ShaunMontoya

• 2023 Second-Team All-Mountain West
• Mountain West Freshman of the Week (4/18/22)

PRIOR TO KENTUCKY
Played 148 games with 143 starts over three seasons at San Diego State…Recorded 166 hits while batting .306…Smacked 27 doubles, seven triples ad five home runs, driving in 43 and scoring 103 times. He walked 59 times and stole 31 bases with a career OPs of .799.

2024 (SAN DIEGO STATE)
Started and played 54 games, batting .327 with a .401 OBP and .427 slugging percentage…Had nine doubles, two triples and three home runs while driving in 17…Walked 20 times, was hit by seven pitches and struck out just 26 times…Had 10 steals in 14 attempts.

2023 (SAN DIEGO STATE)
Played 52 games, making 41 starts in right field and nine in center…Garnered second-team all-MW accolades after batting .304 with a homer and eight RBIs in conference play, finishing second on the team in those games with 35 hits, three triples and 25 runs scored… Posted a slash line of .298/.388/.452 for the season, contributing two homers, 15 RBIs, 36 runs scored and 16 stolen bases, the latter of which ranked third in the league… Led the Aztecs in hits (56) and doubles (15) while tying for the top spot in total bases (85) and runs (36)… Was also slotted second on the squad in batting average (.298) and on-base percentage (.388)… Compiled the team’s second-longest streak of reaching base at 18 games from Feb. 17-March 25.

2022 (SAN DIEGO STATE)
Started 39 of 42 games, batting .284 with three doubles, 11 RBIs and 17 runs scored to go with five stolen bases … Led the Mountain West with nine sacrifice bunts, which was tied for 32nd nationally … Recorded 12 multi-hit games…Made 29 starts in right field and 10 in center …Garnered Mountain West Freshman of the Week honors after a four-game stretch from April 12-16 in which he led the Scarlet and Black in batting average (.647), on-base percentage (.684), slugging percentage (.882), total bases (15), hits (11) and runs scored (7) while sharing the top spot with two doubles … Was instrumental in SDSU’s first series sweep over New Mexico in Albuquerque since 1990 after leading the Aztecs with a .714 batting average during the three-game set (10-14) while tying for the top spot with 10 hits … Recorded seven straight hits at one point between the first and second games of the series vs. the Lobos.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated in 2020 from Damien High School in La Verne, California…Competed for one season in baseball as a senior, batting .419 with one homer, three RBIs and nine runs scored in nine games before the remainder of the campaign was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Was listed as a top 1000 recruit nationally by Perfect Game and was ranked as the No. 62 outfielder in the state for the class of 2020 … Received preseason All-America honorable mention for the California region by Perfect Game prior to his senior season … Was named to the all-tournament team as a member of the West Coast Braves club program at the 2019 WWBA 17U West National Championship in Surprise, Arizona, as well as the WWBA 2020 Grads/16U National Championship in 2018 in Cartersville, Georgia … Also played three years of football as a prep at free safety, strong safety and wide receiver … Compiled 109 all-purpose yards as a receiver and punt returner in five games as a junior to go with five tackles on defense.

PERSONAL
Son of Danny and Shea Montoya…Born in Pomona, California…Has three siblings: Danielle, Ava and Jacob…Got engaged in summer 2024…Majoring in business.
*San Diego State Athletics Communications contributed to this bio