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Jersey Number 54
Evan Zars
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- HS:
- Mill Valley
- Hometown:
- Shawnee, Kan.
Bio
2021-22 - Senior at Western Illinois
- Earned All-Summit League Honorable Mention
- Appeared and started in all 29 games played, her third-straight season starting every game played
- One of three players on the team to average 30+ minutes per contest
- Averaged 10.8 points, 8.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game
- Shot a team-high 53.8% from the field
- Ranked second in the Summit League in rebounding (8.8 rpg)
- Her defensive rebounds per game (7.1) was first in the conference
- Recorded 16 double-figure scoring games and had 12 games with at least two blocks
- Had a season-high 18 rebounds to go along with 13 points vs. North Dakota
- Grabbed 10 or more rebounds eight times
- Registered three double-doubles
- Earned All-Summit Honorable MentionÂ
- Was named Preseason Second Team All-Summit prior to the season starting
- Appeared and started in all 24 games played
- Averaged 11.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game
- Was the team leader in total rebounds (216), double-doubles (8), block (36) and minutes per game (30.3)
- Led the Summit League in defensive rebounds per game (6.7)
- From Jan. 15 to 22, had three consecutive double-doubles
- Recorded 14 double-digit scoring games
- Notched 11 double figure rebound games
- Was second in the Summit League in defensive rebounds (160), total rebounds (216), blocked shots (36), rebounds per game (9.0) and blocks per game (1.5)
- Named Summit League Newcomer of the Year and earned a spot on the All-Summit Newcomer TeamÂ
- Started in all 30 games
- Averaged 9.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks
- Second in the Summit League with 276 rebounds
- Third in the conference in rebounds per game (9.2)
- Had a team-high eight double-doublesÂ
- Recorded 47 blocked shots, good for ninth in a single season at Western Illinois
- Tallied six games with three or more blocks
- Registered 13 double figure scoring games
- Scored 25 points and added nine rebounds and three blocks at Purdue Fort Wayne
- Appeared in 30 games, starting in 19
- Averaged 2.1 points and 4.9 rebounds in 18.9 minutes per game
- Led Saint Louis in rebounding in five games, including an 11 point effort vs. Tulsa and La Salle
- Three-straight nine rebound performances vs. George Mason, George Washington and Fordham
- Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Attended Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, Kan.
- Senior year, named Class 5A First Team All-State by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association and the Topeka Capital-Journal
- Selected Second Team All-State among all classes and a finalist for 5A Player of the Year by Sports in Kansas
- Earned Eastern Kansas League First Team plaudits
- Helped Mill Valley to the 5A sub-state championship and averaged 11.5 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.7 blocks and 1.0 steals with a 62.5% field goal percentage senior year
- Played in numerous All-Star games, including the Jackie Stiles Charity All-Star game, Kansas-Missouri Stateline Showdown All-Star game and the GKCGBCA Kansas-Missouri All-Star game
- Recorded team-highs in scoring (10.1 ppg), rebounding (8.1 rpg), blocks (3.1 bpg) and field goal percentage (58.0%) as a junior
- Class 5A All-State Honorable Mention and First Team All-Conference as a junior
- Aided Mill Valley to an 18-5 record and the Class 5A sub-state championship sophomore year
- Tabbed All-Conference Honorable Mention with averages of 5.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.8 blocks sophomore year
- Played club ball for Kansas Elite, earning Most Versatile Player and Best Leadership awards
- Honor roll student with a 4.0 GPA
- Also competed in track & field, registering top-10 state finishes in the 300-meter hurdles, high jump, discus and 4x400-meter relay senior year
- Daughter of Todd and Shae Zars
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