2019 NJIT Baseball Roster
Biography
2019: Started 41 of NJIT's 45 games at shortstop. ... batted .256 with 40 hits, 36 runs batted in, 31 runs, six doubles and five home runs, which ranks third on the team. ... for his career, started in 175 games, recording 184 hits (ranked in the top 10 in the D1 era), 112 RBI, 111 runs, 31 doubles, nine home runs, five triples and 438 assists, which tops the NJIT D1 era record books.
2018: ASUN Conference second-team honoree. ... Started all 47 games at shortstop for the Highlanders. ... batted .272 with 55 hits, which ranks second on the team, 18 RBI, 10 doubles, two triples and one homerun. He has hit safely in the last 12-out-of-16 games. ... went 4-for-5 with two RBI , including a double against No. 1 Stetson in the opening game of the 2018 ASUN Baseball Tournament. ...in ASUN action, Etts hit .305, registering 29 hits, 15 runs, four doubles and five RBI and combined for a .952 fielding percentage.
2017: Started 44 games for the Highlanders at shortstop. ... batted .288 (third on the team), including 51 hits (third on the team) and nine doubles (third on team). ... hit safely in the last 10 out of 13 games...his three home runs ranked tied for second on the team.
2016: Appeared and started in 43 games for the Highlanders. … hit .260 on the year with six doubles, two triples and ranked second on the team with 27 RBI’s, with 17 of them coming in conference play. … Atlantic Sun Player of the Week (4/4) and NJIT Male Athlete of the Week (4/4).
Prior to NJIT: Attended Spackenkill High School. ...Poughkeepsie Journal Player of the Year award for small schools given out by the Dutchess County Baseball Coaches Association as a senior. ... Etts secured a .507 batting average, an on-base percentage of .615 and a slugging percentage of .760. ...collected 13 extra base hits with a home run, eight doubles and four triples. ...on the bases he was perfect, stealing 30 bags in 30 attempts and finished with a fielding percentage of .986. ... On the mound he saved five games for the Spackenkill Spartans, tossing 16 innings, posting an earned run average of 1.75 and striking out 16 batters. ...played summer ball for the Taconic Rangers ...On the basketball court, Etts was named Poughkeepsie Journal Player of the Year, averaging 20.1 points, three steals, four assists and five rebounds per game as a senior ... the 5-foot-7 guard totaled 402 points, moving him into fourth place on Spackenkill's all-time scoring list with 1,077 points. ...Etts was awarded the Bob Stauderman Award as Co-Player of the Year (with Red Hook's Dennis Hare) by the Dutchess County Basketball Coaches Association, Mid-Hudson Athletic League small schools Most Valuable Player, Basketball Coaches Association of New York Section 9 Class B Player of the Year and first-team all-state.
Personal: Justin Clark Etts. ... son of Patricia and Kevin Etts. ... named to the Dean’s List for two semesters. ...business major.
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Historical Player Information
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2016Freshman
SS
5'10"
155 lbs
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2017Sophomore
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5'10"
155 lbs
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2018Junior
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5'10"
180 lbs
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2019Senior
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5'10"
180 lbs