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SUMMER 2008
Played for the Danville Dans of the Central Illinois Collegiate League ... Led the Dans to a 24-23 record, including a second-half title (14-9) ... Danville lost to the Springfield Sliders two games to one in the CICL championship series ... Hit .196 (21-for-107) with eight doubles, two triples, one home run and 18 RBI in 31 games ... Also had 11 runs scored and walked 17 times ... Did not commit an error in 76 total chances.
2008 (REDSHIRT)
Sat out season as a non-medical redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Grapevine [Texas] High School ... Played first base and center field for head coach Tim McCune ... Earned all-district honors during junior and senior seasons ... Named first-team all-area and all-state as a senior ... Played in area and state all-star games in 2007 ... Hit .325 with three triples, 21 RBI and eight stolen bases as a junior ... Hit .484 with four home runs during senior season ... Also played defensive end for Grapevine football team ... Earned first-team all-district in football as a senior ... Drafted in the 45th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Cleveland Indians.
PERSONAL
Full name is Daniel Travis Evatt ... Born Nov. 27, 1988, in Lubbock, Texas ... Son of Tracy and Julie Evatt ... Speech communciation major ... One-time Big 12 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.
