Evan VanSumeren

Class:
Senior
Ht./Wt.:
5-10 / 195
Position:
OF
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.
High School:
Southside
B/T:
L/L

2015: Started 53 of 53 games played … hit .312 with three home runs, 14 doubles, 40 RBIs, 37 runs and 4-6 stolen bases … tied for second on team with 19 multi-hit games … tied for second on team with 12 multi-RBI games … season-best 10-game hitting streak (15-35, .429), second on team … season-best 13-game streak of reaching base, sixth on team … led team in at bats (218) and sacrifice hits (6), second in batting average, hits (68), total plate appearances (245) and hit by pitch (7), third in doubles and stolen bases, fourth in total bases (91), games and starts, and fifth in slugging percentage (.417), RBIs and runs … Summit League All-Tournament Team.

2014: Started 25 of 34 games played … hit .340 with three doubles, three RBIs, 24 runs and 4-6 stolen bases … tie for fifth on team with 12 multi-hit games … season-best seven-game hitting streak (13-25, .520) … season-best eight-game streak of reaching base … second on team in batting average.

2013 : Played in 40 games with 33 starts…Hit .220 (26-for-118) with four doubles and a triple to record 12 RBIs…Scored 11 runs and ended the year with 32 total bases…Held a .291 on-base percentage to go along with a .271 slugging percentage…Walked 10 times and was hit by a pitch three times…Stole five bases…Posted a .966 fielding percentage with 54 put outs and two assists…Made one appearance on the mound for IPFW at Oakland (May 14)…Struck out one batter in 2.1 innings of work…Gave up five earned runs off nine hits…First hit and RBI of the season was recorded vs. Morehead State (Feb. 16)…Exploded with a season-high three RBIs at Alabama A&M with a 3-for-5 day from the plate that included a triple and a base on balls…First double of the season came at Western Illinois (April 7)…Scored two runs at Alabama State and matched that effort with two more at Dayton…Went 3-for-5 at North Dakota State with a double and a run scored (May 17).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned an Academic Honors diploma at Southside High School... Two-time First Team All-SAC selection... 2012 Indiana Elite All-Star Baseball Challenge participant.

PERSONAL: Son of John and Shari VanSumeren... Has three siblings; Katrina, Johnny and Austin... Majoring in accounting.