On May: An outstanding athlete during his four years on the team ... Was a mainstay in right field and at the top of the batting order ... Contact hitter who got on base consistently ... Used his speed well both offensively and defensively ... Had an above average throwing arm and terrific range getting to balls in the gaps or toward the lines ... Exciting player to watch and a strong presence on the team.
Career: Played in 193 games with 178 starts during his collegiate career ... Was a .245 career hitter with 167 hits in 681 at-bats ... Consistent on-base threat who posted a career .345 on-base percentage and had a .289 slugging percentage ... Drew 82 walks and was hit by a pitch 25 times, while striking out just 100 times over 805 career plate appearances ... Had 84 runs scored and 64 runs batted in while tallying 21 doubles, three triples and a home run ... stole 21 bases and was caught 11 times ... Had 11 sacrifice bunts and six sacrifice flies ... Played primarily in right field defensively and had a .967 fielding percentage with 369 putouts, nine assists and 13 errors.
2017: Started all 47 games Villanova played during the season ... Batted .243 (46-for-189) with a .319 on-base percentage and a .280 slugging percentage ... Tied for the team lead with 23 runs scored and also had five doubles, one triple and nine RBI ... Drew 16 walks and struck out only 22 times in 213 plate appearances ... Was hit by a pitch five times and had three sacrifice bunts ... Stole six bases in seven tries and ranked second on the team in steals ... Had seven multi-hit games ... Opened the season by hitting safely in the first seven games, a hit streak which wound up tying for the longest on the team during the year ... Went 8-for-31 with a .258 batting average during the hitting streak ... Had two hits, including a double, a run scored and an RBI in the second game of the season at Norfolk State ... Had a season-high two RBI in the final game of that series ... Hit .533 (8-for-15) in three games against nearby rival Saint Joseph's ... Collected a pair of three-hit games versus the Hawks ... Led the Wildcats to their first win of the season against Central Michigan, a game in which he went 2-for-3 with two walks, two runs scored, one RBI and his only triple of the season ... Also stole a base ... Had a .969 fielding percentage in the outfield with 92 putouts, one assist and three errors in 96 chances; BIG EAST: Batted .200 (14-for-70) with a .273 on-base percentage versus BIG EAST foes ... Had four runs scored and two RBI while drawing five walks and striking out 12 times ... Was hit by a pitch twice and stole two bases ... The two steals came in the same game at Butler, when he singled, walked twice and scored two runs ... Hit safely in all three games against both Georgetown and St. John's ... Went 6-for-13 (.462) in the Georgetown series.
2016: One of three players on the team who played in and started all 52 games during the season ... Finished second on the team in batting average, on-base percentage and walks, in addition to tying for second in hit by pitch ... Hit .287 (54-for-188) with a .389 on-base percentage and a .346 slugging percentage while totaling 23 runs scored and 29 runs batted in (third on the team) ... Had seven doubles and two triples ... Drew 29 walks, was hit by a pitch five times and had both four sacrifice bunts and four sacrifice flies ... Stole six bases in nine tries ... Struck out 30 times in 230 plate appearances ... Tallied 14 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games, including a team-best seven games with at least three hits ... Batted .381 with runners on base and .415 with runners in scoring position ... Both of those averages were the best on the team ... Had a team-high four hits (4-for-7, .571) with the bases loaded ... Batted .338 with two outs and tied for the team lead with 13 two-out RBI ... Reached base safely in each of the season's last 13 games, and during that stretch batted a torrid .435 (20-for-46) with a .509 on-base percentage, eight runs scored, 13 RBI and eight walks ... The stretch started with a non-conference game against Rutgers in which he went 2-for-4 with a double, stolen base and three RBI ... Earlier in the season had three-hit games against Boston College, Lehigh, Saint Peter's and St. Bonaventure ... Went 3-for-5 with two runs, three RBI and a double in the Lehigh game, and was 3-for-4 with three runs, two RBI, a double, a triple and a walk versus Saint Peter's ... Played excellent defense in the outfield, primarily in right field, and had 115 putouts, three assists and four errors in 122 total chances (.967 fielding percentage); BIG EAST: Batted .250 (17-for-68) with a .358 on-base percentage and a .324 slugging percentage in conference play ... Had four runs scored, nine RBI and a double to go along with nine walks and 13 strikeouts ... Was hit by a pitch once, had two sacrifice flies and stole two bases while also being caught twice ... Recorded consecutive three-hit games against Georgetown and went 6-for-12 with two runs and four RBI in the three-game series ... Hit .333 (4-for-12) with a walk and two RBI against Xavier in the final series of the season.
