2018 – FRESHMAN YEAR
Served as the team’s top pinch-running option and saw action in 17 games while scoring eight runs … made his collegiate debut in a reserve role vs. Longwood (Feb. 17) … scored his first run vs. Bryant (Feb. 24) … recorded his first collegiate hit with a pinch-hit single vs. BYU (Mar. 3) … scored the walk-off run in a pair of postseason games – SEC Tournament opener vs. Kentucky (May 22) and Auburn’s first super regional win in program history vs. Florida (June 10). 

HIGH SCHOOL
Played for Josh Rider at Boyd Buchanan High School in Chattanooga, Tenn. … started 121 of the 122 games he played … career .447 hitter … collected 45 career doubles and 15 career triples … stole 118-of-123 bases … scored 159 runs in 122 games and drove in 87 … set the school record for single-season hits in back-to-back seasons with 51 and 52 during his freshman and sophomore campaigns … rated the No. 1 shortstop and No. 15 player in Tennessee by Perfect Game … four-time All-District honoree and Team Defensive MVP … three-time All-Region performer and two-time All-State player …  2016 Underclass 3rd team All-American … member of the National Honor Society … named Tennessee Valley and North Georgia Chevy Dealers Scholar-Athlete … also a three-year basketball letterman ... two-time All-District and All-Region basketball player

PERSONAL
Son of Jimmy and Shelly Evans … has two siblings, Eli and Bo … Rudy Simpson (grandfather) is a member of the University of Florida Sports Hall of Fame and played for the Cleveland Indians organization … Rick Simpson (uncle) played baseball at Florida and UCF … his mom, Shelly, played softball at Nicholls State University … studying in the College of Business