Former PPBA Player to Play Collegiate Baseball

Brentwood senior pitcher and shortstop Evan Abraham, a lifelong Palisadian who got his start playing in the Pacific Palisades Baseball Association, seems poised to have a prosperous baseball career. Abraham joined the PPBA in 2000, the last year of Pinto kid pitch, where he played alongside PaliHi’s Dylan Jeffers and Nick Poulos. In 2005, he was a member of the Cooperstown team that placed 13th, and in 2007, played on the Pali Blue team that won the West L.A. Pony championship. By 2008, Abraham started his high school career at Brentwood and made the varsity team as a freshman. By his sophomore year, he was the team’s starting shortstop. And as a junior, Abraham was one of the Eagles’ top pitchers and came into his own as a hitter. For the year, he hit .391 with 23 RBIs and two home runs. This year, things have been going well for Brentwood and Abraham alike. Most recently, the Eagles beat St. Margaret’s, 7-4, on March 19 and are 5-0 on the season. They are currently on spring break and next play on April 12 against Kilpatrick. Meanwhile, Abraham, who is also the team’s co-captain, has wins over Chadwick and Buckley in his two appearances, with a 2.15 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 13 innings.   ’I’d consider him the best player in our program,’ Brentwood head coach Greg Fowble said. ‘He’s one of the hardest throwing pitchers in the league.   ’We lose a little on the defensive side when he pitches. And last year, he thought he had to do everything, strike out every batter. But this year, he’s settling down and letting his defense work for him.’   Next year, Abraham will join one of the top teams in Division III baseball, Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. The Bantams won D-III national championships in 2008 and 2009 In all, 14 players from Trinity have gone on to play at the professional league level. Evan has four siblings: Sadie (4) and brothers Kaden (6), Aaron (10), who is currently a second-year Mustang in the PPBA, and Michael (20), who also played in the PPBA.