Ben Evans Class: Senior Hometown: Bloomfield Hills, Mich. High School: Brother Rice HS Birthdate: 09/30/1980

2002: Redshirt

2001: NCAA All-Great Lakes Regional Team...All-Big Ten Second Team...Academic All-Big Ten Team...Won the Spartan Invitational with a first-place time of 24:37.8...11th at the Big Ten Championships (24:18.8)...9th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (30:58.8)...71st at the Roy Griak Invitational (25:09.6)...36th at the Pre-NCAA Meet (25:25)...Competed at the NCAA Championships, finishing in a time of 31:02 and finished 81st...Fifth-place finish at the Grand Valley State Fall Classic...Twice finished as the Spartans' top finisher (Spartan Invitational and NCAA Great Lakes Regional).

2000: Academic All-Big Ten...fifth (24:51) at the Spartan Invitational...22nd place (25:00) in the Great American Cross Country Festival...finished eighth (24:47.27) at the Paul Short Invitational...at the Big Ten's placed 15th (24:50)...14th (31:33.9) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship.

1999: 10th-place finish at the Spartan Invitational (24:47)...at the Auburn Invitational, finished 29th (35:30)...placed in the top 50 at the Big Ten Championships (31st) and the Great Lakes Regional Championships (34th).

HIGH SCHOOL: 1998 Oakland County cross country champion... 1997 and 1998 Catholic League champion...three-year all-state honoree...placed third in the state as a sophomore and fourth as a senior...four-year letterwinner in cross country and track...captain of the cross country squad as a senior and the track team as a junior and senior.

PERSONAL: Born Sept. 30, 1980...son of Bruce and Joanne Evans...majoring in history.