Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Villanova Career: Excellent defensive catcher with an above-average arm behind the plate … Does a good job of controlling the running game and has thrown out 25 would-be base stealers during his career … Has good on-base skills as a batter … Throughout his collegiate career has played in 115 games with 96 starts … His career batting average is .233 … Has 84 hits in 360 at-bats with 15 doubles, 57 runs scored, and 56 runs batted in … Has drawn 56 walks … As a catcher has 405 putouts, 45 assists (.978 fielding percentage) … Five-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team … Six-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
 
2024: Appeared in 17 games and started 14 of them … In 56 at bats had a .196 batting average, .250 slugging percentage and .262 on base percentage … Recorded 11 hits with one home run and eight RBI … Had 76 putouts and eight assists with a .966 fielding percentage … One of his best outings of the season came at Xavier on May 17 where he recorded two RBI and a home run.
 
2023: Appeared in 40 games with 37 starts during the year … Had a batting average of .265, slugging percentage of .379 (fourth on the team), and on-base percentage of .376 … Recorded 35 hits in 132 at bats which included eight doubles (fourth on the team), two triple, one home run, and 22 RBIs (fourth on the team) … Defensively he recorded a .978 fielding percentage with 162 putouts (second on team), and caught 13 runners stealing and five passed balls … He recorded a season high five RBIs in one game at Butler on March 15^th … Recorded 11 multi-hit games this past season high ranks third on the team … Season high 13 putouts against Xavier on March 23.
 
2022: Appeared in 41 games with 34 starts during the year … Started 12 times behind the plate and had 22 starts as the designated hitter … Maintains a batting average of .244 and slugging percentage of .290 … Had 32 hits to go along with 24 walks, 29 strikeouts, and seven hit by pitch … Posted a .384 on-base percentage while going 32-for-131 at the plate with 28 runs scored and 17 runs batted in … Hit six doubles, two sacrifice flies, and stole two bases on two tries … Behind the plate had a .991 fielding percentage with 99 putouts, 10 assists and just one error in 110 chances … Threw out five of the nine base runners who tried to steal against him and only two pass balls … Season high of one double and four RBIs on April 23 at Connecticut … Season high of 10 putouts at Richmond on March 27 … Season high three hits at Monmouth on May 10.
 
2021: Appeared in 12 games with seven starts during the year … Started four times behind the plate and had three starts as the designated hitter … Had three hits to go along with four walks and three hit by pitch … Posted a .313 on-base percentage while going 3-for-25 at the plate with two runs scored and three runs batted in … Hit one double and was caught stealing once … Behind the plate had a .980 fielding percentage with 46 putouts, four assists and just one error in 51 chances … Threw out three of the eight base runners who tried to steal against him … Started at Stony Brook and went 1-for-4 with 14 putouts and a runner caught stealing in a 2-1 victory … Started each of the final three games of the season at St. John’s and reached base six times in 13 plate appearances in the series (.462 OBP%) … Went 2-for-9 with three walks, a double, two runs scored and three RBI … Doubled and drove in two runs while walking three times in a 7-2 win in the middle game of the series.
 
2020: Saw playing time in five games with four starts during the shortened season … Went 3-for-16 with a run scored and six runs batted in at the plate … Drew one walk and struck out three times … Recorded one sacrifice fly … Played strong defense behind the plate with 22 putouts, three assists and one error in 26 total chances (.962 fielding percentage) … Threw out two of the three base runners who attempted to steal against him … Started in a win over Saint Louis and was 2-for-4 with a run scored, a sacrifice fly and four RBI … Went 1-for-4 against Bucknell … Started the home opener against NJIT and drove in a run while recording a season-high nine putouts and an assist in a 5-1 win.
 
Ramapo High School: Earned a total of seven varsity letters during his scholastic career, including four in baseball as a catcher and three in basketball as a shooting guard … As a senior batted .407 with five home runs and 35 runs batted in … Earned first team all-county and first team all-league honors his senior year … Achieved High Honor Roll status academically as a sophomore.
 
Personal: Born 11/22/00 in Wyckoff, N.J. … Oldest of three sons of John and Joanne Whooley … Has two younger brothers, Michael (16) and Joanne (12) … Chose to attend Villanova because his mother and several family members are alumni and he knew he would get a great education … Cited the culture of the baseball team among his deciding factors in enrolling … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences and has yet to declare a major.