Enrolled at Eastern in January of 2010 after five semesters at the University of Maine…
Coach Holowaty: “Evan performed well at the University of Maine and we offered him an opportunity to come down here to see what he could do in the JV program. He can hit the ball very well but is not participating right now because of a shoulder operation."
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter in baseball …named to all-conference team junior and senior years as well as all-area and all-state team senior year…played in Connecticut-Massachusetts All Star Game as a senior… attended Woodstock Academy for three years…
Previous School: Appeared in one game with one at-bat in both 2008 and 2009 at the Division I school under Eastern baseball alumnus Steve Trimper…underwent rotator cuff surgery in 2008/09…
PERSONAL: born Evan A. Jones August 26, 1989… Major: Business… Parents: Kelly and Jim… Residence: Danielson, CT…
aunt, Tracy, is the all-time women’s basketball scoring leader at Providence College and a member of the Big East Silver Anniversary team and PC Hall of Fame and a former professional player in the now-defunct ABL...
EVAN... REVEALED
Favorite activity other than sports: Fishing with Joe and my Grandfather
Best place for pizza: Giant Pizza
Favorite actor: Denzel Washington and Leonardo Di Caprio
Most difficult aspect of college: Keeping up with reading day in and day out
When you were young, favorite game to pass time on a car trip: Name the artist with my dad
Most difficult aspect of your sport: Not letting failure effect your swagger
Best athlete of all time: Michael Phelps
Sport requiring the most strength: Football
Greatest song ever: Freebird
Favorite pro team: Boston Red Sox
One thing you would like to do before you die: Meet her and have a family of my own
Greatest coach of all time: I believe in Bill Holowaty
Your favorite moment of all time: Sox beating New York down 3-0 and winning the World Series in ’04
Most embarrassing moment: Taking a fly ball off the forehead
Favorite smell: New leather
A reality TV show you would like to see created: Snookin’ for love
Who were you or who do you hope you were in your first life? Paul Revere
Your greatest thrill in sports: A team coming together
Most important invention or discovery in your lifetime: Google
What would you like to get paid to do for a living? Something I can enjoy every day
Automobile you would buy tomorrow if you had the money: Chevy Camaro
Favorite amusement park ride: Rockin’ Roller Coaster at MGM
Scariest nightmare: My sister Corrinne falling out of a helicopter
Favorite city ever visited: Vegas, baby
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Beach volleyball
Greatest fear: 2012
World’s most recognizable person: Tiger Woods
Funniest comedian: Jo Koy
Scariest insect: I hate spiders!
Superstitions: Nothing specific, but I’m superstitious
Pet Peeve: Sleeping with socks on
Red Sox or Yankees: Red Sox (Yankees #@&$)
Biggest waste of money: Parking tickets
Something no one would miss if it was blown up: A-Rod
Best vacation of all time: Disney World ‘07
Chances of the U.S. winning the next World Cup: 20%
Amount of weekly allowance you would give to your children: $40