AS A FRESHMAN (2016): Played in 55 games, making 54 starts (all at third base)...Hit five home runs with 23 runs batted in...Placed third in conference play with seven doubles...Posted 11 multi-hits and eight multi-RBI games...Made his collegiate debut with a home run, a double, four hits, two runs scored and two RBIs in the 11-10, Opening Day win over Liberty (2/19)...Had another career day with two hits, a double, a home run, three runs scored and four RBIs in the 13-3 victory over Saint Joseph's (3/4)...Notched three hits and three RBIs against No. 11 Florida State (3/8)...Tallied another four hits, including a home run, two hits and two RBIs in a 7-5 win against Memphis (4/10)...Compiled three hits and two runs scored at No. 21 East Carolina (5/13).
HIGH SCHOOL: Five-year letter winner for head coach Bruce Aven at American Heritage HS…Compiled a .323 average in high school with 17 home runs, 95 RBIs and 82 runs scored…Preseason Under Armour All-American, first-team all-county (Sun Sentinel, Miami Herald), and Team Captain as a senior, hitting .324 with seven home runs, 29 RBIs and 23 runs scored… first-team all-county (Sun Sentinel, Miami Herald) as a junior, batting .444 with four home runs, 15 RBIs and 15 runs scored…Hit .346 as a sophomore with two home runs, 18 RBIs and 17 runs scored...5A State Champion as a freshman…Also played at the varsity level as a freshman and an eighth grader.
PERSONAL: Born David Alexander Villar on Jan. 27, 1997 in Atlanta, Ga. …Parents are Lazaro and Mirta…Has one sister, Natalie.
