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Chico State men's soccer player Sam Evans

Sam Evans

  • Award
    Wildcat Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    11/18/2013
  • Sport
    Men's Soccer
  • Bio
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Sometimes a fully blossomed beard masks things. I'm not referring to the french fries or popcorn kernels that sometimes go missing amidst the mass of facial hair. (Though that can be challenge). In the case of Chico State men's soccer goalkeeper Sam Evans, it's his greatness in goal that goes unnoticed while folks are busy being wowed by his widespread whiskers.

Evans, this week's Wildcat of the Week, wrapped up his Chico State career over the weekend with his school-record 23rd shutout. Already the school record holder in career victories, Evans earned the clean sheet in Thursday's 1-0 win against Seattle Pacific University in the opening round of the NCAA Championship Tournament. He played perhaps the best game of his career to secure the win, matching his personal best with five saves.

The Wildcats tied UC San Diego 1-1 in Saturday's second round, but failed to advance on penalty kicks despite a pair of impressive penalty kick saves by Evans.

Thursday's win was the 37th of Evans' illustrious career. He finished with a four-year record of 37-12-12, having helped lead the Wildcats to three NCAA Championship Tournaments, three California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournaments, and a trio of CCAA North Division titles.

Evans' goals-against average of 0.61 this season is the second lowest in Chico State history, and his career GAA of 0.87 ranks third all time.

His beard? Simply the best.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
9/11/2023 Emma Hofmann Women's Soccer
9/11/2023 Mario Giannini Men's Cross Country
9/4/2023 Brooke Ono Volleyball
9/4/2023 Miles Rice Men's Soccer
5/15/2023 Tyler Ashman Men's Golf
5/15/2023 Marissa D'Atri Women's Track & Field
5/8/2023 Katie Hawley Women's Track & Field
5/8/2023 Vincent Rinaldi Men's Track & Field
5/1/2023 Tayler Berens Softball
5/1/2023 Jeffrey Ray Baseball
4/25/2023 Anastacia Alba Softball
4/25/2023 Giovanni Larrea Men's Track & Field
4/19/2023 Daniel Hernandez Men's Track & Field
4/19/2023 Savannah Bailey Women's Track & Field
4/11/2023 Mari Takeda Bajan Softball
4/11/2023 Jordan Ausbie Men's Track & Field
4/4/2023 Jack Emanuel Men's Track & Field
4/4/2023 Hannah Wirth Women's Track & Field
3/28/2023 Alexis Hinojosa Women's Track & Field
3/28/2023 Tyler Ashman Men's Golf
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