Evans biography awards 2017
David W. and Beatrice C. Evans Biography Awards Winner Biography Award 2017
Given by Mountain West Center for Regional Studies, Utah State University
The Evans Biography Award is a $10,000 prize given to the best biography of a person who lived a significant portion show more of his or her life in the Interior West, or, in the words of the awards' founders, "Mormon Country" - that region historically influenced by Mormon institutions and social practices. The region is roughly an expanded Great Basin and Rocky Mountain region, extending south into Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, and north into southern Alberta, Canada.
Evans Biography Award website
First awarded in 1983
1984: two awards listed
1989: no award listed
1991: two awards listedshow less
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- All, 2017 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (1), 2009, 2010 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (2), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (2), 1990 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (2), 1985 (1), 1984 (2), 1983 (1)
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David W. and Beatrice C. Evans Biography Awards Finalist Biography Award 2017
Given by Mountain West Center for Regional Studies, Utah State University
The Evans Biography Award is a $10,000 prize given to the best biography of a person who lived a significant portion show more of his or her life in the Interior West, or, in the words of the awards' founders, "Mormon Country" - that region historically influenced by Mormon institutions and social practices. The region is roughly an expanded Great Basin and Rocky Mountain region, extending south into Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico, and north into southern Alberta, Canada.
Evans Biography Award website
First awarded in 1983
1984: two awards listed
1989: no award listed
1991: two awards listedshow less
- Stages:
- Categories:
- Years:
Jonny Evans
Northern Irish footballer (born 1988)
This article is about the Northern Irish footballer. For other people with similar names, see Jonathan Evans.
Jonathan Grant EvansMBE (born 3 January 1988) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Manchester United.
Evans started his career at Manchester United and progressed through the club's academy. He went on loan to Royal Antwerp and Sunderland to gain first-team experience before making his Manchester United first-team debut in the 2007–08 League Cup. He became a regular first-team squad member the following season, playing almost 200 matches for Manchester United and winning three Premier League titles amongst a host of other honours in an eight-year spell; however, he fell out of favour at the club under manager Louis van Gaal and left for West Bromwich Albion in 2015. After West Brom's relegation three years later, Evans signed for Leicester City, with whom he won the FA Cup in 2021. Following Leicester City's relegation in 2023, Evans was released and returned to his former club Manchester United.
Evans is the second-most decorated player in Northern Irish football history. He played over 100 matches for the Northern Ireland national team, and was ever-present in the team's run to the round of 16 at UEFA Euro 2016, before retiring from international football in 2024.
Club career
Manchester United
Evans was scouted while playing for Greenisland, the same club that his younger brother Corry and Craig Cathcart played for before moving to Manchester United. At the age of nine, he was invited to attend the Manchester United Centre of Excellence in Belfast, before being invited for a trial in Manchester a year later. Rule changes within The Football Association at the time meant that clubs were limited to players who lived within 90 minutes' travel of the club,
Keenan Evans
American basketball player
Keenan Evans (born August 23, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the EuroLeague. He played college basketball at Texas Tech University.
College career
A 6’3” point guard, after Evans starred at Lloyd V. Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas, he committed to Texas Tech to play for coach Tubby Smith. When Smith left Texas Tech to become head coach at Memphis, Evans stayed to play for Chris Beard, Smith's replacement.
As a junior, Evans averaged 15.4 points (7th in the Big 12) and 3 assists a game, was second in free throw percentage (.849) and ninth in field goal percentage (.464) in the Big 12, and was named third-team All-Big 12 Conference for the 2016–17 season.
As a senior in 2017–18, Evans emerged as the primary scoring option for the Red Raiders and led them to a top ten ranking during the season. He scored one of the most memorable baskets of the Red Raiders’ season as he hit a game-winner against in-State rival Texas on February in a game where he scored a career-high 38 points. Evans was named to the late-season watch lists for the Wooden Award and the Bob Cousy Award. For the season, he was averaged 17.6 points per game (2nd in the Big 12), and was 6th in field goal percentage (.471) and 7th in free throw percentage (.817).
Professional career
Grand Rapids Drive (2018–2019)
After going undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft, Evans signed a contract with the Golden State Warriors for their summer league team. He later signed a two-way contract with the Detroit Pistons. On January 15, 2019, Evans was waived by the Pistons, but was retained on the Drive roster.
Delaware Blue Coats (2019)
On January 22, 2019, Evans was traded to the Delaware Blue Coats along with the return