Scott Roger De Jong (dee-YOUNG)... two-year first-base starter is major power threat from the right side.
2014: Team tri-captain... New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Assocation Division II/III Player of the Year... First-Team All-Region (NCBWA & ABCA)... First-Team All-CACC... Capital One Academic All-District... Academic All-CACC... led the East Region with 51 RBI... also led the CACC in walks and slugging... in 50 games batted .374 with 16 doubles, three triples, seven homers, and 45 runs scored... homered twice in NCAA Tournament victory over Franklin Pierce 5/16.
2013: Earned starting first base job coming out of the fall... in 48 games, batted .228 with a home run, 14 runs, 23 RBI and a .323 on-base percentage... in the summer, was named the New York Collegiate Baseball League Player of the Year while playing for the Wellsville Nitros.
2012: Member of the baseball program at the University of Connecticut... did not use a season of eligibility... spent the summer with the Seacoast Mavericks of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League.
Prior to College: All-league, all-county and all-area for coach Joe Oliva at Eastern Christian High... named 2011 Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason All-High School Northeast Region Second Team... also played basketball.
Personal: Son of Roger and Brenda DeJong... has two older sisters... criminal justice major with GPA of 3.55.
| YR | AVG | GP-S | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BI | SLG | BB | SO | OBP | SB-A | PO | A | E | FLD |
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2013 | .228 | 48-48 | 167 | 14 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | .335 | 20 | 52 | .323 | 4-8 | 423 | 25 | 4 | .991 |
2014 | .374 | 50-50 | 182 | 45 | 68 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 51 | .610 | 30 | 42 | .457 | 10-14 | 356 | 28 | 6 | .985 |
Total | .304 | 98-98 | 349 | 59 | 106 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 74 | .479 | 50 | 94 | .395 | 14-22 | 779 | 53 | 10 | .988 |
