2007: Named to the NCAA Division I All-Academic team (3.93 GPA majoring in civil engineering) ... the senior has had only 91 at-bats this season after missing nearly three weeks after being hit by a pitch in Florida on March 11 ... Played in 28 games (starting 27) while batting .264 with 24 hits and three homeruns.

2006: Named to the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference all-academic team (3.90 GPA majoring in civil engineering). ... Played in 40 games ... hit .299 with 40 RBI and seven home runs (third in the CACC) ... ECAC first round, hit 2-4--both home runs, with four runs and five RBI against Felician on 5/21/06.

2005: Played in 32 games (26 starts) and scored 15 runs, driving in 8.

2004: Appeared in 32 games (10 starts) and was a frequent late-inning defensive replacement ... hit .237 with three RBI ... 3.86 ERA in four pitching appearances.

Prior to NJIT: Two-time Gold Glove winner for coach Ken Frank at Toms River South, where Austin was part of two Group III state champions ... Legion coach was Shawn Burnstein.

Personal: Austin Patrick DeRogatis ... son of Tony and Angela DeRogatis ... civil engineering major enrolled in NJIT's Albert Dorman Honors College ... chess master ... played summer for the ABCCL's Manchester Yankees. ... Last name is pronounced "de-ro-GOT-is". ... born 5/11/85 in Red Bank, NJ.