Yamila Evans

Gabby Lantier

/ Softball

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

Position:
Infield
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
San Marino
Hometown:
Pasadena, Ca.
Club Team:
R/R

Senior Year (2023): Saw the field in 26 games, making nine starts … Hit a pinch-hit three-run home run against JACKSONVILLE in a 5-2 win (2/12) … Logged her first multi-hit performance of the season at CLEMSON (3/5). She was named to the 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll (3.0-or-better cumulative grade-point-average for the year) ... Evans earned Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.).

Junior Year (2022): She started seven of the 22 games she played in ... Evans entered the SOUTHERN ILLINOIS-EDWARDSVILLE (2/12) game as a pinch runner and picked up a stolen base and a run scored in the 12-9 Syracuse win ... She doubled and drove in two runs against TEXAS A&M - CORPUS CHRISTI (2/18) in the Tarleton Invitational ... Evans had one hit and scored in two runs when Syracuse defeated PRAIRIE VIEW A&M (2/19), 12-1, in the same event ... In the opener of a doubleheader with CANISIUS (4/13), Evans started at second base and went 2-for-3 with a run scored and a run batted in ... She added a single in the second game of the twinbill with the GOLDEN GRIFFINS (4/13) ... Evans earned Spring 2022 Athleti Dierctor's Honor Roll.

Siena College (2019-21): Evans played three years at Siena College … She started 37 of the 42 games she saw action in as a freshman ... Evans was a regular at third base and also pitched for the Saints ... She tied for second on the squad in doubles (seven) and scored 19 runs, good for third on the team ... Evans drove in 10 runs and was 3-for-3 on stolen bases ... She pitched in eight games and posted a 2-2 record ... Her sophomore season was impacted by the pandemic ... Siena was limited to 13 games ... Evans appeared in 11 games, of which she started in six... She scored six runs, the third-best total on her team ... She was successful on her one stolen-base attempt ... Evans was in the starting lineup in each of the 32 games she played as a junior ... Most of her field time was at second base ... Evans led the Saints with four home runs ... She also tied for first in doubles (eight) and had 32 hits, good for third best on the team ... Evans scored 17 runs and was 1-for-1 on stolen bases.

Santa Marino High School (2014-18): Evans pitched during her freshman and sophomore years for San Marino High School in San Marino, Calif. ... She was coached by Barry Evans ... Evans competed in volleyball and basketball as well throughout her first three years in high school ... Evans played club softball for Artesia Punishers Gold-Medina ... She helped her club team earn a top 15 spot at the Premier Girls Fastpitch (PGF) Nationals in 2016 and 2017 ... The following year, in 2018, Evans and her teammates finished third in the same event.

Personal: Yamila Amara Evans was born in April 2000 in Pasadena, Calif. … She is the daughter of Barry and Sylvia Evans, … She has one brother, Jordan, and one sister, Malia … Evans is majoring in psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences.