{"id":296786,"date":"2026-06-05T04:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/296786\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T04:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:54:13","slug":"abraham-named-finalist-for-ncbwa-stopper-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/296786\/","title":{"rendered":"Abraham Named Finalist for NCBWA Stopper of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TALLAHASSEE \u2013 Florida State baseball junior right-handed reliever <a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/john-abraham\/7497\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7497\" target=\"_blank\">John Abraham<\/a> has been named a finalist for the Stopper of the Year Award by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) on Thursday.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe second FSU player to be recognized as a finalist for the award since its inception in 2005, Abraham is the first since 2012, when Robert Benincasa was a finalist. The Stopper of the Year is presented annually to the top NCAA Division I relief pitcher.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAbraham was third in the ACC with six saves in 2026, all coming in ACC play which was tied for second-most in the league. In 19 appearances and 47.0 innings pitched, he notched a 1.91 ERA, the best on the team with more than 6.0 innings pitched. Abraham struck out 58 batters, fourth-most on the team and tied for the most among relievers. He allowed 10 earned runs on 32 hits with 24 walks and posted a 1.19 WHIP and held opponents to a .190 batting average.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTwo weeks ago, Abraham earned Third Team All-ACC accolades. He was a Midseason All-America First Team honoree by D1Baseball and Perfect Game.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Tampa, Florida, native is one of two finalists from the ACC in 2026.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAbraham helped the Seminoles to a 40-19 season in 2026. Florida State reached the 40-win mark for the third consecutive year, all three with Abraham on the roster, after a four-year gap without 40 wins from 2020-23. Finishing third in the ACC, the team was 19-11 with eight series wins, both the best totals since 2014 outside of the extended 2021 season. FSU made its 62nd NCAA appearance, second-most all-time, and hosted an NCAA Regional for the 38th time, the most in the country. Florida State was one of three teams to host a regional each of the last three years.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFor more information on Florida State baseball, check Seminoles.com for the latest news and scheduling information, and keep up with the team on social media through <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FSUBaseball\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter\/X<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FSUBaseball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> (@FSUBaseball) &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nolebaseball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> (@NoleBaseball).<br \/>\n\u00a0<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE \u2013 Florida State baseball junior right-handed reliever John Abraham has been named a finalist for the Stopper&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-296786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}