2008: Starting centerfielder. ... ranks third on the team batting .302. ... posted 29 hits, 13 runs scored, 11 runs batted in and a team-leading 25 walks.

2007: Appeared in five games. ... recorded his first collegiate hit against powerful Georgia Southern on February 16, 2007.

Prior to NJIT: Played for coach Ken Frank on the 2006 Class A South champions at Toms River South High. ... Played in the 2006 New Jersey Senior All-Star game and in the 2006 Monmouth-Ocean County All-Star game. ... also played soccer at TRS.

Personal: Richard Victor Petrosino, Jr. ... chemical engineering major. ... last name is pronounced "PET-ro-SEE-no" ... born 2/27/88 in Lakewood, NJ.