Eli Abaev
Eli Abaev is an American-Israeli basketball player for Elitzur Yavne B.C. of the Liga Leumit. He plays at the power forward and center positions. He played college basketball for Eastern Florida State College, Austin Peay State University, and Florida Gulf Coast University.
Early life
Abaev was born in Israel and moved to the United States as a child. His hometown is Coral Springs, Florida. Abaev is Jewish. He is tall. He weighs.He played at Zion Lutheran High School in Deerfield Beach. There, Abaev averaged 12 points and eight rebounds per game on 56% shooting from the floor for the Lions.
College
Abaev began his college career playing for Eastern Florida State College for two years. In 2016–17 in his first season, as the Titans were national runners-up, as a freshman he shot 59.8% from the floor, and had 7.4 rebounds per game. He was named to the 2017 National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Championship All-Tournament team.In 2017–18, Abaev helped the Titans finish third in the NJCAA National Championship Tournament. He averaged 9.1 points and 9.8 rebounds per game, shot 52.9% from the floor, and received First Team All-Mid-Florida Conference honors.
He transferred to Austin Peay State University, and in 2018–19, due to a lower-body injury, he redshirted.
As a redshirt junior in 2019–20 he played for Austin Peay. In 2019–20 Abaev averaged 7.9 points and 7.7 rebounds per game for the Austin Peay Governors, shooting 50.6% from the field.
Abaev then transferred and attended Florida Gulf Coast University, graduating in 2021. In 2020–21 he played for the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. He averaged 7.1 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 0.7 blocks per game.