University of San Francisco Athletics

HONORS & AWARDS
- Buster Posey Award Watch List - 2020
- All-WCC Second Team - 2019
- WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention - 2019
- Buster Posey Award Watch List - 2019

FEATURES
- Dons From Distance | Rob Emery - 4/21/20
 

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**2020 (REDSHIRT SENIOR): Started in all 17 of the Dons' games at catcher or designated hitter during the shortened season, leading the team in hitting and finishing with a 13-game hitting streak ... Was named to the Buster Posey Award Watch List for the second time in his career on March 9 ... Hit .449 (22 for 49) with four doubles, two home runs, nine RBIs and seven multi-hit games during his 13-game hitting streak ... Had his first career multi-home run game at California on March 6, hitting a two-run shot and a solo bomb to provide all the offense USF would need in a 4-1 series-opening victory ... Had a season-high three hits twice - at San Jose State (3 for 5, three RBIs, two runs) on Feb. 25 and at Cal State Fullerton (3 for 4, double, run) on Feb. 29 ... Was perfect behind the plate with a 1.000 fielding percentage in 64 chances while throwing out three would-be base stealers and holding runners to a 57.1% success rate.

2019 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Was the Dons' leading hitter and among the team's top-three in eight different offensive categories while playing in 54 games with 51 starts at catcher and designated hitter ... Was named to the all-West Coast Conference second team after batting a team-best .320 for the year with five home runs, 16 doubles, 40 RBIs, and a team-high .386 on-base percentage ... Hit a team-leading .333 in conference play with 23 RBIs, six doubles and two home runs ... Was also flawless behind the plate during WCC games with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 128 chances (carried a .992 fielding percentage for the whole year with only two errors in 238 chances) ... Was named to the Buster Posey Award Watch List - the award given to the top collegiate catcher - on May 9 ... Had a team-high 17 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI performances ... Posted four separate hitting streaks of at least eight games, with three different streaks of nine games ... Had hits in 18 of 19 games across a month's period time - from March 23 to April 22 - with 10 multi-hit games during that stretch, batting .392 and slugging .519 with seven doubles and 21 RBIs ... Collected a career-high four hits with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs scored on April 22 at UC Davis ... Threw out 11 would-be base stealers while holding runners to a 67.6% success rate.

2018 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Served as the Dons' backup catcher, playing in 25 games with nine starts ... Made his USF debut on Opening Day, Feb. 16, at UTSA in a pinch-hit appearance ... Made his first career start the next day at UTSA in game one of a doubleheader ... His first career hit in the Green and Gold came on Feb. 24 versus San Jose State with a double in the Dons' 10-0 win over the Spartans ... Tallied his first career RBI on the road at No. 2-ranked Stanford ... Finished the year with six hits, a double, an RBI, a run scored and three walks.

2017 (AT USF): Redshirted season as a transfer. 

2016 (FRESHMAN AT DARTMOUTH): Earned second-team All-Ivy League honors ... Hit .340 with two home runs and four doubles in Ivy League play ... Hit .275 overall on the year, driving in 18 runs ... Started 27 of the 33 games in which he appeared. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterman and two-time captain at St. Ignatius College Prep for coach Matthew Stecher ... Earned all-metro honorable mention from the San Francisco Chronicle and first-team All-WCAL as a senior ... Also named to 2015 Perfect Game All-California second team and honorable mention All-America ... Helped his freshman squad to a conference championship with a 12-2 record in league play ... played summer ball with NorCal Baseball ... His team finished third in the Perfect Game World Series and earned a No. 7 national ranking.  

PERSONAL: Born Oct. 22, 1996, in San Francisco ... Son of Michael and Amy Emery ... Plans on majoring in business administration ... Enjoys trap and skeet shooting ... Is a product of the Junior Dons program, where he started playing in 2006.

** 2020 season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.