[3][4] Everett was considered one of the top prospects for the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.

[6] Everett turned down signing bonus offers reportedly as high as $2.5 million from teams who decided against drafting him so that he could attend Vanderbilt.

[8] Everett went fishing at Normandy Lake in Manchester, Tennessee, with his Vanderbilt teammates on the night of June 2, 2016.

[9] According to Coffee County Sheriff’s Department, Everett had called for help to his friends, who thought he was “just joking around because he was smiling and did not seem to be in distress”.

Having just finished his freshman year, he died one day before Vanderbilt University was to enter the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.