2025 Baseball Roster
DeCaro, Jason
Jersey Number 29
Jason DeCaro
- Position:
- RHP
- B/T:
- R/R
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- North Port, N.Y.
- High School:
- St. Anthony's
Bio
AS A SOPHOMORE (2025)
• Made 16 starts for the Diamond Heels, posting a 9-3 record.
• Responsible for the 11th best ERA in the ACC at 3.78.
• Part of the pitching staff that had the third best ERA in the nation (3.47) and the best in the ACC for the second straight season.
• Threw a total of 83.1 innings, second most on the team, with 70 strikeouts and just 26 walks.
• Started on opening day, picking up the win over Texas Tech (2/14) with six strikeouts and just one walk in 5.0 IP.
• Recorded six or more strikeouts in seven of his starts.
• Went a career-high 7.2 innings of one run work in a win over Stony Brook (2/28).
• Logged a career-high 107 pitches thrown in the team’s victory against Wake Forest (4/13), allowing just two hits and one run with six strikeouts.
• Sensational in 6.0 frames of one-run ball while picking up the win on the road against No. 2 Florida State.
• Tied a career-best eight strikeouts in the Chapel Hill Regional win over Oklahoma (5/31), outdueling top-10 MLB draft pick Kyson Witherspoon.
• Named to the All-ACC second team for the second straight season.
• Earned a spot on the 2025 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.
AS A FRESHMAN (2024)
• Named to the Freshman All-America first team by both D1Baseball and Perfect Game.
• Earned a spot on the All-ACC second team.
• Selected for the All-ACC Freshman Team.
• Ranked seventh nationally among NCAA Division I freshmen with a 3.81 ERA, sixth-best overall in the conference.
• Part of the UNC pitching staff that compiled the ACC’s lowest team ERA (4.30) for the first time since 2013.
• Allowed 7.43 hits per nine innings, sixth fewest among Division I pitchers, while holding opposing hitters to a .221 batting average.
• Led the ACC in starts (18) and posted a 6-1 record in 89.2 innings pitched. He was fifth in the conference in hits allowed per nine (7.43) and sixth in ERA.
• Won ACC Pitcher of the Week after striking out a career-high eight batters across seven shutout innings against Virginia Tech. He was the first Tar Heel pitcher to win the award since 2021 and the first UNC freshman to receive the accolade since 2017.
• Picked up his first collegiate win with 6.0 innings of three-hit ball against VCU (2/27).
• Fanned six in 6.1 innings in his first ACC start against Pitt (3/9).
• Accomplished all of this while being one of the youngest student-athletes in Division I. Born April 17, 2006, spent the first half the season still just 17 years old.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as the fifth top prospect from the state of New York by Perfect Game.
• Two-year letterman at St. Anthony’s for coach Paul Parsolano.
• Voted 2023 NSCHSAA Player of the Year, hitting .340 with four home runs and posting a 2.31 ERA with 59 strikeouts in 43 innings pitched.
• Played first base.
• Named to the 2023 Newsday All-Long Island Baseball Team • Two-time all-conference and academic all-conference.
• Twice voted team MVP.
• Member of the boy’s basketball team.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jason Charles DeCaro.
• Born April 17, 2006 in East Northport, N.Y.
• Parents are Charles and Jennifer DeCaro.
• Has an older sister, Jessica.
• National Honor Society member.
• Principal’s List student.
• Made 16 starts for the Diamond Heels, posting a 9-3 record.
• Responsible for the 11th best ERA in the ACC at 3.78.
• Part of the pitching staff that had the third best ERA in the nation (3.47) and the best in the ACC for the second straight season.
• Threw a total of 83.1 innings, second most on the team, with 70 strikeouts and just 26 walks.
• Started on opening day, picking up the win over Texas Tech (2/14) with six strikeouts and just one walk in 5.0 IP.
• Recorded six or more strikeouts in seven of his starts.
• Went a career-high 7.2 innings of one run work in a win over Stony Brook (2/28).
• Logged a career-high 107 pitches thrown in the team’s victory against Wake Forest (4/13), allowing just two hits and one run with six strikeouts.
• Sensational in 6.0 frames of one-run ball while picking up the win on the road against No. 2 Florida State.
• Tied a career-best eight strikeouts in the Chapel Hill Regional win over Oklahoma (5/31), outdueling top-10 MLB draft pick Kyson Witherspoon.
• Named to the All-ACC second team for the second straight season.
• Earned a spot on the 2025 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.
AS A FRESHMAN (2024)
• Named to the Freshman All-America first team by both D1Baseball and Perfect Game.
• Earned a spot on the All-ACC second team.
• Selected for the All-ACC Freshman Team.
• Ranked seventh nationally among NCAA Division I freshmen with a 3.81 ERA, sixth-best overall in the conference.
• Part of the UNC pitching staff that compiled the ACC’s lowest team ERA (4.30) for the first time since 2013.
• Allowed 7.43 hits per nine innings, sixth fewest among Division I pitchers, while holding opposing hitters to a .221 batting average.
• Led the ACC in starts (18) and posted a 6-1 record in 89.2 innings pitched. He was fifth in the conference in hits allowed per nine (7.43) and sixth in ERA.
• Won ACC Pitcher of the Week after striking out a career-high eight batters across seven shutout innings against Virginia Tech. He was the first Tar Heel pitcher to win the award since 2021 and the first UNC freshman to receive the accolade since 2017.
• Picked up his first collegiate win with 6.0 innings of three-hit ball against VCU (2/27).
• Fanned six in 6.1 innings in his first ACC start against Pitt (3/9).
• Accomplished all of this while being one of the youngest student-athletes in Division I. Born April 17, 2006, spent the first half the season still just 17 years old.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as the fifth top prospect from the state of New York by Perfect Game.
• Two-year letterman at St. Anthony’s for coach Paul Parsolano.
• Voted 2023 NSCHSAA Player of the Year, hitting .340 with four home runs and posting a 2.31 ERA with 59 strikeouts in 43 innings pitched.
• Played first base.
• Named to the 2023 Newsday All-Long Island Baseball Team • Two-time all-conference and academic all-conference.
• Twice voted team MVP.
• Member of the boy’s basketball team.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jason Charles DeCaro.
• Born April 17, 2006 in East Northport, N.Y.
• Parents are Charles and Jennifer DeCaro.
• Has an older sister, Jessica.
• National Honor Society member.
• Principal’s List student.
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