George Evans is a former basketball

Basketball

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 standout at George Mason University

George Mason University

George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...

 from 1997-2001. He ranks first all time at George Mason in steals (218) and blocked shots (211), third in points (1,953) and rebounds (953), and 13th in assists (226).

Basketball career

Evans shares a record with David Robinson

David Robinson (basketball)

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 as being the only 2 players in CAA

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 history to win 3 consecutive Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year

Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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. In addition, Evans is one of just four players in NCAA history to record more than 200 steals, assists and blocked shots for a career, joining former Kansas star Danny Manning

Danny Manning

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, former LaSalle standout Lionel Simmons and current NBA player Shane Battier

Shane Battier

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.

After he graduated from George Mason University

George Mason University

George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...

 in 2001, Evans was the first pick overall in the USBL

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 draft on April 12, 2001, by the now defunct Maryland Mustangs. Soon after, he joined the professional basketball team Mons-Hainaut in Belgium

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. With the 2008/09 Season he joined TBB Trier

TBB Trier

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 in Germanys first division. He left the team in April 2011 for family reasons.

Evans also served in the Army Reserves and is a veteran of the Persian Gulf War

Gulf War

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.

Professional career

Mons-Hainaut - Belgian League 1

Year	G	PPG	RPG	AST	ST	TO	BLK	FG%	FT%	3P%
2001-02	30	17.0	8.6	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	60.2	52.6	0.0
2002-03	27	17.4	5.8	1.7	2.4	1.9	0.8	68.1	54.8	0.0
2003-04	36	17.2	6.3	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	64.3	53.6	33.3
2004-05	36	17.0	7.7	2.6	2.0	2.4	0.3	68.3	56.6	0.0
2005-06	38	18.3	7.0	2.5	3.1	2.9	0.4	69.7	61.2	0.0
2006-07	26	16.3	6.4	2.7	2.0	2.5	0.7	65.9	66.7	33.3