2015: Started all 50 games and batted .237 (47-for-198) with a .346 on-base percentage ... Led the team with 25 walks and was second on the squad with eight times being hit by a pitch ... Scored 27 runs and had 14 RBI while recording six doubles and a home run ... Struck out only 29 times in 232 plate appearances ... Had seven stolen bases and was caught six times ... Had one sacrifice bunt ... Tallied 12 multi-hit games ... Had a career day in a win over Mount St. Mary's when he went 6-for-6 with six singles, four runs scored and two RBI ... Hit a solo home run, walked and scored three times in a win over St. Bonaventure ... Singled, walked twice, stole two bases and scored a run against Northwestern in Villanova's first win of the year ... Recorded 108 putouts, two assists and five errors in the outfield for a .957 fielding percentage; BIG EAST: Started all 18 conference games and hit .216 (16-for-74) with a .275 on-base percentage ... Had 13 runs scored, three doubles and three RBI while drawing five walks and striking out 10 times ... Stole three bases without getting caught ... Had two stolen bases and three runs scored in a win over Butler ... Went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in the series opener at Creighton.
2014: Played in 44 games with 29 starts ... Batted .189 (20-106) while posting a .307 on-base percentage with 12 walks and seven times being hit by a pitch ... Struck out 19 times in 130 plate appearances ... Had 11 runs scored, 12 runs batted in and three doubles while stealing two bases in three tries ... Laid down three sacrifice bunts and hit two sacrifice flies ... Had five multi-hit games ... Drove in a season-high three runs and was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a walk in a win over Temple, then went 2-for-2 with two runs, two RBI and a double the next day at Saint Joseph's; BIG EAST: Saw time in 14 conference games with 11 starts ... Went 3-for-36 at the plate with three walks and eight strikeouts ... Had a run scored, a double and three RBI with one sacrifice bunt and one sacrifice fly.
Tatnall School: Earned four varsity letters in both baseball and football, as well as one in basketball ... As a baseball player was a first team all-conference selection all four years ... As a football player earned first team all-conference honors three straight years (sophomore through senior seasons) as both a wide receiver and defensive back ... Played at guard during his time on the basketball team.
Club Baseball: Played for the Stahl Post 30 American Legion team for four years ... The team made it to the state championship all four years and in 2012 and 2013 won consecutive state titles along the way to appearances at the Mid-Atlantic Regional ... Named an Under Armour Preseason All-American prior to the start of his junior year and was a Rawlings Preseason All-Region selection before his senior year ... Participated in the East Coast Pro Showcase in Syracuse and played for the Blue Jays Scout team.
Personal: Born 2/10/95 in Newark, Del. ... One of three sons of Derrick and Alicia May ... Has an older brother, Derrick, Jr., and a younger brother, Devon ... Father and grandfather, Dave May, each played in the major leagues and brother, Derrick, also played baseball at Villanova ... Mother played collegiate volleyball at Delaware State ... Also has an uncle who played college baseball at Delaware ... Hobbies include playing video games, drawing and playing basketball ... Also likes to dance, see movies and spend time with friends ... Chose to attend Villanova for the chance to grow as a student-athlete while receiving a quality education ... Communication major.
