Mark Evanchick

Mark Evanchick is an American field lacrosse defenseman, born on September 17, 1997, who plays professionally for the Philadelphia Barrage of Major League Lacrosse. He was born in Darien, Connecticut, and attended Darien High School, where he captained both the football and lacrosse teams, was part of the Class LL state championship football team in 2015 and was twice named Connecticut Player of the Year in lacrosse. At the University of Pennsylvania he was a two-sport athlete in football and lacrosse, and in lacrosse he earned first-team All-Ivy honors in 2018 and again in 2019, when he was also a third-team USILA All-American. The Barrage selected him ninth overall in the 2020 MLL Collegiate Draft and signed him soon afterward, and he was the franchise's first draft pick since it returned to Philadelphia in 2020.