Let’s be real about it. Taylor Evans is one of the tallest prospects that the state has to offer, she is disciplined between the blocks, and knows what she does best at this point in her career. If you look at some of her stat lines over the last couple of seasons, you noticed that she is a rebounding and blocking machine. She is always recording big numbers in both of those categories and that is not going to slow down any time soon with how their high school schedule is looking. Evans is going to get a shot at the next level because she is a true 6’3 with some soft touch on the ball. She is a hard matchup for most to deal with unless they try to triple team her and even then sometimes that doesn’t work.

No one is going to touch Taylor Evans Taylor Evans 6'3" | PF/CG Prince Of Peace Catholic | 2028 State IA and the number of blocks has has recorded this Winter with Prince of Peace Catholic. Evans, the 6’3 PF, is just too big and coordinated for her competition level at this time. That was proven this season on multiple occasions on the defensive side of the ball alone. When opposing teams game-plan against Prince of Peace, Evans is their #1 priority. She takes up a lot to space in the lane as you might imagine and she has the fundamental discipline to eat on defense every time she takes the court. Once an opponent beats their original defender on the outside, Evans is there waiting, ready to alter any attempt near by. With only a few games left, Evans has 142 blocks. To give you an idea, the next highest block total throughout the state currently sits at 89. A 53 block difference so we should anticipate Evans to hold down this #1 spot as we move into the Playoffs.

Sometimes you have players out there that post some ridiculous stat lines and I think that is something that will never change for Taylor Evans Taylor Evans 6'3" | PF/CG Prince Of Peace Catholic | 2028 State IA in the middle as a Center. Evans recorded 14 blocks last night in her team’s 12 point loss. No matter how you twist or turn it, that is A LOT of any stat, especially blocks. We have mentioned Evans in the past for her ability to get blocks, tips, and deflection in the paint with her length but this season she is doing it to the max. There have already been a few other games where Evans was near the double-digit marks in Blocks so this isn’t a fluke. Opposing teams seem to think they can attack the paint against POP Catholic and as you can tell, that seems to not be the case a majority of the time.

We highlighted Taylor Evans Taylor Evans 6'3" | PF/CG Prince Of Peace Catholic | 2028 State IA coming into this season as someone to watch because of her mixture of size, who she would be competing against, and how her team’s systems work. In shorter terms, we knew that Evans was going to put up some numbers and she is doing that to a T so far. Especially in the Rebounding category. Evans currently leads the entire state in RPG and total rebounds (127) on the Winter so far. Evans is grabbing a bunch of boards on both ends and it’s making outsiders really think that she could make some moves at the collegiate level with the correct guidance. When you consider that this is someone in the 2028 Class, standing at 6’3, and leading the State – you start to wonder. No matter how you put it, she has definitely been a big difference maker this Winter at Prince of Peace Catholic throughout their first nine contests.

Taylor Evans Taylor Evans 6'3" | PF/CG Prince Of Peace Catholic | 2028 State IA is a great example of a kid who lets her height do the talking and doesn’t overcomplicate the game. At 6’3″, Evans does an excellent job staying upright to contest shots and tallies up blocks at a blistering pace. Evans is leading the state in blocks this season by a long shot — she has 66 on the season thus far (which is 24 more blocks than the next player on the list). That’s good for 7.3 blocks per game! She also only averages 2.7 fouls per outing, showing that she can play big minutes without coaches having to worry about her getting into foul trouble. While also averaging 14.1 boards per night, Evans is nothing less than a defensive dynamo for Prince of Peace this season.

There is a lot of people around the State of Iowa that will be watching Taylor Evans Taylor Evans 6'3" | PF/CG Prince Of Peace Catholic | 2028 State IA closely this season for her Sophomore year. Evans is one of the tallest prospects that the state has to offer in general. No matter Class or age level. Evans takes the floor right at 6’3 and the stats she posted as a Freshman back that up. Evans finished off the Winter with 138 Blocks in 22 games, averaging out to 6.3 a contest. As you can tell, it’s a problem when opponents want to attack the basket because Evans is there waiting. She alters almost every shot within the arch with her size and that’s noteworthy. If Evans can replicate these numbers over the next six months and their team does well, i’m sure they will be the topic of conversation as we travel into 2026.

We mentioned Evans last week as a prospect to note with her natural height of 6’3 and how well she can protect the middle of the lane. As you can imagine, Evans is also a top notch rebounding force on both ends. She really thrives as someone who cleans up the glass on the defensive end more than anything else. As a Freshman, Evans registered 224 defensive rebounds in 22 games. This is only the begin. If she has worked on her craft this off-season, she should put up even bigger numbers over the rest of her career.

Taylor Evans Taylor Evans 6'3" | PF/CG Prince Of Peace Catholic | 2028 State IA is a mistmach nightmare at 6’3 and that is a major reason as to why Evans recorded 138 blocks during her freshman campaign last Winter. I’ll state that once again for the record. 138 blocks in 22 games, coming out to 6.27 BPG, giving Evans the #1 overall ranking in the Blocks category from recent history. If Prince of Peace can help Evans this time around, she might even average more over the next 2-3 years. With having a 6’3 Post comes a lot of responsibility. Prince of Peace didn’t put together the season they would have ideally wanted to during their 2024-2025 journey but that’s nothing to dwell on. It’s a new year and they are onto bigger and better things moving forward.