Carson DeMartini Season 2023

Awards & Honors
• 2023:  Perfect Game Preseason All-American Third Team (Jan. 4).
• 2022:  Consensus Freshman All-American ... VaSID All-State Second Team (June 28) ... All-ACC Baseball Academic Team (June 27) ... ACC All-Freshman Team (May 23) ... Perfect Game/Rawlings Midseason Freshman All-American (April 12).

Player Rankings
• 2024 MLB Draft:  No. 35 overall by Perfect Game ... No. 18 college prospect by D1Baseball ... No. 2 ACC prospect by D1Baseball; No. 6 by Perfect Game.
• 2023:  No. 5 preseason third baseman by D1Baseball (Feb. 3) ... No. 23 NCAA Division I sophomore by Perfect Game (Jan. 10) ... No. 11 Cape Cod Baseball League prospect by Perfect Game (Dec. 23).
• 2022:  No. 83 incoming ACC freshman by Perfect Game (Sept. 29) ... No. 437 among Perfect Game's top 500 incoming NCAA Division I freshmen (Sept. 28).

2023 at Virginia Tech
• Season Notes:  Started all 52 games played in, batted .323 while recording 189 at-bats ... Registered 61 hits, including 10 home runs, slugging .593 ... Scored 58 runs and totaled 57 RBIs ... Drew 46 walks, achieving a .455 on-base percentage ... Stole nine bases on 13 attempts ... Sported .947 fielding percentage at third base. 

2022 at Virginia Tech
• Season Notes:  Played in all 59 games, making 58 starts at third base … Ranked among the top 100 NCAA Division I players in slugging percentage (.659), the top 150 players in home runs (15) and top 250 players in batting average (.341) … Ranked among the top 20 ACC players in slugging percentage and on-base percentage (.452) … Tied for the 14th most home runs hit during ACC conference games (nine) … Recorded 70 hits from 205 at-bats, including 14 doubles, three triples and 15 home runs … Accomplished two 10-game hitting streaks, including one spanning each of Tech's eight postseason games ... Ranked fifth on the Hokies in runs (54), tying for fifth in RBIs (50) ... Co-led Tech in walks (35) and was seven times a hit batsman … Stole five bases on eight attempts … Sported a .951 fielding percentage at third base and turned eight double plays.

High School
• Graduated with honors from the Mathematics & Science Academy at Ocean Lakes High School (Virginia Beach, Virginia).
• Four-year varsity starting shortstop at Ocean Lakes under coach Peter Zell.
• 2021:  Through 14 games, batted .571, logged a .730 on-base percentage and slugged 1.500 while tallying 19 runs, 20 hits, five doubles, a triple, seven home runs, 14 RBIs and 15 walks … Registered a .979 fielding percentage … Charted two saves.
• 2019:  Co-led the Dolphins to the Virginia High School League (VHSL) Region 6A championship … Named the Region 6A Player of the Year.
 
Club
• Five-year infielder with the Tidewater Orioles (Virginia Beach, Virginia) under coach Lee Banks.
• 2021 Perfect Game/Rawlings High Honorable Mention Preseason All-American … 2021 Perfect Game/Rawlings Atlantic Region All-High School Senior First Team … 2020 Perfect Game/Rawlings Atlantic Region All-High School Underclassmen Second Team … 2019 Perfect Game/Rawlings High Honorable Mention Preseason Underclassmen All-American.
 
Personal
• Born Dec. 27, 2002, in Virginia Beach, Virginia … Son to Tommy and Wendy DeMartini … Has an older sister, Abigail … Father, Tommy, played baseball at Chipola Junior College … Cousin, Tyler Nelin, played baseball at George Mason.
• Interested in studying business and finance at Virginia Tech.
• Chose to attend Virginia Tech ahead of George Mason, James Madison, Old Dominion, VCU and William & Mary.
• Virginia Tech Class of 2025.