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Jersey Number 19
Matt Ciccone
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 193
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- East Hanover, N.J.
- High School:
- Newark Academy
Career Highs
IP: 2.0, three times
SO: 2, three times
2020 (Freshman): Pitched in six games out of the bullpen ... struck out eight in 10 innings ... fanned two in two frames against Saint Peter's (3/4) ... pitched two innings versus Washington State (2/28) ... struck out a pair in 1.1 innings versus Wagner (2/25) ... closed out the first win of the season at North Florida (2/21) with two innings of relief ... worked 1.2 innings with one run allowed in collegiate debut at No. 3 Miami (2/15).
Prior to Rutgers: A four-year varsity starter at Newark Academy … pitched 145 innings over first three varsity seasons with 193 strikeouts and 14 victories … named First Team SEC American Division in 2018 and helped team win the state sectional final and advance to the state final … earned First Team Prep B and Third Team All-Non Public in 2017 … also a two-time letterwinner in football … played travel baseball for Blue Chip Baseball for eight years … also pitched for Farrah Scout and U.S Elite Ferber, finishing 19th in the country in 2018 via Perfect Game.
Personal: Son of Tom and Sylvia Ciccone … has two older siblings, Tommy and Nicole, and a younger brother, Frank.
Know Your Knights
Nickname: Swervo
One word to describe Coach Owens: Winner
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: Paul Mulcahy
Best player ever competed against: Anthony Volpe
Favorite place to hang out on campus: 39 Mine Street
If I wasn’t playing baseball, I’d be: Working.
Favorite professional athlete: Tfue
Favorite professional sports team: Boston Red Sox
One word to describe myself off the field: Serious
Few people know that I: Am very good at basketball.
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: My dad
I started playing my sport because: I was athletic as a kid, so my parents signed me up for sports at a young age.
I chose Rutgers because: it's close to home and in the Big Ten.
Favorite cereal: Special K Red Berries
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime: American Sniper
The best actor to play me in a movie: The Rock
The first song I knew all the words to: "No Flockin" - Kodak Black
Famous people I have met include: Todd Frazier
Rituals I have before, during or after a game: None
Favorite all-time gift received: Lava lamp
Pets I had growing up were: One dog
The place in the world I would most like to visit: Greece
The website I visit most often: YouTube
My favorite teacher: Mrs. Conley
If my life was a book, the title would be: The Crucible
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Black.
My spirit animal: Dragon
One thing on my bucket list: Skydiving
Phone app you cannot live without: Snapchat
What would you like to say to the R Fund donors who have provided for your scholarship and/or facility resources? Thank you for everything you have done for not only me, but Rutgers athletics as a whole. Without you, I would not be in the position I'm in today and I appreciate all the support.
How has Rutgers and donor support changed your life? It gave me an opportunity to further my education and play the sport I love at the next level.
IP: 2.0, three times
SO: 2, three times
2020 (Freshman): Pitched in six games out of the bullpen ... struck out eight in 10 innings ... fanned two in two frames against Saint Peter's (3/4) ... pitched two innings versus Washington State (2/28) ... struck out a pair in 1.1 innings versus Wagner (2/25) ... closed out the first win of the season at North Florida (2/21) with two innings of relief ... worked 1.2 innings with one run allowed in collegiate debut at No. 3 Miami (2/15).
Prior to Rutgers: A four-year varsity starter at Newark Academy … pitched 145 innings over first three varsity seasons with 193 strikeouts and 14 victories … named First Team SEC American Division in 2018 and helped team win the state sectional final and advance to the state final … earned First Team Prep B and Third Team All-Non Public in 2017 … also a two-time letterwinner in football … played travel baseball for Blue Chip Baseball for eight years … also pitched for Farrah Scout and U.S Elite Ferber, finishing 19th in the country in 2018 via Perfect Game.
Personal: Son of Tom and Sylvia Ciccone … has two older siblings, Tommy and Nicole, and a younger brother, Frank.
Know Your Knights
Nickname: Swervo
One word to describe Coach Owens: Winner
Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: Paul Mulcahy
Best player ever competed against: Anthony Volpe
Favorite place to hang out on campus: 39 Mine Street
If I wasn’t playing baseball, I’d be: Working.
Favorite professional athlete: Tfue
Favorite professional sports team: Boston Red Sox
One word to describe myself off the field: Serious
Few people know that I: Am very good at basketball.
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: My dad
I started playing my sport because: I was athletic as a kid, so my parents signed me up for sports at a young age.
I chose Rutgers because: it's close to home and in the Big Ten.
Favorite cereal: Special K Red Berries
The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime: American Sniper
The best actor to play me in a movie: The Rock
The first song I knew all the words to: "No Flockin" - Kodak Black
Famous people I have met include: Todd Frazier
Rituals I have before, during or after a game: None
Favorite all-time gift received: Lava lamp
Pets I had growing up were: One dog
The place in the world I would most like to visit: Greece
The website I visit most often: YouTube
My favorite teacher: Mrs. Conley
If my life was a book, the title would be: The Crucible
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: Black.
My spirit animal: Dragon
One thing on my bucket list: Skydiving
Phone app you cannot live without: Snapchat
What would you like to say to the R Fund donors who have provided for your scholarship and/or facility resources? Thank you for everything you have done for not only me, but Rutgers athletics as a whole. Without you, I would not be in the position I'm in today and I appreciate all the support.
How has Rutgers and donor support changed your life? It gave me an opportunity to further my education and play the sport I love at the next level.
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