Career Stats
Major: Criminology
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Third Team All-American
College Sports Madness Third Team All-American
2018 All-American Athletic Conference First Team
2018 American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (3/5/18)
2018 American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (4/16/18)
2017 American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (3/20/17)
AS A JUNIOR (2018): Appeared in and started all 59 games, the only Bull to do so … Had a career season, finishing second in The American with a .374 average, the ninth-most doubles in the nation with 24, 12 home runs, 59 RBI and 53 runs scored … Named an All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and College Sports Madness … The 24 doubles rank third on USF’s single-season list and set an American Athletic Conference record … First team all-conference selection … His 36 extra-base hits are tied for the second most in the Bulls’ single-season history … His 51 career doubles are the ninth most in program history … Had 24 multi-hit games and 18 multi-RBI games … Held a team-long 25 game on base streak … Drafted in the 11th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2017): Appeared in and started 60 games at third base…Hit .294 on the year, good for third on the team…Scored 36 runs and drove in 47 men, which was second on the team…Hit 13 doubles and tied for second on the squad with seven homers…Finished second in the American Athletic Conference with 41 walks…Tallied 17 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games…Had a 19-game on-base streak at one point during the season...Drove in a career-high five men vs. Harvard on March 19 in a game in which he went 2-for-3 with a three runs scored and a grand slam…Went a perfect 3-for-3 at UCF on May 19…Named The American Player of the Week on March 20.
AS A FRESHMAN (2016): Played in 55 games, making 54 starts (all at third base)...Hit five home runs with 23 runs batted in...Placed third in conference play with seven doubles...Posted 11 multi-hits and eight multi-RBI games...Made his collegiate debut with a home run, a double, four hits, two runs scored and two RBIs in the 11-10, Opening Day win over Liberty (2/19)...Had another career day with two hits, a double, a home run, three runs scored and four RBIs in the 13-3 victory over Saint Joseph’s (3/4)...Notched three hits and three RBIs against No. 11 Florida State (3/8)...Tallied another four hits, including a home run, two hits and two RBIs in a 7-5 win against Memphis (4/10)...Compiled three hits and two runs scored at No. 21 East Carolina (5/13).
HIGH SCHOOL: Five-year letter winner for head coach Bruce Aven at American Heritage HS…Compiled a .323 average in high school with 17 home runs, 95 RBIs and 82 runs scored…Preseason Under Armour All-American, first-team all-county (Sun Sentinel, Miami Herald), and Team Captain as a senior, hitting .324 with seven home runs, 29 RBIs and 23 runs scored… first-team all-county (Sun Sentinel, Miami Herald) as a junior, batting .444 with four home runs, 15 RBIs and 15 runs scored…Hit .346 as a sophomore with two home runs, 18 RBIs and 17 runs scored...5A state champion as a freshman…Also played at the varsity level as a freshman and an eighth grader.
PERSONAL: Born David Alexander Villar on Jan. 27, 1997 in Atlanta, Ga. …Parents are Lazaro and Mirta…Has one sister, Natalie.
VILLAR'S CAREER HIGHS (as of 6/19/18)
At Bats: 6, 3x, at UNF (3/21/18)
Runs Scored: 3, 4x, last vs. Cincy (5/23/18)
Hits: 4, 3x, last vs. Columbia (3/4/18)
RBI: 5, 2x, last vs. Tulane (3/30/18)
Doubles: 2, 6x, last vs. Cincy (5/23/18)
Triples: 1 at Cincinnati (4/2/16)
Home Runs: 2, 2x, last vs. Memphis (4/27/18)
Walks: 2, 16x, last at No. 7 ECU (4/15/18)
Stolen Bases: 1 vs. Tulane (3/31/18)
