Evan Martin

Photo by: Will Becque

Photo by: Will Becque

Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Height:
6-1
Weight:
175
Hometown:
Manchester, Mo.
High School:
Parkway South

2022 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)

2022 Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete First Team ... Played in 46 games and started 32 (mostly RF and DH) ... Hit .252/.394/.358 ... Hit 1 HR, drove in 30 runs and scored 32 runs ... Had a season-high 3 hits vs. Valparaiso May 1 ... Had a season-high 3 RBIs in two games ... MVC: 17 games, 12 starts ... .250/.333/.368 ... Hit 0 MVC HR and drove in 9 runs ... Was 5 for 8 in bases loaded situations ... Was 3 for 9 as a pinch hitter.

2021 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)

Played in 54 games and started 43, 39 in right field and 4 at DH ... Hit .261/.321/.440 ... Hit 10 doubles, 3 triples, and 5 home runs ... Drove in 31 runs and scored 35 ... Went 8-for-10 stealing bases ... 13 multi-hit games and 8 multi-RBI games ... Had a season-high three hits in four games ... Hit the game-winning three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning of a 6-5 seven-inning game win over Missouri State (May 1) ... Went 7-for-14 with a double, 2 home runs, 5 RBIs, and 4 runs scored in SIU's series win over Evansville (March 12-14) ... Went 3-for-4 with 2 doubles and 3 runs scored in SIU's MVC Tournament win over Valparaiso (May 28) ... Was 3 for 7 in bases loaded situations (.429) ... Was 2 for 8 as a pinch hitter (.250) ... Earned the MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2020 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)

Collegiate Baseball Magazine Freshman All-American ... Played in 12 games and started five in the outfield ... Slashed .429/.556/.619 ... Rated No. 10 freshman hitter in the nation by D1Baseball ... Went 9-for-21 with a double, home run, and seven runs scored ... Only player on the team to walk more than he struck out ... Went 4-for-5 stealing bases ... Did not commit an error in the outfield ... Ended the year on a four-game hitting streak (Hit 8-for-13 during the streak and reached base in 12 of 17 plate appearances) ... Hit a three-run homer at Morehead State (March 1); his season-high for RBIs ... Went 3-for-3 (March 7) and 2-for-3 (March 8) in the final two games of the Northern Illinois series (also stole two bases and scored four runs in those two games) ... The 3 hit game vs. NIU was a season-high.

2019 (FRESHMAN)

Red shirted ... MVC Academic Honor Roll.

PRIOR TO SIU

Three-year starter in high school ... 2016 and 2017 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American Honorable Mention ... Set school records for single-season and career triples ... Honor roll student.

PERSONAL

Son of Barbara Graham and Tanarrio Martin ... Born September 27, 1999, in St. Louis ... Mother, Barbara, went to SIU ... Graduated in mathematics ... Pursuing a masters degree in strategic analytics.