Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Villanova Career: Projects as the starter behind the plate for the third straight season … Possesses a strong, accurate throwing arm, and controls the running game at an elite level … Led the BIG EAST last season in runners caught stealing, and is the Villanova career record holder in that category … Fearless competitor and an outstanding defensive presence behind the plate in all facets of catching … Did not commit an error in 273 total chances last season … Solid pitch receiver … Patient batter who can reach base in a variety of ways … More than half of his times on base have come via walks and hit by pitch during his Wildcats career … Has played in 79 games with 71 starts over the last two seasons … Batting .190 with a more representative .335 on-base percentage … Former transfer from Rutgers who came to Villanova with three years of remaining eligibility.
 
2018: Played in 40 games with 34 starts behind the plate … Set a single-season school record and led the BIG EAST by throwing out 22 would-be base stealers on the year … Threw out 22-of-59 (37.3%) runners attempting to steal … Had five games in which he threw out at least two runners, including throwing out three potential base stealers against Wagner on April 20 … Played error-free defense for the season with 244 putouts and 29 assists … It marked the seventh time in school history that a player with at least 100 fielding chances in a season did not commit an error … Recorded 10 or more putouts in a game six times … Had a season-high four assists against Creighton on May 11, two of which were throwing out runners trying to steal … Ranked second on the team with six sacrifice bunts and was fourth with 16 walks … Had a .284 on-base percentage in 122 plate appearances … Reached base three times in a game on two occasions … Went 2-for-2 with a double, a walk and a sacrifice against Lafayette … Was 1-for-2 with two walks, a run scored and an RBI versus La Salle … Drove in two runs in a win over Army West Point.
 
2017: Appeared in 39 games with 37 starts at catcher … Led the team with a .375 on-base percentage and 23 walks … Also had a team-high .255 batting average and reached base at a .391 clip during conference play … Reached base more times via a walk or hit by pitch on the season (28 total) than he had hits (26) … Batted .228 with four doubles and a home run … The home run was a three-run shot in a 10-1 win over Iowa … Had eight multi-hit games, including a career-high three hits against both Georgetown and at Penn State … Went 3-for-3 with two runs scored in a 4-0 win in the Georgetown game … Enjoyed a 3-for-4 day with a double, a run scored and an RBI at Penn State … Had two hits, including a double, and drove in two runs in a 6-0 win over George Washington on April 13 … Had a sensational three-game series at Butler in which he went 5-for-11 with three doubles at the plate, coupled with throwing out 4-of-6 would-be base stealers … All four of the runners he caught stealing came in the first game of a doubleheader in the series opener … Started both ends of the doubleheader and was 3-for-7 on the day … Had two hits and drove in two runs in the series finale the next day … Compiled a .986 fielding percentage behind the plate with 227 putouts, 46 assists and four errors … Threw out 21 would-be base stealers to rank second in the BIG EAST and set a single-season school record which he would break again a year later … Had five games in which he threw out two or more runners trying to steal.
 
Rutgers Career: Member of the Scarlet Knights roster for the 2015 and 2016 seasons … Appeared in 10 games and started once behind the plate as a true freshman in 2015 … Went 1-for-9 at the plate with a double, two runs scored, a walk and four strikeouts … Made his first collegiate start against Columbia and had a double and a run scored in the game … His debut came as a pinch hitter against Miami (Fla.) … Registered eight putouts and one assist without committing an error behind the plate … Redshirted the 2016 season.
 
Club Baseball: Played for the North Jersey Cardinals while in high school.
 
Bernards High School: Earned four varsity letters in both baseball and basketball … Was a catcher on the baseball team and a power forward on the basketball team … Named the Somerset County and the Courier News Player of the Year as a senior in 2014 … Named first team All-State Group II as both a junior and a senior … First team All-Somerset County as a senior, and second team as a junior … Three-time selection to the All-Skyland Conference first team from his sophomore through senior seasons, as well as being a second team pick as a freshman … First team all-area as a senior, second team as a junior and honorable mention as a sophomore … Chosen as an Under Armour Preseason All-American prior to the start of his senior year … Led his team to the most wins in school history with a 25-6 record … Team also on three consecutive Valley Division titles in the Skyland Conference, on a North 2 Group II title and reached the Group II state finals … Played in the New Jersey All-Star Game … School record holder in career doubles (43), home runs (9) and runs batted in (108) at the time of his graduation … Had over 100 career hits … Named a Scholar-Athlete Award winner and achieved honor roll status academically all four years.
 
Personal: Born 9/28/95 in Morristown, N.J. … Youngest of four children and the only son of Doug and Sarah deMarrais … Has three sisters: Grace Jepsen (32), Kelly Luquet (30) and Mary deMarrais (27) … Father played football at Rutgers and mother played basketball, field hockey and softball at Ashland … All three siblings were collegiate swimmers; Grace at James Madison, Kelly at Virginia Tech and Mary at Connecticut … Enjoys golfing and going to country music concerts, as well as attending sporting events … Chose to come to Villanova because of its great academic reputation and the opportunity to continue his baseball career … Communication major.