University of South Carolina Upstate

High School: Earned four letters in baseball at Middle Township High School ... A 2009 Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason Northeast Region All-High School Senior Honorable Mention selection ... Tossed two straight shutouts at one point as a senior, including a 13-strikeout, five-hitter against Wildwood Catholic ... Struck out 19 in a one-hit, 1-0 shutout of Moorestown, helping him finish his season with a 7-3 record and 101 strikeouts in 48 innings to go with a 0.75 ERA ... Earned Cape National All-Star First Team, Atlantic City Press & Gazette First Team and All-Southern Jersey First Team honors ... Played in the 24th Annual Carpenter Cup Classic in Philadelphia, where he pitched with the Tri-Cape all-stars in a tournament of high school stars ... A Second Team Cape National All-Conference selection as a junior, finishing 5-2 with 90 strikeouts in 54 innings ... Pitched a perfect game with 12 strikeouts and also hitting two homers against Bridgeton ... Earned Honorable Mention All-Cape honors as a sophomore when he struck out 56 in 34 innings ... Also earned three letters as a soccer player at Middle Township, helping the Panthers to a conference title as a junior.

Personal: Born on May 8, 1991 ... Son of Tom and Nancy DeCecco ... Has an older brother, Greg ... Major is undeclared ... Favorite food is cheesesteak ... Favorite movie is "Superbad" ... Favorite TV show is "Baseball Tonight" ... Favorite musical artist is Nas ... Favorite baseball player is David Wright ... Hero growing up was his brother ... Wants to be a professional baseball player.