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Jersey Number 13
CJ Deckinga
- Position:
- INF/OF
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 200
- B/T::
- R/R
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Minooka, Ill.
- High School:
- Minooka HS
2026 (FRESHMAN): Named to D1Baseball's Preseason Top Big Ten Freshmen List.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letterwinner at Minooka High School for coach Jeff Petrovic ... Helped Minooka to a 33-4 record as a senior ... Was a two-time All-Southwest Prairie Conference honoree ... Registered a .400 batting average as a senior with 30 RBI, logging a .521 on-base percentage, .657 slugging percentage and a 1.179 OPS ... Hit .273 at the plate as a junior in 35 games, with 28 RBI, posting three doubles and four home runs, while posting a 7-1 record on the mound with 52 Ks and a 3.09 ERA in 43.0 IP, helping MHS to a 24-11 record ... Notched a .250 average as a sophomore, with three doubles and six RBI at the plate, posting four Ks and no earned runs in 3.0 IP on the mound ... Saw action in 15 games as a freshman, recording a .375 average with two doubles and five RBI ... Ranked as the No. 1 3B/OF and No. 8 overall player in the state of Illinois by Prep Baseball Report ... Selected to play in the Future Games as well as attend the Prep Baseball Report Super 60 and the PBR Illinois Preseason ProCase ... Also lettered on the Minooka HS basketball team ... Earned the Rising Star Award for basketball ... Recipient of Minooka HS Scholar-Athlete Award for both baseball and basketball ... Intends on playing with the Kenosha Kingfish in the summer of 2026.
PERSONAL: Son of Liz and Chris Deckinga ... Lists the first of his greatest athletic experiences as his first at bat in the 2023 Futures Game representing Team Illinois, hitting a home run over the left field fence, capping his hard word and workouts and boosted the interest he received from college programs, in addition to his other moment of hitting a grand slam in game played at Cooperstown when he was 12, as one of the best baseball experiences of his life and team building, which solidified his dream of playing baseball in high school, college and beyond ... Had over 50 initial offers before choosing MSU over Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Notre Dame, Purdue and Kentucky ... Chose Michigan State because MSU runs in his family, as his grandparents met and fell in love at MSU, and while growing up, he lived and breathed Green & White with his parents and grandparents, and always wanting to come to Michigan State as a kid, and knew when he stepped on campus during recruiting visit that it just felt right to him and was a perfect fit for him for athletically, academically, campus life and community atmosphere ... Intends on majoring in exploratory business at MSU.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letterwinner at Minooka High School for coach Jeff Petrovic ... Helped Minooka to a 33-4 record as a senior ... Was a two-time All-Southwest Prairie Conference honoree ... Registered a .400 batting average as a senior with 30 RBI, logging a .521 on-base percentage, .657 slugging percentage and a 1.179 OPS ... Hit .273 at the plate as a junior in 35 games, with 28 RBI, posting three doubles and four home runs, while posting a 7-1 record on the mound with 52 Ks and a 3.09 ERA in 43.0 IP, helping MHS to a 24-11 record ... Notched a .250 average as a sophomore, with three doubles and six RBI at the plate, posting four Ks and no earned runs in 3.0 IP on the mound ... Saw action in 15 games as a freshman, recording a .375 average with two doubles and five RBI ... Ranked as the No. 1 3B/OF and No. 8 overall player in the state of Illinois by Prep Baseball Report ... Selected to play in the Future Games as well as attend the Prep Baseball Report Super 60 and the PBR Illinois Preseason ProCase ... Also lettered on the Minooka HS basketball team ... Earned the Rising Star Award for basketball ... Recipient of Minooka HS Scholar-Athlete Award for both baseball and basketball ... Intends on playing with the Kenosha Kingfish in the summer of 2026.
PERSONAL: Son of Liz and Chris Deckinga ... Lists the first of his greatest athletic experiences as his first at bat in the 2023 Futures Game representing Team Illinois, hitting a home run over the left field fence, capping his hard word and workouts and boosted the interest he received from college programs, in addition to his other moment of hitting a grand slam in game played at Cooperstown when he was 12, as one of the best baseball experiences of his life and team building, which solidified his dream of playing baseball in high school, college and beyond ... Had over 50 initial offers before choosing MSU over Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Notre Dame, Purdue and Kentucky ... Chose Michigan State because MSU runs in his family, as his grandparents met and fell in love at MSU, and while growing up, he lived and breathed Green & White with his parents and grandparents, and always wanting to come to Michigan State as a kid, and knew when he stepped on campus during recruiting visit that it just felt right to him and was a perfect fit for him for athletically, academically, campus life and community atmosphere ... Intends on majoring in exploratory business at MSU.
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Monday, February 16
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