Brent Almeida
Graduating class: 2006
Inducted into Hall of Fame: 2023
Hall of Fame Category: Athlete
The righthander was a key performer in six of his eight combined varsity seasons with Fairhaven High School’s basketball and baseball teams in his four-year schoolboy athletic career. In his first season on the hardwood, Brent scored a total of 38 points in a dozen games for a team that finished the season with a dismal record of 2-18. As a junior, he picked up the pace by averaging 5.9 points a game for the 2004-05 basketball team that finished with an overall record of 6-14.
Brent’s most productive basketball season came during his senior year when the six-footer averaged just under 12 points a game in his role as co-star for a team that compiled a record of 12-8 and qualified for the postseason tournament. Over the course of the 20-game regular season Almeida scored in double figures 13 times with a career-high 23 points coming in a 67-45 victory over Seekonk.
Brent Almeida’s dominant sport, however, was baseball in which he was named to The Standard-Times All-Star Team in all four post seasons. As a freshman Almeida hit .452 and drove in 20 runs. The following season, the pitcher/infielder slugged the ball at a .450 clip and won three games as a pitcher, setting the stage for two big final seasons on the mound.
As a junior his pitching record was 6-2 with a 2.18 ERA, and in his final year, Brent compiled an earned run average of 2.17 while holding opposing hitters to a combined batting average of just .213. Offensively, Brent was just as impressive, banging the ball at a .406 clip while driving in 19 runs on his way to earning his fourth consecutive berth on The Standard-Times All-Star team.
After graduation Brent attended Division I Bryant University in Rhode Island on a baseball scholarship. He pitched for four years at the collegiate level, and in his senior season he was selected as the Northeast Conference Pitcher of the Year. Brent also was chosen for the Division I Northeast First Team and started in the annual D-1 vs D-2/D-3 All-Star game at Fenway Park for the D-1 team. At Bryant University Brent ended his career in the top 10 in career ERA.
After college Brent began working in the insurance field for Delta Dental of RI. He has worked there for over ten years and is currently the Senior Director of Operations & Analytics. He and his wife Kaleigh live in Fairhaven with their two children Sophia (10) and Brody (3). Brent still stays active in sports with his participation on the Board of the Fairhaven/Acushnet Softball League and he coaches the 10 & Under Firestorm Travel Softball Team in Fairhaven.