2018 Baseball Roster
Josh Evans
- Class:
- Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 200
- Position:
- 1B
- Hometown:
- Ponca City, Okla.
- High School:
- Ponca City HS
- Last College:
- Northern Oklahoma College
2018 (Senior): Maintained his reputation as one of the best sluggers in the Southland Conference through his final season of collegiate baseball...Took over as the team's primary first baseman and made 48 starts while playing in all 53 of SFA's games...Wrapped up the season with a slash line of .287/.372/.484 and led the team in slugging percentage....Finished with 54 hits - the second-highest total on the team - and included among those base knocks were 13 doubles and a team-leading eight home runs...Drove in a team-high 38 runs while scoring 30 of his own...Ranked 10th in the Southland in home runs and 16th in slugging percentage...Accumulated 18 multi-hit games including three outings of three or more hits...Drew a career-high four walks in a non-conference home victory over Prairie View A&M (3/13)...Tied a career-high by striking for four hits - including a pair of doubles - in a 15-inning Southland Conference victory at Northwestern State (4/8)...Drove in a career-best four runs and went 2-for-4 at the dish in a Southland Conference home loss to Nicholls (5/6).
2017 (Junior): ABCA/Rawlings South Central All-Region First Team...Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year...All-Southland Conference First Team...Provided a substantial amount of power in the middle of the 'Jacks' lineup during his debut season at the NCAA Division I level and wound up with plenty of hardware as a result of it...Led the team, the Southland Conference and ranked 19th nationally with a batting average of .383 and completed his slash line with an on-base percentage of .440 and a slugging percentage of .638 - the second-best in the Southland and the 39th highest in the nation...Totaled 57 hits - 18 of which were of the extra-base variety - 38 RBI, 25 runs and 17 walks against 15 strikeouts...Led the team in home runs with 10...Played in 51 of the team's 57 games and made 39 starts - all but one of which was as the team's designated hitter...Made his team debut with a pinch-hit appearance in a non-conference home win over UT Arlington (2/18)...Promoted to the starting lineup for the first time in a non-conference home win over Grambling State where he posted the first of his 18 multi-hit games (3/7)...Established season-highs in both runs scored (four) and hits (four) as part of a perfect 4-for-4 day at the dish in a Southland Conference victory at Incarnate Word (4/1)...Posted a pair of doubles - his only game with multiple extra-base hits - in a Southland Conference triumph at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4/21)...Drove in a season-best three runs as part of a 2-for-4 day at the plate in a Southland Conference home loss to Southeastern Louisiana (4/30)...Drew a season-best three walks during a Southland Conference home win over Houston Baptist (5/19).
2016 (Sophomore): Closed out a highly productive two-year stint in a Northern Oklahoma College uniform by reeling in NJCAA First Team All-American and NJCAA All-Region citations...A first baseman and designated hitter, helped the Mavericks finish with a 43-19 record and was an integral part of the squad's rise to as high as seventh in the NJCAA national rankings...Put up an absurd .446/.512/.897 slash line by amassing 100 hits in 224 at bats...Clubbed 27 home runs - a good chunk of his 46 extra-base hits - and drove in 113 of the Mavericks' 580 runs...Those 113 RBI represented a new NJCAA single-season record...Due to his power at the plate, the Mavericks led all of the NJCAA with a team batting average of .370 and set a new program record for wins in a single season...Helped the Mavericks set 12 new single-season program records with their 2016 club.
2015 (Freshman): Entered the first stage of a two-year career at Northern Oklahoma College by suiting up as a left-handed pitcher and an infielder for head coach Ryan Bay's squad...Constructed a .422/.497/.720 slash line - with each one of those figures representing a team-high - in his collegiate debut season...Wrapped up his freshman season as the Mavericks' leader in RBI (53), doubles (18), triples (three) and home runs (eight)...Assisted the team in building a 37-24 record and was a major part of the team's rise to as high as 12th in the NJCAA national rankings...Helped the squad to a third-place finish in the NJCAA Region II Tournament.
High School: Put in three seasons of letter-winning service for the Ponca City High School baseball team as a pitcher and a first baseman...Elevated to the starting lineup as a junior and a senior...collected All-Conference honors at the conclusion of the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
Personal: Born Joshua Evans on May 9, 1995, in Fayetteville, Ark….Son of Jerrall and Nancy Evans…Plans to major in kinesiology at Stephen F. Austin.
