Shawn Evans (lacrosse)

Shawn Evans
Born (1986-04-28) April 28, 1986 (age 38)
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight180 pounds (82 kg)
PositionForward
NLL draft2nd overall, 2005
Rochester Knighthawks
NLL team
Former teams
Vancouver Warriors
Rochester Knighthawks
New England Black Wolves
Calgary Roughnecks
Buffalo Bandits
Halifax Thunderbirds
MSL teamPeterborough Lakers
Pro career2006–

Shawn Evans (born April 28, 1986, in Peterborough, Ontario) is a former Canadian professional lacrosse player who played in the National Lacrosse League, and the Major League Lacrosse. Evans' brothers, Scott and Stephen have also played in the NLL.[1] Evans is one of two lacrosse player in history to win the Minto Cup (the Canadian Junior lacrosse title), the Mann Cup (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 Craig Conn and Mark Matthews) to win 2 Minto Cups back to back (2006 & 2007) with 2 different Junior teams.

In May 2013, after winning the scoring title with 112 points, Evans was named NLL MVP.[2]

  1. ^ "Stephen "Evvy" Evans joins defending champs". TorontoRock.com. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  2. ^ "Calgary's Evans wins 2013 NLL MVP award presented by Reebok". NLL.com. May 9, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013.