Position: defense

Shoots: left

Size: 5-10, 170

Age: 18 (06/17/87)

Years with Bobcats: 1

Years playing hockey: 12

Hometown: Seaford, NY

Hometown Newspapers: South Bay's Newspaper

High School: Seaford ′05 (93 avg.)

SAT: 1200 (620 Math/580 Verbal)

Current education: Farmingdale State

Hobbies/interests: golf, baseball

Favorite hockey player: Boston Bruins defenseman Brian Leetch because "he is a very steady defenseman and takes control of the game."

Best hockey advice ever gotten: "Keep your head up and see the ice."

Most influential person in my hockey career is: "My dad [Frank] because he got me into the sport and has given me good advice during my career."

Career highlights: DeMayo was a member of the New York Select teams as a 14-, 15-, 16- and 17-year-old. He participated in the USA National Select Festival as a 15- and a17-year-old and the Long Island Young Guns All-Star Game. He also played for the Nassau team in the Vytra Cup at Nassau Coliseum in February 2005. His teams took bronze in the 2003 Empire State Games, silver in the 2004 E.S. Games and bronze in the 2005 Junior B Nationals.

Ultimate goal: to play D-I college hockey

College interests: Holy Cross, Sacred Heart, Quinnipiac, UConn, Providence, Northeastern, UMass-Amherst

From his coach: "Every time he′s on the ice, something happens," Aleksey Nikiforov said of DeMayo. "He plays very smart. He′s a great offensive defenseman and has great hockey instincts."