Amethyst Evans

Position:
Foil/Right Hand
Height:
5-5
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Chattanooga, Tenn.
High School:
Baylor School

Has not yet declared a major and is enrolled in the General College ... A National Merit Finalist

Fencing at UNC: In her second year on the squad … Qualified for NCAA Regionals as a freshman, finishing 33rd in women’s foil

Before UNC: Graduate of the Baylor School ... Lettered in fencing all four years ... Team co-captain her junior and senior years ... Her team won state championships in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... Junior Olympics qualifier all four years ... Started fencing when she was in eighth grade at the encouragement of her Latin teacher, who was also the fencing coach

More on Evans: Born in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. ... Daughter of Mandie Jones and Amy Smith, and Tim Evans ... Her father played football at Tennessee-Chattanooga ... Has one sister ... Favorite pastimes are reading, knitting and crocheting, and singing to herself when she thinks no one else is around ... Loves hot tea ... Athlete she admires most is her former coach, Kristin A. Vines ... After graduation, hopes to fulfill her life-long dream of reading "everything good ever published" and learn to cook something other than hot water and cookies ... Dream job is to be a "well-to-do but not internationally famous" author