PONY president to receive award at NAACP banquet
The NAACP Washington Branch will present the 2013 Human Rights Awards to Abraham L. Key of Washington at the NAACP Human Rights Award Banquet at 7 p.m. May 3 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Meadow Lands.
Key was chosen as the recipient because of his outstanding work and outreach in promoting the values of tolerance, teamwork and respect in our community, across the United States and around the world.
Key is the president and CEO of PONY Baseball and Softball, where he has provided outstanding leadership since he assumed the post in January 1995.
A one-time player in the Washington Pony and Colt leagues, Key has been a steadfast supporter of youth programs in the Washington community and has coached in Washington Youth Baseball; basketball at the Brownson House, the LeMoyne Center, JFK School and Washington Junior High School and softball at TWIST and Washington High School.
Key has served as president of the Brownson House Alumni Association, which supports youth sports services in Washington.
Key served as the United States delegate for USA Baseball at the 2013 International Baseball Federation Congress in Tokyo, Japan. He also is a 25-year member of the American Baseball Coaches Association and has served on their executive committee and the board of directors.
He was awarded the ABCA Meritorious Service Award in 2006 for his contributions to amateur baseball.
Locally, Key served on the Washington County Chamber of Commerce board of directors and was secretary. He is an advisory board member of the Washington Greene County Sports Hall of Fame.
Key is a member of the Church of the Covenant Presbyterian Church and has served as a deacon and an elder. He also serves as a member of their mission committee. He has been a member of the Washington Lions Club for more than 25 years and is the recipient of the Melvin Jones Fellow Award for dedicated humanitarian services.
Key is a graduate West Virginia University’s School of Journalism and School of Business and is married to Susan Mondik Key, a partner in the Washington law firm of Peacock, Keller and Ecker.
They have a daughter Casey, who attends John Carroll University, and a son, Lincoln, who attends Washington High School.