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Evan Ren

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Until August of 2000, Evan Ren was literally swinging a sledgehammer for a living -- toiling away as a land surveyor in Tucson, Ariz.

After writing several letters to local editors, Evan was coaxed by his wife to ask the local afternoon paper, the Tucson Citizen, for a tryout as a correspondent in 1998.

The Citizen granted Evan the tryout and began using him as a regular correspondent from that point forward. Roughly 18 months later, Ren quit his day job as a surveyor and returned to college full-time.

In June of 2001 he landed his first full-time newspaper job with the Killeen Daily Herald, where he remained until coming to Abilene in July of 2006.

Evan has won 10 Associated Press writing awards during his seven-year career, including a national honorable mention for breaking news in 2004.

In his spare time, Evan is an avid poker player. He and his wife, Kristyl, have been married for 21 years.

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