Feb. 26, 2014
LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Kentucky women’s basketball senior guard Kastine Evans has been named to the Southeastern Conference Community Service Team, as it was announced by the league office Wednesday morning.
Throughout her Wildcat career, Evans has been an active member in the community and a leader on the hardwood. In 2012, Evans created her own non-profit organization called “Shooting at Success” which provides children with an outlet that to create opportunities for strong character development, help establish dynamic and powerful personalities, and inspire children to achieve academically, in any extracurricular activity, and in life. She came up with the idea after traveling to Ethiopia in July of 2012 for a week-long service trip. While in Africa, she helped distribute food and charcoal to victims of leprosy, painted a community center, visited orphans and taught them how to shoot a basketball. What stood out most to Evans from the trip was coming to understand the everyday struggle of the people she served. Even in the face of poverty, the natives always found joy in their lives through faith and a sense of community.
Along with SAS, Evans is a frequent volunteer at Lexington’s Ronald McDonald House, where she cleans the house and does other chores as needed. She has volunteered to pack and deliver food for God’s Pantry BackPack program, volunteered to pack bags for the Joplin, Mo., tornado victims, participated in the NAACP Voter Registration Drive, getting all eligible voters on the UK Hoops team to register to vote for the 2012 election and volunteered with her sorority for Breast Cancer Week, helping bring awareness with programs and fundraisers for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
The Salem, Conn., native is two-time SEC Community Service Team member, while also being named to the prestigious Allstate WBCA Good Works Team earlier this month. Last season she received UK’s prestigious Society of Character honor and the Darrell A. VanMeter Community Service Award.
On the court, the 5-foot-8 guard has played and started in 26 of the team’s 27 games this season, and is averaging career bests in points (8.9), 3-point field goals made (35) and attempted (99) and field goal percentage (.364). Evans has made at least one 3-pointer in 23-of-26 games and reached double figures in 10 games after doing so only four times last season. For her career, Evans ranks sixth all-time in UK Hoops history with 131 games played.
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