2008 Baseball Roster

2 Andrew Decibus

  • Class Senior
  • Position IF
  • B/T: R/R
  • Ht./Wt. 5-7 / 170
  • Hometown Carteret, NJ
  • High School Carteret

Biography

For starters: A transfer from Middlesex County College who will fortify NJCU’s middle infield defense…Earned All-Region and National Player of the Week honors at MCC.
Middlesex County College, 2005-06: Played two seasons at MCC for Coach Michael Lepore…Posted a two-year average of .318 (82-258)…Finished his career 13-for-15 in steals…In 2005, earned ABCA/Rawlings NJCAA Division III All-District G and All-Region honors…Also named First-Team All-Garden State Athletic Conference and team MVP…On April 5, 2005, he was named the NJCAA Division III National Player of the Week…In 2006, played in 37 games, batting .319 (45-141) with 11 doubles, one triple and 21 RBIs…Stole seven bases in eight attempts…In 2005, batted .316 (37-117) in 33 games, with three homeruns and 29 RBIs…Was 6-for-7 in steals…Helped the 2006 club to their best season in school history while advancing to the Division III Region XIX championship game.
High School: A June 2006 graduate of Carteret High School in Carteret, NJ…A three-sport athlete for the Ramblers…A four-year baseball standout, including three on the varsity level for Coach Paul Nelson…Earned First-Team All-Middlesex County and First-Team All-Greater Middlesex White Division conference honors…Posted a career batting average of .430…As an All-County senior in 2004, he batted .430 with 11 extra-base hits, 19 RBI and only struck out five times, while playing three infield positions…Played in the White Division county championship game and led Carteret to state sectional finals…Competed in the 2004 county all-star game…Played four seasons of football, two on the varsity level for Coach Bob Molarz…Also played one year of junior varsity basketball for Coach John Dolan.
Personal: Andrew P. Decibus…Born August 19, 1986 in Carteret, NJ…Nickname is Drew…Parents are Maria and John Decibus…Has two sisters, Jen (26) and Amy (19), and one brother, John (25)…Bats and throws right-handed…Major at NJCU is undeclared, but he intends on becoming a physical education teacher…A transfer from Middlesex County College for the Fall 2006 semester…Lists Derek Jeter as his hero…Lists Mexico and Italy as interesting places he has visited.
Favorites:
Hobbies/interest:
Sports, weightlifting
NJCU Class:
History
Hero/Idol:
Derek Jeter
Sports Team:
New York Yankees
Song:
--
Music Artist:
2-Pac
Movie: 
“Old School”
Food:
Chicken parm
What do you like most about NJCU?:
“The people.”
What do you like about Coach Heaton?:
“Speaks the truth.”

2008 Highlights: (03/07 vs. Aurora College at Matt College Spring Break Invitational): Doubled with two outs and scored on an RBI single by Sumner in the second inning... (03/11 vs. Wheaton College (IL)): Walked twice in game one and went 1-for-3 in game two as he launched a 340-foot, leadoff solo homerun in the fourth inning—his first as a Gothic Knight... (03/12 vs. Coe College): Who had never homered prior to yesterday’s game, belted a solo shot to left in the sixth inning, giving him round trippers in consecutive games. Overall he went 3-for-6 with two RBIs and one run... (03/13 vs. Penn State Altoona): 1-for-4 with a double for the Knights’ only RBI... (03/19 vs. Baruch): went 5-for-5 with five RBIs, he previously had three hits in a game five times, had a career day, doubling twice with one run...  (03/24 vs. College of Mount Saint Vincent): Extended his streak of consecutive at-bats with a hit to seven, before it was snapped in a 2-for-3, one-run showing. Inthe third inning of game one, he led off with a single stole second and third and scored on a sacrifice fly...  (04/17 vs. Montclair State): Went 3-for-5 with three runs...(04/19 at Ramapo College): Registered an RBI single to tighen the gap in game two to 3-1... (04/25 at Rutgers-Newark): Scored twice... (04/26 vs. Rutgers-Camden University): Scored twice in game one and contributed an RBI triple in the first inning of game two as he tacked on a 2-for-5 effort with two runs... (05/03 at The College of Staten Island): Combined 5-for-8 with eight RBIs, and scored the go-ahead run in game two all the way from second base on a suicide squeeze. In game two, NJCU trailing 3-0 in the fifth, he lifted the first pitch he saw into right center for a two-RBI double...

2007 Highlights: (03/12 vs. University of Scranton at Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic):   Batted 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run...(03/29 at Suny-Farmingdale): Bat 0-for-4 but had four RBIs and one run...(03/30 at Rutgers-Newark): Finished 3-for-4 with one run...(03/31 vs. William Paterson University): Added a 2-for-5 showing... (04/03 at John Jay College): Added a 2-for-4 effort with two runs...(04/06 vs. Montclair State University): 2-for-3 with a double...(04/09 vs. United States Merchant Marines Academy): 2-for-3 with two triples, one run and one RBI...(04/11 at Lehman College): Added a 2-for-5 effort with two RBIs and two runs...(04/21 at Rutgers University-Camden): In game two he finished 3-for-5 with one run and one RBI... (04/24 vs. Baruch College): Finished 2-for-3 with two runs...(04/26 vs. Montclair State University): Hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Pelt...

Statistics

Season:
2008

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2007Junior

    Infielder
    5'7" 170 lbs
    8
  • 2

    2008Senior

    IF
    5'7" 170 lbs
    2