2022 Baseball Roster

28 Collin Montez

  • Position Outfield
  • Class Senior
  • B/T L/L
  • Major Digital Technology and Culture
  • Hometown Tulalip, Wash.
  • Height 6-2
  • Highschool Archbishop-Murphy HS
  • Weight 229
  • Letters 4

Biography

WASHINGTON STATE 
WSU CAREER: Appeared in 191 games, 176 as a starter…hit .268 with 174 hits, 29 doubles, six triples, 19 homers and 99 RBI…drew 104 walks, stole 17 bases and scored 121 runs…earned bachelor’s degree in digital technology and culture.
 
SENIOR (2022): Appeared in 46 games, 43 as a starter…made 30 starts in right field and 13 in centerfield…hit .191 with five doubles, three home runs and 21 RBI…was 6-for-6 in stolen bases…scored 25 runs…tallied four multiple-hit games including one three-hit game…led team with 11 hit-by-pitches and second with 26 walks…in Pac-12 Conference play, hit .212 with five doubles, two homers, 12 RBI, 17 walks and 17 runs scored…ranked No. 44 outfielder in the country by D1Baseball.com prior to season…walked twice, singled, was hit-by-pitch, stole a base and scored a run in season-opening win at Hawaii (2.18)…singled and drove in a run at Hawaii (2/29)…had three RBI with go-ahead two-run single in ninth inning of comeback win at Tarleton State (3/2)…had RBI and scored twice in win over Texas A&M (3/4) at Frisco Classic in Texas…hit solo home run against Wichita State (3/5) at Frisco Classic in Texas…hit 438-foot home run to centerfield against No. 4 Oregon State (3/12)…had two hits, walked twice and drove in two runs including game-tying RBI-single in ninth inning of walkoff win over No. 4 Oregon State (3/13)…had pinch-hit double at No. 18 Stanford (3/25)…had RBI-double and scored a run at No. 18 Stanford (3/27)…had three hits, two RBI and two runs scored against Utah (4/1)…reached base five times, doubled, hit-by-pitch twice, doubled, drove in two and scored twice in win at No. 9 Arizona (4/8)…singled and scored twice in win at No. 9 Arizona (4/9)…hit two-run home run and stole a base in win at No. 10 Oregon (4/23)…had two hits including RBI-single in win over No. 11 Gonzaga (4/26)…singled and scored at No. 15 UCLA (5/15)…stole two bases in series sweep over Arizona State…in season-finale win over Arizona State (5/21), walked three times, singled, scored twice and stole a base.
 
JUNIOR (2021): Started all 49 games…hit .316 with 60 hits, 10 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 36 RBI and 45 runs scored…tied for 11th in the Pac-12 Conference with 11 walks…made 31 starts in right field and 18 in centerfield…recorded 17 multiple-hit games including six 3-hit games…recorded nine multiple-RBI games…in Pac-12 play, hit .292 with seven doubles, one triple, three homers, 23 RBI and 24 runs scored…scored a run in first nine games…had a hit and scored twice in each of final three games at UC Davis (2/20-21)…had three multiple-hit games including pair of 3-hit games at Dixie State…hit two home runs, drove in three runs and scored twice in win at Dixie State (2/26)…had three hits, doubled and homered in win at Dixie State (2/28)…had three hits and scored twice in win over Seattle U (3/5)…hit three-run home run in win at Portland (3/17)…had three hits, drove in a run and scored a run in win at No. 18 Oregon State (3/19)…had game-tying two-run double at No. 18 Oregon State (3/21)…hit two-run homer against No. 24 Stanford (4/1)…doubled and scored twice in win over No. 24 Stanford (4/3)…had two hits, tripled and scored a run in win at Utah Valley (4/7)…doubled and tripled, scored twice and drove in a run in win at Utah (4/9)…drove in two runs in series-clinching win at Utah (4/11)…had two hits, drove in three runs and scored three times in win over No. 13 Arizona (4/16)…homered and scored twice against No. 13 Arizona (4/17)…singled, had RBI and scored a run in series-clinching win at California (4/25)…had multiple hits in all three games of series win over No. 8 Oregon…had two hits in first two games against No. 8 Oregon (4/30, 5/1)…had three hits, doubled and homered in series-clinching win against No. 8 Oregon (5/2)…had two-run double in eighth inning of win over No. 16 UCLA (5/7)…had two-run doubled and scored twice in win at USC (5/16)…had three hits, doubled and drove in a run in series-clinching win over Washington (5/29).

