Wharton grad Evan Christ named Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball

Former Tampa area star struck out 98 batters for Jackson University

Gary Adornato | Jun 8, 2023

Wharton grad Evan Christ named Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball /

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - Right-handed pitcher Evan Chrest, a former baseball star at Tampa’s Wharton High School, has named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball after his first season at Jacksonville at Jacksonville University.

Chrest fanned 98 batters with just 36 walks over 90-2/3 innings while posting an 8-2 record and a 2.68 ERA. He was also a 1st-Team Atlantic Sun Conference pick and the league’s Freshman of The Year.

At Wharton High School in Tampa, Chrest was twice named All-County in baseball and was a District MVP in 2021. Following his senior year he was selected in the 17th round of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Florida Marlins, but decided to pass on a professional career for the time being to play for the Dolphins.

Published Jun 8, 2023

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.