Baseball

Holds Fairfield single game record for hits (6) and singles (6).

2008: Finished season with a .310 batting average with a team-high 27 runs scored in 47 games ... Was second on the team in hits with 54 which is also a career best ... Tallied a career-best 21 RBI ... Recorded a team-high 17 multi-hit games ... Had three hits against both Iona and LeMoyne ... Went 4-for-6 with two runs scored and an RBI against Rider on April 20 ... Set a record on April 12 going 6-for-7 with three RBI and three runs scored at Siena ... Went 3-for-6 with two RBI and two runs scored in a doubleheader at St. Peter's ... Had a strong outing in series opener with Niagara, going 4-for-6 with three RBI and three runs scored ... Went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI against Western Michigan ... Drove in three runs and tripled against Villanova ... Went 2-for-2 with two runs against Xavier. 

2007: MAAC All-Academic Team ... Had an outstanding season for the Stags ... Started 45 games at shortstop ... Hit .252 with 41 hits and a team-high 26 walks ... Led the team in stolen bases with a career high 15 in 18 attempts ... Scored a career-high 27 runs, good for second on the team, and drove in nine runs at the lead off spot ... Had 11 multi-hit games ... Went 3-for-4 against both Stony Brook and Yale ... Had three RBI in opening game against Iona ... Went 1-for-3 with three walks and three runs scored at Sacred Heart ... Went 3-for-5 with two RBI in opening game at Marist ... Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in second game at Rider.

2006: MAAC All-Academic Team ... Appeared in 43 games, starting 38 of those contests ... Led the team in batting average (.299), runs scored (26), walks (26) and on-base percentage (.414) ... Fifth on the team in hits (40) ... Was a team-best 14-15 in the stolen base department ... Went 3-for-4 with four RBI in series opener against Niagara and followed that with a pair of doubles in the night cap.

2005: DeSimone appeared in 10 games in his first collegiate season for the Stags ... Was primarily used as a pinch runner ... He scored three runs and one hit and one run batted in ... In his first collegiate game against St. John's on March 22 he scored one run ... In the first game of a doubleheader against Saint Peter's on April 4 scored a run ... Against Iona on May 8 he scored his third run of the season ... DeSimone earned his first collegiate start on May 20 against Manhattan ... He made the most of his starting nod at shortstop by getting his first collegiate hit and RBI with a single to left field in the second inning of a 9-2 win over the Jaspers.

Before Fairfield: He played scholastically for Pelham Memorial High School ... DeSimone was also a standout basketball player for Pelham ... As a senior he garnered all-league in basketball and all-league and all-section in baseball ... He captained the baseball team both as a junior and senior, and helped the baseball team to a league championship in 2003 ... That season he was an all-league selection, as well as the team's most valuable player.

Personal: Son of Albert and Ruthann DeSimone ... Majoring in finance.