Announcement
Senior pitcher and first baseman Evan McAndrew has been named to the 2015 Morning Call All-Area Second Team. McAndrew also received EPC All-Conference honorable mention this season. McAndrew had an outstanding season for the Trojans both on the mound, at the plate, and on the field. He finished the season with a .329 batting average with three 3 doubles and two triples. He scored 15 runs and had eight walks and a .379 on-base percentage. His 23 RBI’s were second most on the team this season and 5th most on the Parkland all-time single season leader board.
McAndrew was an outstanding two-way player making significant contributions to the team’s success with his bat and his arm. Along with his performance at the plate, he only had one error at first base for a .989 fielding percentage. He was also impressive on the mound earning a record of 5-0 on the season with an outstanding 0.94 ERA and 28 strikeouts. Opponents only managed a .163 batting average against McAndrew and he was part of some notable wins for the team this year.
McAndrew was part of two no-hitters this season by the Parkland pitching staff. In the season opener against Dieruff, he was part of a combined no hitter with his teammates Connor Higgins and Alec Bartholomew, where he struck out the side in one inning of relief work. Against Central Catholic, he pitched four no-hit innings with three strikeouts combining with teammate Ryan Giovenco for the no-hitter. McAndrew pitched a complete game one-hitter for the win against East Stroudsburg South, striking out six. McAndrew pitched 2 and 2/3 inning of perfect relief, retiring all seven batters he faced in order along with three strikeouts, for the extra inning win over Nazareth. He pitched six scoreless innings at Coca-Cola Park in a regular season game against Whitehall that Parkland went on to win in extra innings.
His most impressive win on the season came in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference championship game against Stroudsburg. McAndrew outpitched Mike Nikorak, a 2015 MLB first round draft choice, pitching five innings allowing one run on five hits along with four strikeouts.
Evan finishes his Parkland career with a .317 batting average and he will continue his baseball career at Mansfield University.
