DEYVID AT A GLANCE: Very experience player ... Tremendous defender with great range and a powerful arm ... Like coach on the field.
JUNIOR (2018 - South Alabama): Played in 30 games for the Jags with 11 starts ... Batted .154 (8-or-52) with seven runs and two RBI as coach Mark Calvi's squad went 32-25.
SOPHOMORE (2017 - Tallahassee CC):Â Â Lettered two seasons at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla., under legendary coach Mike McLeod ... Posted a .419 on-base percentage along with nine doubles, one home run, 24 RBI, 34 runs scored and 11 stolen bases in 53 games played as a sophomore in 2017.
FRESHMAN (2016 - Tallahassee CC): Batted .333 with 11 doubles, one triple, seven home runs, 35 RBI, 51 runs scored and four stolen bases in 52 games as a freshman en route to first-team all-Panhandle Conference honors ... Hit .372 with seven doubles, two home runs, 12 RBI, 19 RBI and three stolen bases in 20 conference games in 2016 while batting .458 (22-for-48) in the final month of the season ... Selected as one of 26 players to participate in the 82nd National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kan., as a member of Team USA in the summer of 2016 ... Also a 2016 Panhandle Conference all-academic honoree.
HIGH SCHOOL:Â Â In his senior year at Mater, played in 15 games under coach Mark Dirosa ... Batted .234, with 14 runs, 11 RBI, three doubles, and a .333 OBP in 45 plate appearances ... Found himself as part of the All-Tournament team in the Perfect Game High School Showdown for Mater Academy Lions and the 2014 WWBA Florida Qualifier as part of the travel ball team with South Florida Elite Squad Sluggers ... Named All-Dade Area Baseball Honorable Mention 2014 ... Aided team in 2014 to help win the 2016 6A State Championship with a record of 22-8.
PERSONAL:Â Â Second of two children to David and Silvia Silva ... Has an older sister, Cindy ... Sport management major.