2008: Selected to the NJCBA 2008 all-rookie all-state team. ... hit safely in 34 out of 48 games, while finishing second on the team with a .316 batting average. ... his 49 runs scored ranked him second on the team and 24 runs batted in ranked him third. ... first collegiate homerun came against BIG EAST Rutgers on March 12.

Prior to NJIT: First-team all-Shore, third-team all-Group III and team MVP for coach Mike Yorke at Colts Neck HS. ... member of the National Honors Society. ... team captain for the football and basketball team. ... played summer ball for coach Art Rooney on the Point Pleasant Merchants.

Personal: Dominick Francis Hayes. ... civil engineering major ... born 2/13/89 in Brooklyn, NY.