Evan Childs

2011-12 Gamecock Spotlight Video

Childs’s 2009 Game-by-Game Statistics
Childs’s 2010 Game-by-Game Statistics
Childs’s 2011 Game-by-Game Statistics
Childs’s 2012 Game-by-Game Statistics

• 2012 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  
• 2011 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  
• 2010 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
  
• 2008-09 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
  

CAREER: Finished her Gamecock career sixth in career homers (17) and homers per game (0.09) … Also fourth in career hit-by-pitches (13) and tied for 10th in career sacrifice flies (5) … Ranks fourth in assists (168), assists per game (1.83) and fielding percentage (.923) at third base during her career. 2012 (SENIOR): Drew starts in all 55 games and played third base in all of those … Started at shortstop on Senior Day … Led the Gamecocks in slugging percentage (.558), runs batted in (40), homers (11) and sacrifice flies (2) … Stood second on the team in runs scored (33), total bases (86) and hit by pitches (6) … Also stole seven bases, fourth on the team … Tied South Carolina’s single-season home run record and set a new high in homers per game (0.20) … Her 40 RBI tied for eighth in a single-season and ranked sixth in RBI per game (0.73) … Tied for seventh with the six HBPs … Posted a team-high 11 multi-RBI games … Went 4-for-4 with two doubles and a homer, driving in three runs, in the 11-3 win over Cleveland State (2/12) … Had a solo homer as part of her 2-for-4 day against Jacksonville (2/19) … Also hit a two-run homer in the 15-3 win over Villanova (2/19) … Drove in three runs in a 2-for-3 effort in the win at UC Riverside (3/3) … Tied a school record with two homers, including the walk-off winner in the seventh, in the 8-7 win over Arkansas … Went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer at No. 4/4 Florida (3/18) … Tallied a two-run blast in the 5-1 victory at Kentucky (4/6) … Tied the single-season record with a two-run homer against No. 8/7 Tennessee (4/22) … Posted an RBI in her final game at Mississippi (5/6) … Earned a spot on the Southeastern Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll. 2011 (JUNIOR): Started 40 games and played in 51 overall … Drew six starts at second before shifting to third base, where she was penciled in 34 times … Ranked third on the team with eight double plays turned, all coming at the hot corner … Also stole five bases in six tries … Scored two runs in the season opener against Charleston Southern (2/11) … Hit a home run in the win over Coastal Carolina (2/12) … Once she moved to the left side of the diamond, she took off offensively, posting three-straight two-hit games … In the middle game of the stretch against Stony Brook (3/6), she posted her only triple of the year … In the final game of the series against No. 1 Alabama (4/3), she drew a walk, stole second and made it to third representing the tying run in the 1-0 loss … Collected a hit in all three games at Arkansas (4/16-17), including adding a double … Had a home run in the win over No. 20 Kentucky (4/24) … Member of the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll. 2010 (SOPHOMORE): Earned recognition on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll … Played in 50 of 51 games, drawing 47 starts … Of her starts, 26 came at shortstop, 18 at the keystone and two in right field … Ranked second on the team in slugging percentage and third in on-base percentage … Her nine doubles also stood second on the squad … With 17 RBI, she finished third on the team … Had a .630 slugging percentage against lefties … Hit. .310 with runners in scoring position … Began the season with what finished the year as the second-longest hitting streak on the team at six games … Had two three-hit games in that stretch … Against Longwood (2/16), she tied a program-record with three doubles … Had a career-best four RBI in a 2-for-5 day that included her only triple of the year against Loyola (2/27) … Went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in the win over Mississippi State (4/17). 2009 (FRESHMAN): Named to the 2008-09 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll … Led the Gamecocks in playing in 44 games, starting 42 in the middle infield … Started 23 times at second base and 19 times at shortstop … Led the team with four home runs, 17 runs, three steals and 128 at bats while ranking second with 17 RBI and 10 walks … Also topped the squad by seeing 4.1 pitches per plate appearance … Stood fourth in slugging percentage and doubles … Went 3-for-7 in bases-loaded situations, driving in five runs, which topped the team … Tied for the team lead with five multi-RBI games, including two in the first two games of the year … Debuted with a double, two RBI and a run in the first game against College of Charleston (2/7) … Followed that with a 2-for-4 contest against the Cougars, hitting two home runs and driving in four RBI … Had the big strike with a three-run home run in the home 4-3 win over North Florida (2/20) … Doubled and drove in a run in her second game of SEC play against No. 2 Florida (3/7) … Went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in the second game against Mississippi (3/18) … Posted a five-game hitting streak that started in game one of the series against No. 4 Alabama (4/10) … Had a hit in all three games against the Crimson Tide, adding a stolen base and two runs during the two wins … Saw her hitting streak end in the second game at Mississippi State (4/18) … Hit a two-run home run in her return to Conway against Coastal Carolina (4/22) … Closed the year with a two-RBI day in the win over Kentucky (5/3). HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered five years at Conway H.S. for coach Herb McElvain and Dennis Monette after playing one year at Gaffney H.S. for Kelly Ellis … Earned ‘Toast of the Coast’ Player of the Year honors as a senior, while she was on the all-area listing as a junior … Picked up all-state honors as a junior and senior … Garnered all-region accolades five-consecutive years … A two-time team MVP as a senior and junior, while she was named offensive MVP as an eighth-grader … Hit .607 with six homers, six triples and five doubles, driving in 38 runs as a senior … Also stole 18 bases while scoring 29 runs in 2008 … Helped her team finish second in the region with a 14-8 record … As a junior, she hit .597 with six homers and 37 RBI … Also lettered four times in volleyball and three times in basketball … A three-time all-region and team MVP selection in volleyball … Selected to the basketball all-region list twice while being named team MVP as a junior … Played travel ball with the Carolina Flames … Led the squad to the 2008 WFC World Series title, while earning MVP honors for the tournament … Named the USMC and US Army Conway High Athlete of the year … A member for National Honor Society. PERSONAL: Evan Grace Childs was born to parents Kevin and Polly in Florence, S.C … .Has five siblings: older sister Hannah, older brother Josiah, twin brother Haddon, and younger brothers Judson and Ian … Haddon played baseball at Coker College … Chose the Gamecocks over Georgia and Mississippi State, among others … Lists Josh Hamilton as her favorite athlete … Lists surfing and wakeboarding among her hobbies … Studying sport and entertainment management.