University of Memphis Athletics
2016 Baseball Roster
Damo DeMatteo
- Position:
- C
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 209
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Hixson, Tenn.
- Prev School:
- Cleveland State CC
- NIL:
- R/R
Academic Honors
Memphis Tiger 3.0 Club Fall 2015.
2016 - Senior
Has seen playing time in 63 games of the season (started in 24) at catcher ... Went 1-for-3 with a single against SIUE on 2/27 and versus Ole Miss on 3/2 ... Scored a run against Arkansas- Pine Bluff on 3/15 ... Went 1-for-1 in game one and recorded an RBI in game two of the Eastern Illinois series (3/18 and 3/19) ... Scored a run against UCF on 4/1 ... Went 1-for-2 against Arkansas on 4/6 ... Went 1-for-4 scoring a run against USF on 4/8 ... Went 1-for-2 against East Carolina on 4/15 ... Went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored against Houston on 5/6 ...
2015 - Junior
Played in 16 games and made 11 starts behind the plate ... Missed a significant stretch of the season because of injury ... Batted .229 with six RBI and six runs scored ... Made first career start in the win over Oral Roberts (2/14) and scored a run ... Drove in two runs in a win over Saint Louis (2/28) ... First career multi-hit game came in the loss to Arkansas (3/25) where he was 2-for-3 with a run scored.
2014 - Junior
Redshirted.
Cleveland State Community College
Was a two-year starter for Cleveland State Community College, making 24 starts behind the plate ... Hit .260 as a freshman ... Played in 14 games at catcher in 2013 before missing the rest of the season due to injury ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI against Southwest Tennessee CC in 2013.
Prep
Lettered three years as a catcher at Soddy Daisy High School ... Received all-district and all-region honors ... Trojans advanced to the state tournament in 2011 ... Hit a team-high .442 during the 2011 state playoffs ... Selected to the Tennessee All-Star Game ... Threw out 84 percent of the attempted base stealers ... Among the top in the district with 16 doubles.
Personal
Son of Damian and Shirley DeMatteo ... First name is Damian ... Lettered three years as a quarterback in high school ... Majors in Interdisciplinary Studies.
