CAREER HONORS

• 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America Third Team
• 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District 3 First Team
• 2017-18 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

2019 – SOPHOMORE

• Played in 55 games with 50 starts and finished the year averaging .274 with 46 hits, six home runs and 39 RBIs. Finished third on the team in SLG% with a .446 with a .382 OBP
• Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in a 10-3 win over UNCW (6/1)
• Opened on a 2-for-4 performance with a home run in a loss to Liberty at the Chapel Hill Regional
• Hit 1-for-3 with an RBI in a loss to Ole Miss (5/18)
• Went 1-for-3 with a run scored in a win at Florida (5/12)
• Batted 3-for-4 with three  runs batted in and two runs scored in a win over Missouri (5/3)
• Recorded one run and an RBI while batting 2-for-4 in the win at Kentucky (4/20)
• Hit 2-for-3 with an RBI in a win over Morehead State (4/16)
• Went 1-for-1 with an RBI in a loss to Georgia (4/13)
• In a loss at Vanderbilt, went 2-for-4 with an RBI (3/31)
• Recorded a home run with three RBIs while hitting 2-for-3 in the win against ETSU (3/26)
• Went 3-for-4 in a win to Indiana in the series opener, scored a pair of runs, and an RBI double (2/22)
• Went 1-for-3 with his hit being a home run in a 3-0 win over App State (2/17)
• Saw action in left field and went 2-for-4 with a home run in the 6-0 win over App State (2/15)

2018 – FRESHMAN

• Appeared in 42 games (35 starts) as a freshman, batting .260 with 19 runs scored, three home runs and 23 RBI.
• Finished tied for second on the team with 17 RBI in SEC play.
• Had a nine-game hit streak from April 25 – May 11.
• Drove in a pair of runs and scored once in 8-7 win over Vanderbilt (5/13)
• Set a career-high with three hits and also drove in a run vs. No. 13 Kentucky (5/5)
• Went 2-or-4 with a triple and a run scored vs. Morehead State (5/1)
• Homered and drove in a pair of runs in loss at No. 20 Georgia (4/28)
• Had an RBI double and scored two runs vs. No. 21 Tennessee Tech (4/25)
• Hit a two-run homer in loss at No. 19 LSU (4/13)
• Set a career high with three runs scored and hit first-career triple in win over UT Martin (4/10)
• Scored twice, had two hits and had one RBI in a win over Belmont (4/3)
• Brought in the eventual game-winning run with an RBI walk for the second straight games vs. Alabama (3/24)
• Record a walk-off RBI walk in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Vols past Alabama (3/23)
• Launched a pinch-hit two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth against ETSU to record his first collegiate homerun (3/2)
• Had a hit, a run and an RBI while also drawing two walks in collegiate debut against Arkansas Pine Bluff (2/28)

HIGH SCHOOL

• Graduated from Scotts Hill High School
• 2017 Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American
• 2016 Perfect Game Underclass Honorable Mention
• Ranked as the No. 2 catcher and 30th overall player in the state of Tennessee by Perfect Game
• Helped lead Scotts Hill High School to a 30-11 record and a Tennessee Class A state title in 2016
• Batted .428 with a .537 on-base percentage and a .624 slugging percentage in 2016. Also posted a 2.80 ERA with 93 strikeouts over 63.0 innings pitched for the Lions.
• Helped lead Team Tennessee to the Junior Sunbelt National Championship in 2016 and was named team MVP
• Was an All-State performer in both baseball and football

PERSONAL

• Full name is Evan Bennett Russell
• Born July 26, 1998 in Jackson, Tenn.
• Son of Jason and Teresa Russell
• Has two siblings, Taylor and Madeline
• Majoring in Business Finance
• Hobbies include hunting and fishing
• Modeled his game after Josh Donaldson
• Chose Tennessee over Middle Tennessee, Memphis and Mississippi State
• First student-athlete from Scotts Hill High School to earn a scholarship to an SEC school in any sport