Chris Villa

Height:
5-11
Weight:
185
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Staten Island, N.Y.

2019: Academic Merit Award recipient... Recipient of Seton Hall's Iron Pirate Award... Appeared in a career-high 35 games, making 33 starts... Catcher... Batted .151 with seven RBIs... Stole one base... Walked twice with a run scored at St. John’s on May 18... Went 3-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs vs. Butler on April 28... Went 1-for-3 with a double, a stolen base, a walk and two runs scored at Iona on March 31... Had a hit and scored twice at FDU on March 27... Reached base twice, going 1-for-3 with a walk in game two of a doubleheader at Virginia on March 2... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2018: Appeared in 24 games, making 16 starts... Backup catcher... Batted .222 with one home run and five RBIs... Stole two bases in two attempts... Went 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored in the early game vs. St. John’s on Championship Sunday of the 2018 BIG EAST Tournament on May 27... Went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run scored vs. Rider on May 8... Went 3-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored vs. Saint Peter’s on May 1... Belted his first home run of the season vs. NJIT on April 24... Went 2-for-4 with a stolen base at Princeton on April 11... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2017: Appeared in 26 games, making 19 starts... Back-up catcher... Batted .216 with one home run, 12 RBIs and three doubles... Did not commit an error in 150 chances behind the plate... Clubbed his first career home run, a two-run shot vs. Creighton in game one of a doubleheader on May 6... Had a two-RBI double at Rutgers on April 18... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base vs. Manhattan on March 18... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored at No. 2 Florida in game two of a doubleheader on March 11... Reached base three times, going 1-for-3 with an RBI and two walks at Stetson on March 8... Made a monstrous 2017 debut, going 4-for-4 with two doubles and a career-high four RBIs vs. Michigan in game two of a doubleheader on Feb. 18... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2016: Appeared in 11 games, making seven starts... Batted .105 with two RBIs and three walks... Drew a walk and scored a run vs. Iona on March 29... Recorded his first collegiate hit and drove in his first run vs. Ohio State on March 4... Made collegiate debut vs. Missouri on Feb. 21... BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

High School/Personal: Attended St. Joseph by the Sea in Staten Island, New York for four years where he was a teammate of fellow freshman Matt Ponsiglione... Two-year letterwinner in baseball as a catcher... Also played football and wrestled... Team captain as a senior... Helped lead his team to a combined 38-7 record as a junior and senior... Led team to back-to-back Staten Island Championships... Clubbed three home runs and drove in 20 runs as a senior... Played in the Staten Island Senior Game... Dean's List member... Member of the History Club... Born Nov. 17, 1997.