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Senior
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| Hometown:
Lawton, Okla.
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| High School:
MacArthur
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| Height:
5-4
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| Position:
OF
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| Birthdate:
02/28/1980
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OU's starting centerfielder ... One of the fastest players on the team ...
Stole 15 bases last season ... A very dependable player ... A quick player who
makes good reads in the outfield ... Very solid defensively ... A good bunter
and baserunner.
2002 (Junior)
Starting centerfielder ... Picked up her first Verizon Academic All-district honor
after being named to the second team ... Garnered first team Academic All-Big
12 honors for the third consecutive year ... Named the Big 12 Player of the Week
for the week of April 1 ... Batted .636 with four runs scored and nine RBI for
the week ... Ignited a four-run third inning for the Sooners in the Texas-San
Antonio (2/9) game at the UTA Tournament with a two-run homer to bring OU from
behind ... Had a hit in four of the five tournament games ... Hit two home runs
and recorded four RBI in the Sooners' 15-0 win over Drake (2/16) in the OU/Nike
Classic ... Batted .333 (6-for-18) during the OU/Worth Invitational (3/7-3/10)
... Went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI at Loyola Marymount (3/18) ... Also
contributed a runs scored and three RBI ... Had a bases-clearing triple against
No. 22 Texas A&M (3/23) ... Hit a two-run double to plate the first of OU's five-run
seventh inning comeback at Oklahoma State (4/3) ... Had two three hit efforts
in the Iowa State doubleheader (4/6) ... Recorded a career high five RBI in game
two ... Also tied a career high with three hits in the same game ... Scored a
key extra run in the 10th inning in the Sooners' 5-1 win over the 22nd-ranked
Baylor Bears (4/27) ... Batted .429 (3-for-7) during the series ... Doubled in
two runs and recorded a sacrifice fly later in the game to record three RBI against
Tulsa (4/30) in the regular season finale ... Batted .308 (4-for-13) during the
Big 12 Conference Tournament (5/2-5/5) ... Collected at least one hit in three
of the five contests ... Best game of the tournament came against top-seeded Texas
(5/4) where she went 2-for-3 and drove in one run while scoring another ... Hit
for a .300 (3-for-10) average during the NCAA Region 5 Tournament (5/16-5/19)
... Plated two runs with a single in OU's regional opening victory over fifth-seeded
Utah (5/16) ... Went 2-for-3 at the plate with a run scored against No. 23/third-seeded
Texas A&M (5/17) ... Went 1-for-3 against fourth-seeded Cal (5/23) in OU's WCWS
opener and scored on the front end of Christina Enea's two-run homer.
2001 (Sophomore)
An All-Midwest Region second-team selection ... A first-team All-Big 12 outfielder
... One of OU's most consistent players ... A starter in 58 of OU's 59 games ...
Hit .377 in Big 12 games ... Led the team with 17 stolen bases, including seven
in league games ... Collected hits in 41 of the 59 games she played, including
the last eight games of the season ... Put together a 12-game hitting streak that
ended at Kansas (4/29) ... Opened the season at the UTA-Isuzu Classic with a 6-for-15
performance that included six runs and an RBI ... Walked to get on base in the
seventh inning against 16th-ranked Oregon State (2/23) and scored the game-winning
run ... Had a 2-for-3 outing versus San Diego State (2/23) ... Collected two singles
in win over No. 23 Baylor (3/2) ... Drove in two runs on a triple to center in
win over Louisiana-Lafayette (3/10) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run and two RBI against
No. 20 Texas A&M (3/24) ... Singled and scored a run on only hit at Nebraska (3/30)
... Went 3-for-4 with three singles in game one at Iowa State (4/1) ... One of
only three Sooners to get a hit with her double to left against Oklahoma State
(4/4) ... Tagged Texas (4/8) for three hits and one run ... Scored two runs and
drove in another at Texas Tech (4/13) ... Singled through the right and left sides
versus Baylor (4/21) and drove in a run each time ... Doubled to left and drove
in one run in game two of series (4/22) ... Bunted for a base hit at Kansas (4/28)
and eventually scored game-winning run ... Struggled in the Big 12 Tournament
where she collected only two hits in the four games -- both coming in the championship
tilt against Oklahoma State (5/12) ... Rebounded in the NCAA Regional where she
recorded three singles and scored two runs in the Lehigh (5/17) win ... Followed
up with a 2-for-4 outing that included a two-run double to right center to fuel
OU's run rule over North Carolina (5/18) ... Had a crucial base-hit to get on
base and eventually scored the game-winning run in come-from-behind win over Washington
(5/19) ... Drove in two runs with a single up the middle in regional final against
the Huskies (5/20) ... Plated another run on a fielder's choice ... Earned the
Most Outstanding Player honors after hitting .500 with a double, five RBIs and
three stolen bases in the four games ... Recorded a hit in each of OU's three
Women's College World Series contests ... Top performance of the series was a
2-for-4 effort in the 5-4 loss to eventual national champ Arizona.
2000 (Redshirt Freshman)
Started 63 of 73 games in center field ... Became the first OU freshman to earn
All-America honors as a third-team selection ... A first-team All-Big 12 selection
... First-team All-Midwest Region ... Owned the second-best batting average on
the team (.374) and hit .404 in Big 12 games ... Stole 23 bases in 28 attempts,
good for second on the team ... Ranked in the top 10 in four Big 12 categories,
including stolen bases (tied-fourth), batting average (sixth), hits (seventh)
and on-base percentage (eighth) ... Ranked sixth among Big 12 players with a .374
batting average ... Earned Big 12 Player-of-the-Week honors on April 11 after
going 7-for-9 at the plate in OU's win at Oklahoma State and two-game sweep of
Texas in Austin... Sported a 1.000 fielding percentage in 85 chances ... Named
to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team.
1999 (Freshman)
Granted a medical hardship ... Sat out the season with torn anterior cruciate ligaments
in both knees.
High School
Speedy slap hitter with excellent defensive skills ... An all-around athlete ... High
school coach was David Frost ... Named all-conference and all-region in 1997 and
all-conference, all-region and All-State in 1998 ... Sported a team-best .692 career
batting average in high school ... Received the President's Education Award ... Principal's
and Superintendent's Honor Roll member ... Lettered four years in softball, basketball
and track.
Personal
Full name is Erin Renee Evans ... Born February 28, 1980, in Wichita Falls, Texas
... Nickname is "Forest Gump" ... Parents are Carl and Sherry Evans ... Has two
brothers, Brandon and Michael, and a sister Marcy ... Both parents attended OU
... Science education major.
