Shawn Evans

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Born	April 28, 1986 (1986-04-28) (age 22), Peterborough, Ontario, CA
Position	Forward
Height Weight	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 pounds (82 kg)
NLL Team	Rochester Knighthawks
Nationality	Canada
Pro Career	2006 – present

Shawn Evans (b. April 28, 1986 in Peterborough, Ontario) is a lacrosse player for the Rochester Knighthawks in the National Lacrosse League. Evans' older brother Scott also plays for the Knighthawks and his oldest brother Stephen is the assistant coach for the Chicago Shamrocks also in the N.L.L. Shawn has been voted best Junior player 3 years in a row and has also earned the scoring title as many times. Evans won a Mann Cup with the Peterborough Lakers in 2004(when he played one game in the playoffs), 2006, and 2007. Evans is the only 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 Champions Cup (the National Lacrosse League championship) all within 12 months of each other. Evans is also the only lacrosse player in history to win 2 Minto Cups back to back (2006 & 2007) with 2 different Junior teams.

Evans played a year of NCAA Division I lacrosse at Bellarmine University in 2005. He was the leading freshman scorer that year totalling 53 goals and 21 assists for 74 points.

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			Regular Season							Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	LB	PIM
2006	Rochester		15	21	16	37	110	59		2	2	2	4	15	0
2007	Rochester		16	32	34	66	121	36		3	3	5	8	32	2
NLL Totals			31	53	50	103	231	95		5	5	7	12	47	2

Persondata
NAME	Evans, Shawn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Lacrosse player
DATE OF BIRTH	April 28, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH	Peterborough, Ontario
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH