North Brunswick grad Yomar Carreras rakes for Rutgers in Year 2
Former North Brunswick star Yomar Carreras is batting .293 as Rutgers’ shortstop, building on an All-Big Ten freshman season.
He arrived at North Brunswick High School ready to play. And boy, could he play. Yomar Carreras started as a freshman and, by his senior year, was voted a Greater Middlesex Conference All-Star by the league’s coaches.
He batted . 464 with three home runs, 13 doubles and 25 stolen bases. Four years later, Carreras was again starting as a freshman — this time for the Rutgers University baseball team.
Batting . 255 with five home runs, six doubles and 23 RBI, he earned All-Big Ten Freshman Team honors. Now a sophomore, the shortstop has picked up where he left off.
He opened the season at Charleston and Virginia Tech by going 12-for-28, and heading into this weekend’s three-game series at Penn State, he is batting . 293 with four home runs, six doubles and 31 RBI. A switch-hitter, Carreras’ bat is the loudest part of his game.