Harvard University

2025 • Sophomore

Made 14 appearances with two starts … Posted a 9.35 ERA and nine strikeouts over 17.1 innings pitched on the year … Tossed 5.2 innings in Ivy League play, notching a 9.53 ERA and two strikeouts … Threw 2.0 innings of relief with no earned runs and a season-high four strikeouts vs. Stonehill (Apr. 15) … Notched 1.1 innings of scoreless relief against Yale (Mar. 29) and Columbia (May 3) … Hurled 1.0 inning of scoreless relief against Penn (Mar. 23), Massachusetts (Apr. 1), and Northeastern at Fenway Park (Apr. 29). 

2024 • First-year

Made nine appearances with one start … Missed a portion of the season due to injury … Posted a 4.70 ERA over 15.1 innings pitched … Tallied a 1.43 WHIP, 1-1 record, 14 strikeouts, and a .170 opponent average … Threw 2.2 innings over three appearances in Ivy League play with a 6.75 ERA, two strikeouts, and a .200 opponent average … Tossed 4.0 innings with four strikeouts and one earned run allowed at Troy (Feb. 23) … Hurled 3.2 innings with three strikeouts and one earned run allowed at The Citadel (Mar. 2) … Threw 2.0 innings of scoreless relief at Western Carolina (Mar. 16) … Tossed 1.0 inning of scoreless relief with two strikeouts vs. Penn (Apr. 28).

Before Harvard

Earned First Team MHSBCA All-State honors in 2023 … Took home the D1 Cold Weather Bats Pitcher of the Year award in the state of Michigan as a senior … Gained KLAA All-Conference honors three times (2021, 2022, 2023) and All-Region/All-District accolades three times (2021, 2022, 2023) … Selected to the Metro Detroit Dream Team as a senior … Garnered Perfect Game All-America – Central Region plaudits … Ranked as a top-5 RHP in Michigan, top-150 RHP in the nation, and a top-500 overall prospect per Perfect Game … Gained a spot on Prep Baseball Report’s First Team All-State and Regional East Team as a senior … Served team as a senior captain … Earned Novi’s Best Pitcher award in 2021 and 2023 … Earned four varsity letters … Competed on the club level for Legacy Baseball and Novi Heat Baseball … Also played football; acted as a senior captain … Earned Academic All-State laurels in baseball and football … Selected as one of two Division 1 Scholar-Athletes of the Year in football for the state of Michigan … Collected six Scholar-Athlete awards from Novi … Graduated summa cum laude and as an AP Scholar with Honor … Son of Jennifer and Ben Abler … Great uncle Tom Britton earned a PhD in chemistry from Harvard.