Shawn Evans (born April 28, 1986, in

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) is a

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professional

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player who plays for the

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in the

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, and the

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. Evans' brothers, Scott and Stephen have also played in the NLL. Evans is one of two lacrosse player in history to win the

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(the Canadian Junior lacrosse title), the

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(the Canadian Senior lacrosse title), and the NLL Champion's Cup all within 12 months of each other. He is also only one of three lacrosse players in history (the others being

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and

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) to win 2 Minto Cups back to back (2006 & 2007) with 2 different Junior teams. In May

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, after winning the scoring title with 112 points, Evans was named NLL MVP.

Junior career

During his seven-year tenure with the Peterborough Lakers and the

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, Evans scored 199 goals and 462 points. He also finished his playoff career with 71 goals and 194 points. In combination with his regular season and playoff points, Evans his ranked 29th all time in Canadian Junior A lacrosse history with 656. Evans' awards and accomplishments during his junior career include: * 2 Bobby Allan Awards (top scorer) - (2006–2007) * 2 OLA Jr.A regular season MVP awards - (2006–2007) * 3 Jim Veltman Awards (Most outstanding player) - (2005–2007) * 1 OLA Jr.A championship - (2007 with the

) * 2

National Championships - (2006 with the Peterborough Lakers, 2007 with the Six Nations Arrows) * 1

M.V.P award - (2006)

College career

Evans played a year of NCAA Division I lacrosse at

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in 2005. He was the leading freshman scorer that year totalling 53 goals and 21 assists for 74 points.

Statistics

NLL

Reference:

OLA Jr.A

MSL

MLL

Awards

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Shawn 1986 births Living people Bellarmine Knights men's lacrosse players Canadian expatriate lacrosse people in the United States Canadian lacrosse players Lacrosse forwards Lacrosse people from Ontario National Lacrosse League major award winners Rochester Knighthawks players Calgary Roughnecks players Sportspeople from Peterborough, Ontario