Biography
2022: Started all 59 games at first base… Led team with a .458 on-base percentage and 35 walks and was second with .356 batting average, .597 slugging percentage, 77 hits, 16 doubles and 12 home runs… Among SoCon leaders, was third in on-base percentage, sixth in batting average and eighth in slugging… Added 54 runs scored (third on team) and 50 RBI (fourth on team) … Named All-Southern Conference First Team by the coaches and media… Tallied two hits in three-straight games from 2/26 – 3/2… Recorded two RBI against Penn (3/6) … Hit first home run of season against Cincinnati (3/15) with three total hits and two RBI… At Belmont (3/18), homered again as part of a four-hit game with two doubles… In the next game at Belmont (3/19), belted a pair of long balls as part of three hits and four runs batted in… Tallied two hits, including a homer, and two RBI against Gardner-Webb (3/25) … At Tarleton (4/5), knocked a pair of hits, including a homer, for three RBI… Tallied a four-hit day with three runs knocked in against ETSU (4/15) … At Mercer (4/22), posted a three-hit affair with three RBI… Concluded the series (4/24) with a pair of hits, one of which was a long ball… Recorded three hits, two doubles, at UNC Asheville (5/4) with a pair of RBI… Tallied four hits against The Citadel (5/6) … Against Presbyterian (5/11), recorded three hits with a home run… Had two hits and two RBI to bookend the VMI series, opening it (5/19) with one of the hits being a homer and closing it (5/21) with three runs scored… Was named SoCon Player of the Week on March 21… Earned SoCon Player of the Month for March… Named to Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2021: Started all 57 games with 53 starts at first base and two each at second and third base ... Posted a .274 batting average with 57 hit and 39 runs scored ... Tied for the team lead with 45 RBIs and was second on the team with seven home runs ... Had two hits, including a double, to drive in two runs at Presbyterian (2/24) ... At UNC Asheville (3/2) had two hits and drove in three runs ... Had a solo home run in the eighth inning against Davidson (3/23) ... At Mercer (3/27) had two hits, including a home run, in the second game of the doubleheader ... Against UNCG (4/16) had two hits, including a two-run homer in the seventh inning ... In the doubleheader at VMI (4/23) combined for four hits and four RBIs ... Had three hits and two RBIs at Winthrop (5/5) ... Led off the fourth inning against The Citadel (5/7) with a solo home run ... At Western Carolina (5/15) had three hits, including a pair of doubles, to drive in two runs ... Against Mercer (5/21) had two hits, with a two-run homer in the fourth inning ... In the Southern Conference Tournament had a pair of solo home runs against Mercer (5/28) ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2020: Played in 16 games with 15 starts at second base ... Batted .314 with 16 hits, 15 RBIs and 13 runs scored ... Second on the team and sixth in the SoCon with three home runs ... In the season opener against Binghamton (2/14) had a three-run homer in the fifth inning ... At USC Upstate (2/25) had a solo home run in the sixth inning and drove in a run on a sacrifice fly ... Had three hits against Merrimack (2/29) with a home run in the third inning ... Added two hits and two RBIs against the Warriors (3/1) ... Against Presbyterian (3/4) had two hits and a pair of RBIs ... At Auburn (3/11) had an RBI single in the first inning ... Preseason All-Southern Conference second team ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and SoCon Spring Academic All-Conference Team.
2019: Started 60 of 61 games played at third base ... Finished fourth on the team with a .324 batting average, along with leading the team with 119 total bases and seven home runs ... Was second on the team with 72 hits and added 41 RBIs ... Named All-Southern Conference second team by the coaches and media, along with SoCon All-Freshman Team honors ... Earned Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America and Baseball America All-America second team honors ... Among SoCon leaders was first in doubles (22), which was the third-most in school history ... Had three hits, including two doubles, against Charleston Southern (2/27) ... Against Gardner-Webb (3/9) had a double and a home run ... Against Ohio State (3/12) had a double and a home run for a total of three RBIs ... Had a double and a home run against Lafayette (3/16) ... Added a triple and a single against Maryland Eastern Shore (3/20) ... At Florida A&M (3/23) had two doubles, a single and a homer to drive in four runs ... Against VMI (4/12) had a home run in the third inning and scored four runs in the game ... Added a two-run homer in the series finale against the Keydets (4/13) ... Against Samford (4/27) had two doubles and a single ... At The Citadel (5/3) had four hits and scored three runs ... At USC Upstate (5/8) had three hits ... At UNCG (5/17) had two hits, including a homer, and scored four runs ... In the Southern Conference Tournament had a total of four hits and three RBIs ... During the summer played for the Saugerties Stallions in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: Captain his senior season at Georgetown Prep as team won the regular season championship ... Batted .360 with 22 RBIs and 12 doubles to earn Perfect Game Preseason All-American Atlantic Region, Washington Post All-Met and All-IAC honors ... As a junior, he batted .348 with 23 RBIs and four home runs in 28 games ... Named All-Met honorable mention by the Washington Post and All-IAC.
PERSONAL: Born September 26, 1999 ... Son of Dennis and Ann Dempsey ... A finance major ... Brother, Brian, played baseball at Boston College and his father, Dennis, played basketball at Mount St. Mary’s University.
HONORS & AWARDS
- 2019 All-Southern Conference Second Team
- 2019 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team
- 2019 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America Team
- 2019 Baseball America All-America Second Team
- 2018-19 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 Preseason All-Southern Conference Second Team
- 2019-20 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 Spring Academic All-Southern Conference Team
- 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 All-Southern Conference First Team
- 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
