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Jeff Evans
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Sports Information Director
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Jeff Evans enters his third year as the Director of Sports Information at Western Washington University in 2017-18. He started his position Oct. 12, 2015.
Evans joined the WWU Athletics Department after serving with the Mariners as Assistant Director of Baseball Information from 2007-2015, with his primary focus as the main point of contact for baseball information and statistical data.
While with the Mariners, Evans managed public relations campaigns for Cy Young winner Felix Hernandez in 2010 and Gold Glove winner Kyle Seager in 2014, created content to help promote players for All-Star selections and Major League Baseball awards, was editor of the annual media guide and yearbook, developed and served as main editor for the Mariners' official blog and executed the launch of the Mariners Virtual Press Box. He also managed the production and distribution of daily game notes, news releases and historical records to assist the media coverage of the team.
Prior to that, Evans was the Manager of Baseball Media Relations for one season with the Texas Rangers Baseball Club (2006) and was an assistant SID at Arizona State University (2000-05). With ASU he worked closely with the nationally ranked Sun Devil baseball program and promoted several All-Americans. Additionally he served as the Press Officer for the USA Baseball National Team during the summer of 2004, a team that consisted of 21 future Major League players.
Evans graduated from Washington State University in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in public relations from the Edward R. Morrow College of Communications. As an undergraduate, he worked three years in athletic media relations for the Cougars under College Sports Information Directors Association Hall of Famer Rod Commons.
Evans is a 1996 graduate of Peninsula High School in Gig Harbor. He is married to the former Kim Parrish. They have two children, son Charlie, and daughter Caroline.
