Wrapped up a three-year career with multiple postseason honors and as a 6th round draft selection of the St. Louis Cardinals
Was voted as Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year, to the All-C-USA Second Team, and as First Team ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region
Also was named as a semifinalist for the Buster Posey Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award (formerly known as the Johnny Bench Award), as just one of 14 backstops nationwide
Defensively, threw out 17 runners trying to steal (a 40 percent success rate) and picked off three more
Committed only two fielding errors at catcher
Achieved career highs in nearly every offensive category, as he batted .310 with six home runs and 43 RBI, tallied 70 hits and had 47 runs scored
More than doubled his combined walk total from the previous two years, to 43 (fifth in the league), towards a .423 OBP (more than 55 points higher than his previous career best)
Posted a consecutive game stretch of 28 games reaching base, from March 16 to May 5
Streak ended with an unsuccessful pinch-hit appearance; he would go on to reach base in 12 of the final 14 games to close out the year
Had back-to-back game-winning two-out singles in the ninth inning of comeback wins against Florida and Old Dominion
At both the Conference USA Championship and NCAA Athens Regional, was chosen as the catching representative on each All-Tournament Team
Finished his career eighth on the program's all-time ledger for putouts with 897
Was voted prior to the year as team captain
2018 (Sophomore)
Notched career highs across the board during his second year with the program
Batted .309 with four home runs, 31 RBI, 23 runs scored, 51 hits, nine doubles, and OBP (.368) and slugging (436)
Member of the Johnny Bench Award Watch List in both the preseason and midseason
Fantastic defensively, with just two errors and catching six runners attempting to steal plus a pickoff
Despite a late-season injury, led the team with six game-winning RBI
Reached in 19 straight games, including hits in his first two games back, before a pinch-hit appearance broke the streak
Had a four-hit game against UNF, and three three-hit games, all against Conference USA foes (Old Dominion, Southern Miss and Rice)
2017 (Freshman)
In his freshman year, played in 40 games with 30 starts, 29 at catcher
Batted .243 with four home runs and 24 RBI
Threw out eight runners attempting to steal and picked off two more
Twice had three-hit games, going 3-for-5 in each, vs. Toledo (March 11) and at FGCU (April 25)
Hit the first home run of his collegiate career vs. Indiana (Feb. 25)
Knocked in five runs in a win over Rutgers (March 14), on a two-run home run, a two-run double and a sacrifice fly
In the Owls' win over Old Dominion at the Conference USA Championships, knocked in three runs
High School
Played at Gulliver Prep for coach Manny Crespo
Also was a member of Elite Squad, under coach Alan Kunkel
Personal
Son of Edgar Pages and Maria Valdespino
Majoring in business
Born in Maracay, Venezuela
Goal is to be an MLB player
Favorite pro team is the Boston Red Sox
Top TV shows are The Blacklist and Prison Break
Enjoys listening to reggaeton
Hobbies he likes are volleyball, fishing and bowling