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LEGGETT COMMENTS: "Garrick is a leading candidate to play either left or centerfield. He's come a long way since moving from the infield. He's worked hard on defense. He has great range in the outfield. If he continues to work on his fundamentals and mechanics, he'll develop into a real good outfielder for us. He's been consistent with his offensive skills. He's an excellent runner who is very aggressive on the bases. I think he could be a top base-stealer for us and someone who really creates a number of opportunities for us offensively."
2003: Came on late in the season to be the Tigers' leadoff batter...hit .400 (16-for-40) with six doubles, a triple, homer, and nine RBIs in his last 10 games to raise his season average to .311...started 29 games, including a team-high 26 as the designated hitter...batted leadoff 23 times...had 11 doubles and a team-high eight stolen bases in just 132 at bats...hit .333 against ACC teams...hit a team-best .421 in February and .375 in May...hit .359 against righthanders, .327 with runners on base, .323 with runners in scoring position, and .333 with two outs...appeared in a team-high 19 games off the bench...hit .357 when he came off the bench...hit .340 on opponents' home fields...hit a team-best .545 (6-for-11) in the seventh inning...went 3-for-6 in the second game of a doubleheader at #16 Auburn on Feb. 22...went 4-for-5 with a stolen base at #16 Auburn on Feb. 23...hit his first career home run against Charleston Southern on Feb. 26; he did so as the first batter of the game for Clemson...off the bench, he had a crucial infield single against Duke on May 4; the hit extended the inning and allowed Steve Pyzik to follow with a walkoff hit...came off the bench and had a single in two at bats at Furman on May 8...came off the bench and hit a walk-off double down the right-field line to win the game against North Carolina on May 11...had an RBI single against North Carolina on May 12...was 2-for-4 with three RBIs, a walk, and stolen base against Furman on May 13...went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a triple, three runs scored, two RBIs, a walk, and a stolen base at Wake Forest on May 16...hit two doubles in three at bats and walked twice at Wake Forest on May 17; he was 6-for-8 with four doubles, a triple, four runs scored, and three walks in two games as the leadoff batter against the Demon Deacons; earned ACC Player-of-the-Week honors thanks to his efforts...went 2-for-4 with a homer, two runs scored, and an RBI against North Carolina in the ACC Tournament on May 22...went 2-for-6 with a double and two runs scored against Princeton in the Auburn Regional on May 31...played for Spartanburg in the Coastal Plain League in the summer.
2002: Had seven hits in 29 at-bats over 24 games...played at third base, shortstop, and second base, mostly as a late-inning substitution...started three games, two at second base and one as the designated hitter...had two doubles, a triple, and nine RBIs to go along with two steals...six of his nine RBIs came with two outs...was 6-for-17 (.353) with two doubles and seven RBIs in 12 night games...got his first career hit, a three-run double, against UNC Asheville on Mar. 19...hit a two-run double off the bench against Coastal Carolina on Mar. 26...had a hit, scored a run, and drove in a run in a start at second base against East Tennessee State on Apr. 2...had a hit in three at-bats against Western Carolina on Apr. 16; he started at second base in the game...had two hits and one RBI off the bench against Furman on Apr. 23...hit a pinch-hit, two-run triple at Virginia on May 11.
BEFORE CLEMSON Selected in the 23rd round of the 2001 draft by Toronto...member of 1999 American Legion Team that went on to be league champions...member of the Northern Virginia Commonwealth Team and the Northern Virginia Barnstormers Showcase Team in 2000...the Barnstormers won the National Baseball Federation World Series...was named second-team All-Patriot District and first-team American Legion All-Star in 1999...led Lake Braddock HS in RBIs and American Legion team in home runs in 1999...in 2000, was named Lake Braddock HS first-team All-Patriot District, first-team All-Northern Region, first-team All-Times, first-team All-Journal, and Washington Post Athlete-of-the-Week...also in 2000, his HS team was regular-season champions, along with Patriot District champions...lettered four years in baseball, three years in football, and two years in basketball.
PERSONAL His second cousin, Rondell White, is an outfielder for the New York Yankees...lived all over the world as a youth; he was born in Illinois then moved to Naples, Italy for three years, then to Arkansas and Montgomery, AL, then to Stuttgart, Germany for two years, then to Guam for two years; he finished his last two years of high school in Virginia; his parents have since moved back to Illinois...his father was working in the Pentagon when American Airlines Flight 77 hit the building; his father was working on the opposite side of the Pentagon from where it was hit and was not injured...major is undeclared...born Garrick Kingsley Evans on Dec. 2, 1982.
| Evans' Overall Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2002 | .241 | 24-3 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 2-2 |
| 2003 | .311 | 48-29 | 132 | 27 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .376 | 8-13 |
| Total | .298 | 72-32 | 161 | 31 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 71 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .368 | 10-15 |
| Evans' ACC Regular-Season Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2002 | .250 | 6-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | 0-0 |
| 2003 | .323 | 16-7 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .389 | 2-2 |
| Total | .314 | 22-7 | 35 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .390 | 2-2 |
| Evans' ACC Tournament Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2003 | .375 | 2-2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .444 | 0-0 |
| Evans' NCAA Tournament Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2002 | .000 | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0-0 |
| 2003 | .200 | 3-3 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0-0 |
| Total | .167 | 6-3 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 0-0 |
