GENERAL: Will challenge for starting spot at second base... utility infielder who can play first, second or third base... good lefty bat off the bench.

2010: Appeared in 12 games, starting in seven before suffering a season ending injury...drove in three runs, had four hits and scored five runs... made season debut at #10 Miami on Feb. 26... earned first start of the year and knocked in two runs with two hits in a victory at Delaware (3/6)... posted a .333 on-base percentage and had one steal.

2009: Started 27 of 37 games... recorded 20 RBI and scored 23 runs... hit .253 (25-99), including two doubles and a triple... had four five multi-hit performances... tallied a career-high three hits and scored three runs in a victory at Siena (3/23)... registered three multi-RBI games... notched a career-high four RBI in a win at Niagara (5/2)... registered 29 total bases... recorded first career run in a victory over BYU (2/21)... had first collegiate hit and RBI at Delaware (3/7)... scored a career-high four runs leading to a win at Saint Peter's (3/21).

BEFORE MANHATTAN: Three year varsity starter at Bethlehem Central... named 2008 Times Union Section II First Team All Star and 2008 Suburban Council First Team his senior year... named team captain as a senior and guided team to Section II semifinals... was .371 from the plate and led Suburban Council with 32 RBI... received Bethlehem Central Outstanding Senior Athlete Award... has played summer ball for George Rodgers of the South Troy Dodgers... advanced to the Don Mattingly under-17 World Series.

PERSONAL: A marketing major... the son of Will and Connie DeRuve... has two brothers, Nick and Michael... chose Manhattan for its good academic and athletic reputation.