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05/16/2012
No. 16 ASU Baseball Falls To No. 8 Arizona, 10-2
Sun Devil fans raised $3,447 for the Cory Hahn Foundation
05/13/2012
No. 19 ASU Baseball Sweeps Gonzaga Behind Freshman's Clutch Hitting
Nathaniel Causey went 3-for-3 with a go-ahead two-run double to give ASU a 3-1 win in the series finale
05/12/2012
Benjamin, Williams Power No. 19 ASU Baseball Past Gonzaga, 10-1
The Sun Devils scored nine runs in the first three innings
05/10/2012
No. 19 ASU Baseball Heads To Gonzaga For Three-Game Tilt
This is the first-ever trip to Spokane, Wash., for ASU
05/05/2012
Offense Heats Up As No. 20 ASU Baseball Rolls Past Utah, 17-1
Williams struck out a career-high nine in eight innings
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No Ordinary Joe II (By Don Leypoldt, NECBL, April 14, 2012)
2011 (Sophomore): Burst onto the scene as a sophomore, winning the Pac-10 batting crown with his .368 average...was a First Team ABCA All-American, a Third Team Baseball America All-American, a First Team ABCA All-West Region choice and a First Team All-Pac-10 pick...also earned First Team Academic All-Pac-10 honors and First Team Academic All-District VIII honors...appeared in 52 games, starting 49...bashed a team-leading nine home runs, including three against Stanford on May 1, and drove in 51...led the Pac-10 in batting average (.368), slugging percentage (.663), triples (7) and total bases (128)...collected two five-hit games (at Auburn, Long Beach State)...was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Tempe Regional...drove in 12 runs in six postseason games...participated in the TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby in Omaha.
2010 (Freshman): Saw action in eight games...went 1-9 with an RBI...was perfect in nine chances defensively.
High School: A 2009 graduate of Arcadia High School in Phoenix...a four year starter for Arcadia...team captain in his junior and senior seasons...twice named to the All-Arizona Baseball Team, including being the only junior selected in 2008...named to the 4A All-Star team in 2009...4A East Sky Regional Player of the Year in 2009...named to the ESPN-RISE All-Area team in 2009...ABCA/Rawlings High School All-American and All-Region choice in 2008...hit .550 with 13 home runs and a record 1.130 slugging percentage during his senior season.
Personal: Majoring in finance...son of Jill and Dan DeMichele of Phoenix...has two brothers, Tommy and Danny...says Seinfeld is his favorite TV show...lists former Sun Devil and current Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia as his favorite player...born February 5, 1991 in Phoenix...full name is Joseph Daniel DeMichele.
Career Stats at Arizona State:
| Year | Avg. | GP | GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OBP | SB | SBA | PO | A | E | F% |
| 2010 | .111 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2011 | .368 | 52 | 49 | 193 | 37 | 71 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 128 | .663 | 14 | 2 | 27 | 2 | .412 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 13 | 3 | .939 |
| Totals | .356 | 60 | 49 | 202 | 38 | 72 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 129 | .639 | 15 | 2 | 29 | 2 | .403 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 19 | 3 | .948 |
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