Domestic hockey Club level Evans started playing hockey at age 7 for
Burnside HC. She transferred clubs to
North East HC (NEHC) whilst still a junior player. At just age 12, she made her debut for the NEHC Division 1 women's team in
Hockey SA's Premier League competition. Evans is a life member of NEHC, which she continues to represent as a player-coach in the Premier League division.
National leagues Evans made her debut into the
Australian Hockey League (AHL),
Hockey Australia's former premier domestic competition, in 2004. She was a member of her home state's representative team, the
SA Suns. During her ten-year AHL career, Evans won one national title with the side, at the
2011 edition of
the tournament. In 2019, following the overhaul of the AHL and subsequent introduction of the
Sultana Bran Hockey One League, Evans was named in the preliminary
Adelaide Fire squad for
season one of the new league. She went on to represent the Adelaide Fire in every match of the league, with the team finishing in third place.
International hockey Hockeyroos Known for her speed and swift stick skills, Evans made her international debut for
Australia in early 2010 during a test-series against
New Zealand in
Perth.
Indoor In addition to field hockey, Evans also made an impact on the hard court, being selected in the Australian Indoor Squad from 2007 to 2016 and impressively competing at two
FIH Indoor World Cups. Evans competed at the
2011 and
2015 FIH Indoor World Cups, finishing in eighth position on both occasions. ==Recognition & Awards==