JUNIOR (2020): Started all 16 games, 15 games in right field and once as the designated hitter…hit .283 with one double, one triple, four home runs and 17 RBI…scored 15 runs and stole two bases…tied for third in the Pac-12 in home runs, tied for sixth in RBI and tied for seventh in runs scored…recorded seven multiple-hit games…had two hits at CSU Bakersfield (2/15)…recorded three-straight two-hit games to start series at Hawai’i (2/20-22)…homered twice, drove in five runs and stole a base in win at Hawai’i (2/20)…doubled and tripled in win over Rutgers in Arizona (2/28)…walked three times and scored three runs in win over Rutgers in Arizona (2/29)…homered, stole a base and scored four runs in win over Niagara (3/5)…had two hits, walked twice, homered, drove in five runs and scored three runs against Niagara (3/8)…matched career-high with three hits against Gonzaga (3/10).

SOPHOMORE (2019): Only player to start all 54 games…started first 52 games in left field and started final two games in centerfield…hit .286 with 12 doubles, three triples and tied for team-lead with four homers…drove in 19 runs, scored 31 runs and led team with eight stolen bases…recorded 17 multiple-hit games including four 4-hit games…finished season with 12-game on-base streak…had season-long seven-game hitting streak…in Pac-12 Conference play, hit .302 with eight doubles, two triples, two homers and stole seven bases, tied for fifth-most among Pac-12 players…hit pair of solo home runs in game one of DH at Saint Mary’s (2/16)…had two hits in game two of DH at Saint Mary’s (2/16) including two-run double…had career-high three hits at Santa Clara (2/21), recording a single, double, triple and drove in a run…had two hits including a double and scored twice at Santa Clara (2/24)…had two hits and scored a run at Nevada (2/28)…had two hits, doubled and scored at UNLV (3/13)…doubled in all 3 games at No. 9 Arizona State, recorded a pair of multiple-hit games in the series…had three hits with two doubles and RBI at ASU (3/17)…singled in all three games at No. 22 UC Irvine…recorded hits in all three games vs. No. 2 Stanford…had 19-game on-base streak and seven-game hitting streak snapped at Loyola Marymount (3/25)…hit solo homer at California (4/7)…had pair of multiple-hit games against Oregon including two hits and two runs scored (4/13)…recorded three hits, scored twice, stole two bases and scored winning run on 10th inning wild pitch vs. Oregon (4/14)…stole two bases during USC series…had RBI-single and stole a base at Gonzaga (4/23)…tripled and scored tying run in eighth inning in 16-inning game at No. 2 Oregon State (4/27)…had two hits, doubled and scored twice in win over Washington (5/5)…had hits in all three games against No. 1 UCLA, recorded two hits (5/11) and scored three times (5/12)…had two hits, two RBI and scored twice at Utah Valley (5/14)…had pair of two-hit games at Utah, scored twice and hit solo HR (5/18)…had a hit in all three games against Arizona including 3-hit game in season-finale (5/25)…hit safely in nine of last 10 games.

FRESHMAN (2018): Appeared in 26 games, 14 as a starter…hit .212 in 52 at-bats with one double, one home run, six RBI and one stolen base…made collegiate debut with pinch-hit walk in season-opener against UC Riverside at the Husker Classic in Tempe (Feb. 16)…had pinch-hit double at Alabama (Game 1 – Feb. 23)…made first career start at Alabama (Game 2 – Feb. 23)…had pinch-hit singles at No. 14 UCLA (March 17) and at Arizona (March 25)…hit first career home run in win over Arizona State (March 29)…had game-tying pinch-hit RBI sacrifice fly in win over Gonzaga (April 3)…singled and scored twice against California (April 13)…had two hits against Santa Clara (April 20)…had RBI-singles against Santa Clara (April 21-22)…missed final month with a leg injury.

HIGH SCHOOL 
Attended Marysville-Getchell High School for first three years…was a three-year letterwinner at MGHS for coach Max Whitt…attended Archbishop Murphy High School as a senior…as a JUNIOR, hit a team-best .404 with two home runs, five doubles, 14 runs scored and 12 RBI…as a SENIOR, named 2A All-State by The Lynden Tribune and 2A All-Area by the Tacoma News Tribune…named first-team All-Cascade Conference…hit .481 with one home run, eight doubles, three triples, 22 runs scored, had a .544 on-base percentage, slugged .807...earned two wins on the mound…also a four-year letterwinner in football…as a SOPHOMORE, rushed for a state-best 2,016 yards and earned first-team All-WesCo honors as a running back as a JUNIOR…also lettered three times in basketball at MGHS.
 
PERSONAL
Parents, Carlos and Joliene…older brothers, Nate and Monnie…younger sister, Mikail.

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2018Freshman

    Outfield
    6'1" 215 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2019Sophomore

    Outfield
    6'1" 205 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2020Junior

    Outfield
    6'2" 210 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2021Senior

    Outfield
    6'2" 225 lbs
    28
  • 28

    2022Senior

    Outfield
    6'2" 229 lbs
    28