Gatorade 2018 - 2019: Player of the Year

Baseball - Oregon

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BASEBALL

Mick Abel

Right-handed pitcher/First baseman
JESUIT HS
PORTLAND, OREGON
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-5
Press Release

Peak Performance

1.34

ERA

90

Strikeouts

0.294

Batting average

0.49

Slugging percentage
“Mick is a stud—he has been really tough on the mound and he is tough at the plate as well. He is extremely competitive on the hill. He doesn’t like to lose.”
Kyle Chamberlain
Head Coach - Head coach of Southridge High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-5, 180-pound junior right-handed pitcher and first baseman had led the Crusaders to a 22-5-1 record and a berth in the Class 6A state tournament at the time of his selection. Through 28 games, Abel owned a 9-0 record on the mound with a 1.34 earned run average and 90 strikeouts in 57.1 innings pitched. He had surrendered just 33 hits and issued 19 walks. At the plate, Abel owned a .294 batting average with 12 runs scored, 14 RBI and a .490 slugging percentage. He is ranked as the nation’s No. 8 prospect in the Class of 2020 by Perfect Game.

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Academic Achievement

Abel has maintained a 3.34 GPA in the classroom. He has made a verbal commitment to play baseball on scholarship at Oregon State University beginning in the fall of 2020.

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Exemplary Character

Abel has volunteered locally by packing clothes for children in foster care on behalf of Northwest Children’s Outreach and has also donated his time at a camp for adults with disabilities and at a nursing home.