DALLAS - Northeastern University's Aiven Cabral has been named a 2023 First Team Freshman All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), announced Monday evening.

Cabral ended the year as Northeastern's top starter, finishing his rookie campaign with a 9-4 record, a conference-best 2.58 ERA, allowing just 27 runs on the season, 24 of them earned. He earned the starting job in just the second month of the season, and ended with 16 starts to his name with a strike out to walk ratio of 69/14. In the fifth weekend start of his career, Cabral threw a 97-pitch complete game shutout against Delaware, allowing just four baserunners on four singles, and notching seven strikeouts. He started the opening game of Northeastern's CAA tournament run, earning a shutout win over William & Mary working 5.1 innings, allowing just one hit. 

The Northeastern pitching staff this year entered the NCAA Tournament with the second-lowest ERA in tha nation at 3.57, the eighth-lowest WHIP at 1.28, and the 21st-best K/BB ratio - all three of which were helped by Cabral's incredible rookie season.

Cabral is the second rookie All-American selection this offseason, with Cam Maldonado being recognized by Collegiate Baseball earlier this month. It's the second time in program history that two players have earned All-American status in the same season - the first was in 2021 with two freshmen All-Americans selected by Collegiate Baseball.


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