Tyler DeMartino Named BIG EAST Player of the Week

Tyler DeMartino Named BIG EAST Player of the Week

04.18.22 | Baseball

Senior batted .412 with four homers and nine RBI last week

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

NEW YORK - After helping Xavier to a three-win week and a series victory over Villanova, junior outfielder Tyler DeMartino was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week, the league office announced on Monday.

DeMartino, a junior from Potomac, Md., batted .412 through four games for the Musketeers, collecting a team-high matching seven hits, including six for extra bases for a team-best 1.235 slugging percentage. Among those extra-base hits were four home runs, helping DeMartino collect a team-high nine RBIs as Xavier topped Wright State and took 2-of-3 against Villanova.

Against Wright State, DeMartino went 2-of-3, with a pair of walks, driving in three RBI and scoring two runs. In Xavier's 8-7 win in the series opener against Villanova, he went 2-of-4 at the plate with three RBI. In the series finale against the Wildcats, DeMartino had a pair of hits, both home runs, to drive in three RBIs.

This is DeMartino's first Player of the Week honor of the season.