David Abdalla

Newbury Park High School Athlete - Baseball, Football

Born January 5, 1953 in Orange, New Jersey

Attended Newbury Park High School

Baseball: Freshman year: 1st team All-League, Tri-Valley League, League

MVP; All-CIF selection, led league in batting

Sophomore year: 1st team All-League, Tri-Valley League

Junior year: 1st team All-League, Frontier League; Team MVP; Optimist Club’s Athlete of the Year

Senior year: 1st team All-League, Marmonte League, Team MVP, All-CIF; Optimist Club’s Athlete of the Year

Football: Sophomore year: 1st team All-League, Tri-Valley League; Team MVP

Junior year: 1st team All-League, Frontier League; Team MVP

Senior year: 1st team All-League, Marmonte League; Team MVP & MVP

Established school record for most career touchdowns

Track: Freshman year: League long jump champion (Division B)

Attended University of the Pacific

Baseball: Three-year letterman, 2nd team All-Conference; led team in home runs, junior year

1974 — Played for the Portland Mavericks and the New West Minster Frazers in British Columbia, Northwest League

Earned B.A., Physical Education, California Lutheran College, 1974

Received Thousand Oaks News-Chronicle “Conejo’s Best-Ever Athlete of the Decade,” voted by the people of Ventura County, July 1976

Tournament softball player, 1979-1990 — Six MVP awards; named MVP in a 132-team Southern California State Tournament, 1990