Evan Roberts

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Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

Height:
5-11
Weight:
189
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Newburyport, Mass.
High School:
St. John's Prep

Major: English

2018: Made 15 appearances, all but one coming as weekend starts… 2018 captain… named to the Atlantic 10 All-Championship team after tossing his third complete game of the season in the opening round of the tournament, striking out six and surrendering just one walk against Richmond (5/23), where he didn’t allow a runner past first for four consecutive frames, and was just one of two pitchers to toss a complete game in the tournament… struck out a career-high 12 across eight innings with no walks at Rhode Island (3/31)… threw first CG shutout of his career at Richmond (4/20)… went first three starts (21 IP) without allowing a walk… struck out seven in eight innings vs. Lehigh (3/3)… also struck out six vs. Lafayette (2/18) and at Saint Joseph’s (4/14)… allowed just three hits over 7.2 innings against George Mason (4/7)…

2017: Appeared in 21 contests, making 13 starts, cementing himself as the ‘Cats Sunday starter… started the “if necessary” A-10 Title game after starting the second round matchup two days earlier… catapulted the ‘Cats into the NCAA Regional Final with a dominant performance vs. FGCU, where he threw a career-high eight innings, allowing just one walk and scattering five hits (6/3)… struck out a career-high eight in 7.2 innings during the second round of the A-10 Tournament vs. George Mason (5/25)… allowed one walk or less in all but one appearance… struck out five in 7.1 innings vs. Texas A&M in the NCAA Super Regional… finished with a 4.18 ERA and a 4-1 record, tossing 84 innings and tallying 51 strikeouts and just 18 walks…

2016: Made 23 appearances, making five starts … posted a 3-4 record … picked up one save … pitched 51.0 innings, allowing 30 earned runs off 68 hits with 32 strikeouts for a 5.29 ERA … recorded three-or-more strikeouts on four occasions … pitched the final 2.0 scoreless innings at Campbell to pick up his second-career save (3/11) … recorded a season-high five strikeouts in 4.2 innings at Dayton (5/13) … started the first 6.2 innings for a season high and allowed just three runs for the win against VCU in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/26).

2015: Appeared in 20 games, making one start … posted an overall record of 2-1 … allowed 16 runs off 34 hits with 15 strikeouts for a 4.45 ERA … recorded his first-career save, pitching 1.1 scoreless innings against Dayton (4/17) … pitched 2.2 innings and allowed two runs off four hits for his first-career win against No. 21 North Carolina (3/17) … recorded a season-high four strikeouts at Winthrop (3/31) … pitched a scoreless 2.2 innings with two strikeouts against Duke (5/5).

Prep/Personal: Pitched for one year on varsity, going 8-2 with a 1.17 ERA in senior season … named All-Scholastic by the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and Salem News … voted high school Team Captain and MVP … named Most Valuable Pitcher of Massachusetts vs. Connecticut All-Star Game … was a Massachusetts Mr. Baseball finalist … involved in National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society … intends to major in Economics.