Currier Named Delphic League Baseball MVP

What a difference a year has made for the Brentwood School baseball program. 

In 2010, the Eagles went winless in league and had only two players on the All-League team. In 2011, the Eagles finished undefeated in league and have eight players on the All-Delphic League squad.

"Absolutely, I'm satisfied," Brentwood Coach  said of his team's selections. "I think we could've gone a little further in the [CIF] playoffs, though. We had one bad inning [against Oxford Academy] that cost us."

Junior outfielder/infielder has been named the league's Most Valuable Player after tying for the team lead with home four runs and finishing second in batting average at .467. He slugged .817 and had 28 hits, 25 runs, 18 RBIs and stole 12 bases in 13 attempts while playing left field, shortstop and second base.

"He was such a consistent performer for us all season long," Fowble said of Currier. "He was a key contributor in the field and at the plate."   

Joining Currier on the first team are teammates , , and .

Abraham, a senior pitcher and shortstop, won the team MVP award and was the only Brentwood player on the All-League first team last season. He was one of the Eagles' captains this spring, batting .367 with 22 hits, 27 RBIs, 19 runs and nine stolen bases. He also posted a 2.88 earned run average with 67 strikeouts in 56 innings pitched. 

Charms, a senior center fielder, batted .529, slugged .686 and had 27 hits, 20 runs, 17 RBIs and 10 steals in 11 attempts. "He's one of the best, if not the best, defensive outfielders in our league," Fowbles said of Charms.

Fritts, who earned second team All-League honors last season, is a sophomore who played first base, third base and catcher. He batted .355, slugged .387 and added 22 hits, 16 runs. He also had a .935 fielding percentage.

Sale, a senior pitcher and outfielder, was one of the Eagles' captains. He had 10 hits, 10 RBIs and eight runs. On the mound, he posted a 1.91 earned run average, allowing 11 earned runs with 49 strikeouts in 40 1/3 innings.   

Rounding out the Delphic League first team are Devontae Crawford of Kilpatrick; Toby Bugarin of Pasadena Marshall; Jackson Raney and Brian Tucker of Sierra Canyon; and Michael Huettner, Kirav Patel, Kunal Patel and Tanner Savitsky of Windward.  

Three Brentwood players made the second team: , and . 

Hinshaw, a freshman catcher, had a .980 fielding percentage (making only one error all season), with 22 hits, 18 runs, 18 RBIs and four homers. Katofsky, a junior center fielder, made no errors, stole seven bases and had 16 hits, 12 RBIs and nine runs scored. Rosenthal, a senior second baseman, had 19 hits, scored 35 runs and stole 16 bases in 18 attempts. 

Rounding out the Delphic League second team are Juan Moringlane of Kilpatrick; Justin Elrod and Emilio Lozano of Marshall; Chase Cohen and Justin Myerson of Sierra Canyon; and Mitchell Brisacher, Aven Helford, Zak Levine and Jason Lurie of Windward.

Fowble was recognized as the league's champion coach after guiding the Eagles to an 18-3 overall record, an 8-0 league mark and a run to the CIF Southern Section Division 6 quarterfinals, where they lost to Oxford Academy 11-5.

"We have some incoming freshman who look really good, so I'm optimistic about next season," Fowble said. "We got moved down [to Division 6] because we did so poorly last season. I want to see us get back to Division 5 and even higher."