Southern Alamance alum Evan Sykes sets Greensboro College hitting records

Chris Fenisey did not have to look far for proof that Evan Sykes belongs in Greensboro College’s record book. The Southern Alamance graduate from Graham has become the Pride’s career leader in hits, home runs, doubles and runs scored, and Fenisey has gone so far as to call him the best baseball player in school history.

Sykes, a 21-year-old senior shortstop listed at 6-foot-1½ and 200 pounds, set the career hits mark at 192 on April 12 with a seventh-inning double against Mary Baldwin in Grottoes, Virginia. That swing broke a record that had stood for five years. It also completed a rare statistical sweep for a player who already owned Greensboro’s home run record with 27 and had earlier passed Kevin Mong’s career doubles mark of 43.

The numbers show how steadily Sykes has climbed. He hit .307 with five home runs in 2023, then jumped to .360 with seven homers in 2024. Last season he hit .357 with 56 hits, 9 home runs, 48 RBI, 14 doubles, 3 triples and 30 walks in 43 games. Greensboro College awarded him D3Baseball.com First Team All-Region honors in 2024, then Second Team All-Region and Fourth Team All-American honors in 2025, when he became the program’s first baseball All-American since Jess Maloney in 2006.

Fenisey, who said Sykes has been a constant since joining his first recruiting class, has credited the shortstop not just for production but for consistency. The coach said the power came as Sykes learned how to be a college hitter, and that he has avoided the common trap of flashing early before fading later. That durability helped Greensboro set its single-season home run record with 42 after the Mary Baldwin doubleheader, a total that included Trevor Testerman’s own record-breaking 15th homer.

For Alamance County, Sykes’ rise is more than a college stat line. It is a homegrown path from Southern Alamance to one of Greensboro College’s most decorated players, with more milestones still within reach. As Greensboro entered the final stretch of the regular season at 21-14, Sykes could still finish as the program leader in games played and runs batted in, adding more lines to a career that has already redefined what success looks like for a local graduate at the next level.