Nevada All-WAC Defensive team selection who returns for his third season in the program ... Started all 35 games last season, 49 in a row and 55 in his first two seasons ... Third on the team in rebounding at 4.7 per game and fifth in scoring at 6.7 per outing last year ... Long player who has the ability to play on the outside ... Usually assigned to defend the opponents top perimeter player.
2011-12: Named to the WAC Defensive team ... Averaged 6.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 0.5 blocks starting all 35 games ... Fifth on the team in scoring and third in rebounding ... Scored in double figures 11 times on the season with a career and game-high 19 points coming at home versus SJSU (1/12/12) ... Stretch of four double figure scoring games started with 11 vs. Pacific (11/17/11) and was followed 11 vs. Prairie View A&M (11/20/11), 10 vs. Longwood (11/22/11) and ended with 11 vs. BYU (11/25/11) in Chicago ... Made five-of-six three-pointers in the SJSU game as Nevada set a school mark with 16 three-pointers made and 32 attempted ... Good on six-of-seven field goals and two-of-three free throws against SJSU with his only miss coming from behind the arc with 4:31 to play ... Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds in the season opener vs. Missouri State (11/11/11) ... Five times led the Pack in rebound with three being game highs ... Received second basketball letter.
2010-11: Played in 31 games, missing the contest at Idaho (1/12/11) with an ankle injury ... Earned 20 starts, including the last 14 of the season and 14-of-15 WAC games played ... Averaged 4.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game ... Third on the team in rebounding and fifth in scoring ... Reached double figures in four games on the season including a stretch of three in a row; 11 vs. SJSU (2/5/11), 12 at SJSU (2/12/11) and 15 at Hawai`i (2/14/11) with the fourth being at home against Portland State (12/20/10) when he totaled 12 ... Scored a season-high 15 points at Hawai`i making five-of-six field goals including his only 3-point attempt and four-of-six free throws ... Top rebounding effort was at eight at Portland (12/27/10) ... Grabbed a rebound in 27 of 31 games and scored in 25-of-31 played ... Earned first basketball letter. 2010-11: Sat out the season as a redshirt.
High School A 2009 graduate of Leuzinger High School in Hawthorne, Calif. ... Captained his basketball team his senior season ... Averaged 15.3 points and 7.4 rebounds per game as a junior ... Shot 54.6 percent from the field in helping his team to a 26-7 record that season ... Earned first-team all-area and all-league honors ... Was named the MVP of the Bay League ... Was coached by Reggie Morris Jr.
Personal Majoring in human development and family studies ... The son of Jerry Evans Sr. and Darlean Hughes-Evans of Los Angeles ... Has a younger sister, Jewel (9) ... Lists playing in the CIF finals as his most exciting sports moment to date.
