Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week: Matt Evans

Great Lake Canadians grad and Cloud County T-Birds outfielder Matt Evans (Tillsonburg, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network college Player of the Week. Photo: Cloud County Community College Athletics

March 31, 2025

By Matt Betts

Canadian Baseball Network

There’s no denying the success the Cloud County Community College Thunderbirds have had recruiting north of the border. 

Look no further than Cleveland Guardians left-handed pitcher Erik Sabrowski (Edmonton, Alta.) who toed the rubber in Concordia, Kan. before making the climb to the big leagues. 

Or this season, where they have 15 Canucks on their roster. 

One of them is outfielder Matthew Evans (Tillsonburg, Ont.) who’s coming of an impressive week at the plate. 

It began with a 3-for-4 game with a solo home run in a 15-4 loss to Cowley College. 

That was followed by a four-game series against Seward County Community College that saw Evans produce nine hits. 

He had a hit, an RBI and was hit by a pitch during a 7-6 Game 1 loss. In Game 2, a 17-9 win, he went 3-for-6 with a home run and three RBIs. 

After legging out a double in a Game 3 win, he came a home run shy of the cycle in a 14-4 Game 4 victory, going 4-for-5 with three RBIs. 

Matthew Evans is the Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week for March 24 to 30. 

Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week: 

Week 1: OF David Alvarez (Woodbridge, Ont.) - Northwest Florida State College  

Week 2: RHP Carter Krawchuk (St. Catharines, Ont.) - Seminole State College of Florida 

Week 3: INF Alfonso Villalobos (Kirkland, Que.) - Southeastern University 

Week 4: OF Jude Hall (Chilliwack, BC) - Southeastern Louisiana University 

Week 5: LHP/INF Cory Wouters (Saskatoon, Sask.) - McCook Community College 

Week 6: INF Core Jackson (Wyoming, Ont.) - University of Utah 

Week 7: RHP Blake Gillespie (Lucan, Ont.) - University of North Carolina at Charlotte 

Week 8: C/OF Kyle Yip (Calgary, Alta.) - University of British Columbia  

Week 9: RHP Micah Bucknam (Abbotsford, BC) - Dallas Baptist University 

Week 10: OF Matt Evans (Tillsonburg, Ont.) - Cloud County Community College