Ceciliani was born in Tracy, California, though he moved to Madras, Oregon when he was young. Prior to playing professionally, he attended Madras High School and then Columbia Basin College.\n', '

Ceciliani was drafted by the New York Mets in the fourth round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. He was the highest picked player from Oregon and second-highest drafted player in the Northwest in that year\'s draft.\n', '

In his first professional season, Ceciliani hit .234 with 2 home runs and 13 RBI in 42 games for the Rookie-level Kingsport Mets, and stole 14 bases in 16 tries. The next year, he hit .351 with a .410 on-base percentage, a .531 slugging percentage, 12 triples, 21 stolen bases and 56 runs scored in 68 games for the Short Season-A Brooklyn Cyclones. He led the New York–Penn League in batting average, runs and hits (95). His batting average, hit total, run total and triples set team records. It was even thought that he could challenge Jack Maloof\'s league record .402 batting average, set in 1971. He was named a MiLB.com Organization All-Star and a Mid-Season All-Star that year, and Baseball America ranked him the 11th-best prospect in the New York-Penn League and the 14th best prospect in the Mets system.\n', '

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