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Jo Evans to be Inducted into Utah Athletics Hall of Fame
10/16/2017 4:22 PM | Softball
Former player and coach becomes seventh softball entree
SALT LAKE CITY - The University of Utah will enshrine Jo Evans into the Crimson Club Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 20 at Rice-Eccles Stadium & Tower.
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Evans will become the seventh Utah Softball player/coach to be inducted, joining Annette Ausseresses (1998), Charmelle Green (2001), Michele Townsend Graves (2004), Ali Andrus Sagas (2009), Norma Carr (2012) and Melonie Kent (2015)
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Evans earned All-High Country Athletic Conference honors and led the Utes to the 1982 NCAA College World Series as a player. She returned to her alma mater as the head coach from 1990-96 and directed Utah to a 222-143 record along with a pair of College World Series appearances in 1991 and '94.
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The Utes also won two Western Athletic Conference titles and Evans' 1994 team set the school record with 51 wins, placed fifth in the CWS and was ranked No. 7 in the country. She has been the head coach at Texas A&M since 1997, winning over 1,100 games. Evans was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches' Association Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Festivities will begin Thursday at 5 p.m. when there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Dumke Family Softball Stadium to commemorate the Jo Evans Locker Room.
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Evans will then be inducted into the Hall of Fame Friday evening and honored along with all the other inductees during the Utah-Arizona State football game on Saturday.
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The weekend concludes with the Alumni Game at Dumke Family Softball Stadium at 11 a.m. on Sunday
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday – 5 p.m.
Jo Evans Locker Room Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Dumke Family Softball Stadium
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Friday
Crimson Club Hall of Fame Induction at Rice Eccles Stadium followed by the Ute Varsity Club Student-Athlete Reunion
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Saturday
Hall of Fame inductees honored during Utah-ASU football contest at Rice-Eccles Stadium
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Sunday – 11 a.m.
Alumni Game at Dumke Family Softball Stadium
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Evans will become the seventh Utah Softball player/coach to be inducted, joining Annette Ausseresses (1998), Charmelle Green (2001), Michele Townsend Graves (2004), Ali Andrus Sagas (2009), Norma Carr (2012) and Melonie Kent (2015)
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Evans earned All-High Country Athletic Conference honors and led the Utes to the 1982 NCAA College World Series as a player. She returned to her alma mater as the head coach from 1990-96 and directed Utah to a 222-143 record along with a pair of College World Series appearances in 1991 and '94.
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The Utes also won two Western Athletic Conference titles and Evans' 1994 team set the school record with 51 wins, placed fifth in the CWS and was ranked No. 7 in the country. She has been the head coach at Texas A&M since 1997, winning over 1,100 games. Evans was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches' Association Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Festivities will begin Thursday at 5 p.m. when there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Dumke Family Softball Stadium to commemorate the Jo Evans Locker Room.
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Evans will then be inducted into the Hall of Fame Friday evening and honored along with all the other inductees during the Utah-Arizona State football game on Saturday.
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The weekend concludes with the Alumni Game at Dumke Family Softball Stadium at 11 a.m. on Sunday
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday – 5 p.m.
Jo Evans Locker Room Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Dumke Family Softball Stadium
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Friday
Crimson Club Hall of Fame Induction at Rice Eccles Stadium followed by the Ute Varsity Club Student-Athlete Reunion
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Saturday
Hall of Fame inductees honored during Utah-ASU football contest at Rice-Eccles Stadium
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Sunday – 11 a.m.
Alumni Game at Dumke Family Softball Stadium
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