Joe Rosati Class: Junior Hometown: Havertown, Pa. High School: Episcopal Academy Height / Weight: 6-1 / 206 Position: OF/DH Birthdate: 11/22/1986 B/T: L/L

On Rosati: Big, strong left-handed hitter ... Has power to all fields and is an excellent situational hitter ... Fits well in the Villanova offense ... One of the team's top stolen base threats ... Expected to be a major contributor ... Can play the outfield or first base and will also be used as a designated hitter ... Has shown great improvement during his first two seasons.

Career: Has been a valuable bat for the Wildcats as both an outfielder and designated hitter ... Emerged as a potent bat during his freshman year and has been a mainstay in the lineup since ... Played in 90 games with 79 starts ... Career .263 (72-for-274) hitter with 50 runs scored, 26 RBI, seven doubles, three triples and one home run ... Drawn 30 walks, struck out 60 times and has been hit by a pitch 17 times ... Stolen 26 bases in just 31 attempts and has 11 sacrifice bunts.v

2007: Started 47 of 50 games played as mostly a designated hitter ... Batted .265 (44-for-166) and was second on the team with 18 stolen bases ... Scored 30 runs and drove in 14 ... Collected four doubles and a triple, walked 17 times, was hit by a pitch nine times and produced a .359 on-base percentage and .301 slugging percentage ... Stole 18 bases in 23 attempts ... Tied for second on the team with six sacrifice bunts ... Batted .294 against left-handed pitching and .284 with runners on base ... Scored a runner from third with less than two outs in 9-of-16 (56%) opportunities.

2006: Forced his way into the everyday lineup early in the season and became the starting left fielder ... Wound up playing in 40 games overall and made 32 starts ... Batted .259 with one home run and 12 RBI ... Owned a .377 on-base percentage and .352 slugging percentage ... Had 28 hits in 108 at-bats, including three doubles, two triples and the one homer ... Named the Hometown Philly Baseball Rookie of the Week on April 18 ... In four games in the week leading up to the award, Rosati belted his first collegiate home run against Pittsburgh, scored four runs and had three RBI ... Scored 20 runs while drawing 13 walks ... Was hit by a pitch eight times and struck out only 17 times in 135 plate appearances ... Had four multi-hit and three multi-RBI games ... Made eight pinch-hitting appearances and reached base seven times ... Went 4-for-5 (.800) with two walks and a hit by pitch in those situations ... Batted .281 against left-handed pitching ... Hit .224 with a .369 on-base percentage against Big East competition.

Episcopal Academy: Lettered in baseball, basketball and football ... Named All-City in baseball and football and was an All-League choice in football ... Runs a 6.7 40-yard dash ... Batted .467 during senior season ... Member of the school's honor roll.

Personal: Born 11/22/86 in Philadelphia, Pa. ... Older of two sons of Joe and Sue Rosati ... Has a younger brother Rich (14) ... Played against current Villanova teammate Ryan Arcadia during high school career ... Chose Villanova because of the strong reputation of the baseball team and academic programs ... Majoring in Finance.