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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (Jan. 27, 2016) - After having one of the best seasons in LIU Post baseball history in 2015, junior pitcher Jake DeCarli (Higganum, Conn.) was selected to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Preseason All-America Second Team on Wednesday.

Last offseason, DeCarli earned the program's first All-America nod since Joe Mare was an Honorable Mention in 2007. The righty received All-America Honorable Mention praise from both Daktronics and the NCBWA, and landed on the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-East Region Second Team.

In addition, the Higganum native was chosen to the 2015 Daktronics/Division II Conference Commissioners Association and NCBWA All-East Region First Team.

DeCarli, the reigning East Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year and All-ECC first-team honoree, was dominant on the hill for the green and gold in 2015. In 10 starts that spanned 71.0 innings, he put together a 6-1 record, to go along with a minuscule 0.76 earned-run average.

His ERA led the ECC and ranked third in Division II, while his win total was good for fourth in the conference. DeCarli was even better in ECC play, finishing with an unblemished 4-0 mark and a 0.79 ERA during the regular season. On the year, he added 60 strikeouts and held hitters to a stingy .148 batting average against. DeCarli also placed third in Division II with 4.44 hits allowed per nine innings and fourth with a 0.80 WHIP (walks plus hits per innings pitched). 

DeCarli and the Pioneers open up the 2016 season in Gaffney, S.C. where they will play four games against Limestone College from Feb. 13-14.