2002: Emerged to became the ace of the staff…11 straight wins was the longest winning streak for any freshman in the 30-year history of Golden Panthers baseball…one of only two undefeated starting pitchers in Division I in 2002…voted Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year by the league’s coaches and was a second-team all-league selection…named to the first team All-South Central Region as selected by the Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association…honored with inclusion on the 2002 Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-America team as chosen by Collegiate Baseball newspaper…14 game appearances with 13 starts on the season…earned his first collegiate victory with five innings of work against St. Francis (2/17)…picked up his ninth win of the season at Miami (5/2), pitching the first seven innings and allowing five runs, all in the first three innings, on nine hits…only pitcher on the staff with a complete game during the season, he earned two, back-to-back, against league opponents Arkansas-Little Rock (4/19) and South Alabama (4/26)…also led all FIU pitchers with 94.1 innings of work and 92 strikeouts…exceptionally tough against left-handed batters who hit just .205 (23-for-112) against him…recorded his season-best 12 strikeouts in seven innings of five-hit ball vs. Fairfield (3/4), one of three shut-outs he pitched on the season…also started and went six innings in a 22-0 win over Wagner (3/10), and worked the first eight innings of a 1-0 victory over SBC foe New Orleans (5/10)… a well-supported pitcher as his teammates averaged 11.4 runs per start last season.

Prior to FIU: Selected the team MVP for Southridge his senior year for head coach Fred Burnside after a 10-2 record with 95 strikeouts and an ERA of 1.25…also named to the first-team All-Miami-Dade baseball team…named the Athlete of the Year as a sophomore…as a junior went 5-0 with a 0.80 ERA…recruited by LSU, Miami, USC.

Personal: Son of Frank and Sandra DeCarlo…born March 24, 1983…Undecided major.