BY THE NUMBERS
A prolific passer since enrolling at Louisville, Evans has improved her shooting percentage tremendously over the past three seasons. As a freshman she connected on 22.4 percent of her shots from long range, but since, she is making 39.1 percent, and draining more than two three balls per game. She has also led the team in assists in each of he four seasons with the Cardinals, and finished her career ranked sixth in Louisville history for career assists. Last season, Evans became the first player in ACC history to be named Player of the Year one season after taking home Sixth Woman of the Year honors. She doubled up on her ACC Player of the Year hardware as a senior.
| CAREER COLLEGIATE STATISTICS | |||||||||||||||||||
| G-GS | Min-MPG | FG-FGA | FG% | 3G-3GA | 3G% | FT-FTA | FT% | OR | DR | REB | RPG | PF-DQ | A | TO | B | S | Pts | PPG | |
| 2017-18 (Louisville) | 39-1 | 820 | 71-195 | .364 | 11-49 | .224 | 47-59 | .797 | 10 | 67 | 77 | 2.0 | 89-1 | 134 | 70 | 2 | 43 | 200 | 5.1 |
| 2018-19 (Louisville) | 36-5 | 933 | 130-311 | .418 | 50-130 | .385 | 64-76 | .842 | 19 | 68 | 87 | 2.4 | 72-1 | 145 | 66 | 1 | 56 | 374 | 10.4 |
| 2019-20 (Louisville) | 30-29 | 1012 | 176-423 | .416 | 90-209 | .431 | 97-109 | .890 | 10 | 73 | 83 | 2.8 | 41-0 | 125 | 75 | 0 | 24 | 539 | 18.0 |
| 2020-21 (Louisville) | 30-30 | 986 | 221-514 | .430 | 71-201 | .353 | 89-102 | .873 | 7 | 73 | 80 | 2.7 | 52-0 | 117 | 64 | 2 | 38 | 602 | 20.1 |
| Totals | 135-65 | 3751 | 598-1443 | .414 | 222-589 | .377 | 297-346 | .858 | 46 | 281 | 327 | 2.4 | 254-2 | 521 | 275 | 5 | 161 | 1715 | 12.7 |
| HONORS |
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| Naismith Trophy Semifinalist | 2020, 2021 |
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| All-American | 2021 (First Team—espnW, Sports Illustrated, AP, WBCA, USBWA) |
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| 2020 (First Team—WBCA) | ||
| 2020 (Second Team—AP, USBWA) | ||
| Wooden Award National Ballot | 2020, 2021 |
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| Wade Trophy Mid-Season Watch List | 2020, 2021 |
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| Dawn Staley Award Late-Season Watch List | 2021 |
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| Dawn Staley Award Midseason Watch List | 2020 | |
| Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Finalist | 2020, 2021 |
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| ACC Player of the Year | 2020, 2021 |
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| All-ACC First Team | 2020, 2021 |
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| ACC Sixth Woman of the Year | 2019 |
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| All-ACC Tournament | 2020, 2021 |
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| ACC All-Freshman Team | 2018 | |
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
“She went from coming off the bench—she was the ACC sixth player of the year as a sophomore—to the league’s best player and the leader on a team that won 28 games. Evans’ improvement came in every facet of her game, but her long-range shooting is what stands out the most. The Cardinals have plenty of talent to be a national title contender again, but that all starts with Evans.”
~ Charlie Creme, ESPN.com
“Evans has gone from complementary standout as a freshman to emerging star as a junior and now the reigning ACC player of the year with all of that responsibility and pressure. She’s responsible for 22 percent of Louisville’s attempts this season. That isn’t quite Asia Durr territory (26 percent as a senior), but it gives the otherwise balanced depth chart a cornerstone.”
~ Graham Hays, espnW
“Body language is everything in basketball. And you’ve got to portray some toughness. You’ve got to have a little stank to you, like I’m gonna come at ya, with just grit. Not cocky, but we’ve got this. That’s what Dana Evans does. She might not be tall, but you can feel her passion. You can feel her energy.”
~ Sam Purcell, Louisville assistant coach