Nancy Evans

National Camp Associate USFC

Nancy Evans is one of our most experienced Instructors. Not only has she been coaching at the University of Arizona the past few years, she also had an amazing playing career, which isn't over yet. At the University of Arizona, Nancy took home a mountain of hardware as a top player in the game throughout her career. Notable among those was the 1998 Honda Softball Award as the National Player of the Year, first-team All-America honors for two consecutive years, Academic All-America honors, All-College World Series honors and College World Series Most Valuable Player. Her Wildcat teams won three national championships. She redshirted due to injury in 1996.

Evans tied her own single-season record with a 36-2 mark in 1998, striking out 255 and recording a 0.98 earned run average. She finished her career with a record of 124-8, No. 1 on UA's chart and then No. 3 on the NCAA chart. It remains the best winning percentage in NCAA history. She won 10 games at the most critical time of the year - in College World Series action over four years - against two losses, one in the 1998 title game. Only two other Arizona players - All American shortstop Julie Standering in the 1980s and All-American Toni Mascarenas in the late 1990s - played more games in a Wildcat uniform than Evans. She did it in the circle, at third base, shortstop or second, and was a good enough batter to be the designated player numerous times. She finished her career in a number of top-10 Arizona offensive record categories, including hits, doubles, home runs, runs batted in and walks.

• Honda Softball Award Winner
• 2-time first team All-American
• 3-time NCAA National Champion
• College World Series MVP

Evans played on the USA National team in 1997 when her team won the gold medal in the Pan Am Games. In 1998, she went on to play overseas in Italy where she played in the European Championships. In 1999, she continued her professional career with the WPSL (Women's Professional Fastpitch League) as a member of the Tampa Bay Firestix and won a national championship. Evans graduated from the University of Arizona in 1998 with a degree in psychology. She is engaged to Steve Fesperman.