Grant Evans

Men's Lacrosse at Air Force (Feb. 3, 2024)

Marquette University, Milwaukee, Valley Fields, Lacrosse, Scrimmage, 50 Grant Evans

Photo by: Marquette Athletics

Position:
Face-Off
Height:
5-10
Weight:
210
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pa.
High School:
Upper Saint Clair
Prev School:
Grove City College

Honors and Awards:

BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2022-23)

2024 Season (GS): Played in seven games and won 15-of-29 faceoffs (.517) with nine ground balls.

2023 Season (GS): Appeared in 12 games and won 77-of-142 faceoffs (.542) with 47 ground balls and one goal ... Scored his lone goal against then-No. 5 Penn State (March 18) while leading the team with 10 face-off wins on 13 draws ... Won 15 faceoffs on the road against Providence (April 1).

Prior to Marquette: Evans played four seasons at Grove City College, where he was a two-time USILA Third Team All-American and the NCAA statistical champion in face-off percentage as a freshman in 2019.

2022 (Grove City - Sr.): USILA Third Team All-American ... PAC Defensive Player of the Year ... Faceoff percentage of 74 percent with 197 ground balls ... Also scored 13 goals and added six assists... ECAC DIII Defensive Player of the Year ... All-PAC First Team ... PAC tournament most outstanding player ... Team captain ... IMCLA second team all-region

2021 (Grove City - Jr.): USILA Third Team All-American ... Scored eight goals and six assists ... Faceoff percentage of 80.0 percent and recorded 162 ground balls ... Earned PAC Defensive Player of the Year and All-PAC First Team ... IMCLA second team all-region.

2020 (Grove City - So. (COVID)): Inside Lacrosse DIII Honorable Mention All-America ... Scored two goals and had two assists.

2019 (Grove City - Fr.): Presidents' Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year ... First Team All-PAC ... Led NCAA Division III by winning 79.5 percent of his faceoffs (215 ground balls) ... Won all 17 faceoffs in conference tournament title win over Westminster ... Won 22 of 29 faceoffs against Maritime (N.Y.) in NCAA Tournament ... Recorded team-leading 215 ground balls ... Also scored 15 goals and finished fourth on team with 18 assists.

High School: Evans earned three letters in lacrosse and one in soccer at Upper Saint Clair High School ... Played for Duke's Lacrosse Club.

Personal: Evans was born in Pittsburgh and is the middle child to John and Donna Evans ... Has an older sister, Alice, and a younger sister, Elena ... Pursuing his MBA at Marquette.