Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 SEASON
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week	February 13, April 3
2025 SEASON
BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll	February 17
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team	2022-23
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Fall 2022, Spring 2025

On Evanchick: Started all 12 games he appeared in 2024… Took home BIG EAST Freshman of the Week twice in his debut campaign by recording 30 ground balls and forcing 14 turnovers his freshman season… Was a two-sport standout in high school … Earned all-state honors in Connecticut as both a lacrosse and football player during his scholastic career … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2022 semester.

2025: Served as a team captain in his junior season… Played and started in two games before missing the rest of the season due to injury… Caused two turnovers and picked up six ground balls in the two contests… Forced a turnover and scooped up four ground balls in Villanova’s upset win over No. 9 Yale… Earned a BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll nod for his performance in the game against the Bulldogs.
 
2024: Started all 12 games he appeared in his sophomore season… Had 33 ground balls and nine caused turnovers for the year… Notably had a ground ball in every game he played in… Attempted two shots with one coming on goal in the win over Monmouth… Caused three turnovers with four ground balls in the win over Colgate on February 24.
 
2023: Started all 15 games during his freshman season earning BIG EAST Freshman of the Week Honors for the weeks of February 13 and April 3… Was fifth on the team with 30 ground balls and fourth on the team in forced turnovers with 14… Recorded assists against Yale, Delaware, and St. Johns.
 
Darien High School: Earned four varsity letters in lacrosse and three in football as a defensive end … As a lacrosse player was a two-time all-state honoree, earning first team accolades as a senior and second team honors as a junior … First team all-league choice his junior and senior seasons … As a senior in football was a first team all-conference selection and was ranked among the top 25 players in the state … Earned second team all-state accolades in football as a sophomore … Had the second-most sacks in the state his sophomore and senior seasons.
 
Club Lacrosse: Played for Eclipse Lacrosse Club from 2017-21.
 
Personal: Born 4/14/04 in Norwalk, Conn. … Youngest of four children of Joe and Christine Evanchick … Has three older siblings: Mark, Drew, and Elizabeth … Brother, Mark, played college lacrosse at Penn and went on to play professionally for the MLL Philadelphia Barrage in 2020 … Enjoys fishing, hiking and golfing in his spare time … Chose to attend Villanova for its strong academics, loyal alumni network and competitive athletics … Felt that the school was large enough to offer numerous activities outside the classroom but small enough to know his professors and classmates … Noted the community’s reputation for providing help and guidance to its students was an important factor for him … Plans to major in Economics.