New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

Likely to move back to his pre-college position of second base after playing the last three seasons in the outfield … outstanding speed and strength for a man his size.

Coach Callahan’s comment: “He’s going to be a key hitter in our lineup. He’s our sparkplug.”

2008: Started 35 games and batted scored 26 runs with 29 hits ... successful on 10 of 11 steal attempts and enters his senior year with 45 career steals.

2007: Batting average dropped from celestial .427 in last DII season (2006) to .264 in NJIT's first year of DI competition (2007), but he increased his runs scored from 34 to 36 ... raised his career steals total to 35. 

2006: Co-Male Newcomer of the Year for the entire NJIT athletic program. ... 2nd-team NJCBA all-state and 2nd-team all-conference ... ranked 23rd nationally in Division II and led the CACC with a .427 batting average ... 56 hits (2nd all-time at NJIT), 19 stolen bases and five triples ... NJCBA Rookie of the Week three times and CACC Rookie of the Week two times.

Prior to NJIT: First-team all-quad, all-area and second-team all-county at Belleville High School for coach Alan Frank ... played for the Bennington Bombers AAU summer team. 

Personal: Craig Leon Binkiewicz, Jr. ... son of Lisa and Craig Binkiewicz. ... mechanical engineering major. ... last name is pronounced "BINK-a-wits". ... born 1/27/87 in Belleville, NJ.