico State on April 28.
- Hit first GCU home run in defeat of Oklahoma State on Feb. 20. Began career as a Lope with at least one hit and one RBI in all three games of series.
- Delivered a walk-off single in GCU's series finale defeat of San Francisco on March 12.
- Provided the big blow in an eight-run comeback victory over UTRGV on April 23, hitting a three-run blast to pull the Lopes within two.
- Had outstanding weekend at New Mexico State at the end of April, going 9-for-13 with a two-homer game in the opener. He won WAC Hitter of the Week amid GCU's sweep of the Aggies.
- Carried an 11-game hit streak into the offseason.
Previous College
GateWay Community College - Mesa, Ariz.
- Finished the 2016 season with a .403 batting average, tied for sixth in the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC). Ranked fourth in the conference with a team-leading 87 hits and seventh with 59 RBIs.
- Posted 30 multi-hit games during his sophomore season, highlighted by a four-hit game against Chandler-Gilbert on March 26, 2016.
- Had four RBIs in a March 14 win over Dakota County Technical College.
- Helped lead his team to a 43-22 overall record and a trip to the NJCAA DII World Series in 2016.
High School
Charter Oak High School - Covina, Calif.
- Played in 60 games over the course of his three-year varsity career, hitting .400 with 19 RBIs as a junior in 2013.
- Accumulated a .347 career batting average and .434 on-base percentage.
- Selected to participate in the San Gabriel Valley All-Star game.
- Was a team captain and earned second team All-Conference recognition.
- Also played football.
- Parents are Dean and Kristina Evans.
- Chose his major because of inspiration to continue his mother's medical billing business.
- Cousin, Corey Gibas, played football at Texas A&M. Tanner Gibas, played football at Kansas State.
- His favorite sports moment was hitting three home runs as a 12-year old in, of all places, Cooperstown.
- Also considered Michigan State, Loyola Marymount, Rice, Texas-Arlington.
- Top TV shows are Animal Kingdom, Power, Wild'N Out, Quick Pitch.
- Outside of baseball, he enjoys fishing, listening to music and swimming.
- Favorite motivational quote is, "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure."
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