Methodist University Athletics

Jansen Evans, class of 1988, was perhaps one of the best baseball players to ever don the Green & Gold. He captained the first Monarch squad to reach an NCAA Division III World Series in 1986 and holds the NCAA D-III record in career runs scored (267) while continuing to rank in the top five nationally in career hits, at-bats and stolen bases. In addition to having his No. 16 jersey retired by the program in 1988, Evans' name is prevalent in the Methodist baseball record book. He tops career lists in five categories and is in the top five in five others, while continuing to hold three single-season records and ranking fifth or higher in three other categories. Evans, who was a three-time all-conference selection and two-time first team All-American, is the fourth baseball player inducted into the Methodist Athletics Hall of Fame.