2021 Baseball Roster
Roster
Gabe Montenegro
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- High School:
- Carrollwood Day HS
Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2021 semester.
2021 (C-Jr.): Posted a season that earned him a spot on the All-Conference USA second team and a spot on the NCAA Oxford All-Regional squad…Started all 61 games (60 in leftfield and once in centerfield)…Batted a team-high tying .345 with 24 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 29 RBI…His double mark ranked tied for sixth on the school single-season chart and finished No. 5 in the country in that category…Enjoys 45 two-base hits for his career, as he needs nine to join to move into the school’s career top 10 to tie with Jeremy Albritton (1996-99) with 54…Batted .383 (72x183) over the final 45 games, after he got off to a slow start…Registered the team’s longest hitting streak at 15 games – which also tied for the longest of his career which he did in 2019…Hit .492 (30x61) over that hitting streak which included nine multi-hit contests…Holds a nine-game hitting streak to start 2022, going 17x41 (.415) over the last part of the season with five doubles, 12 runs scored and four RBI…Collected a five-hit game against Southeast Missouri (6/5), marking his first five-hit game since he accomplished that feat against Arizona State in the 2019 NCAA Baton Rouge Regional…Led team with 26 multi-hit (17 2-hit, 7 3-hit, 1 4-hit, 1 5-hit) and nine multi-RBI games (4 2-RBI, 5 3-RBI)…Made one error in the outfield on 108 fielding chances…Enjoyed a spot on the league coaches preseason all-conference squad…Earned his undergraduate degree…Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll…Earned a C-USA Academic Medal and was a member of the league’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2020 (R-Jr.): Started in all 16 games, getting 12 in leftfield, two in centerfield and two in rightfield…Hit leadoff in all 16 games…Batted .290 with a homer and 11 RBI…Registered five multi-hit contest (4, 2-hit and 1, 3-hit)…Ended the year with a team-best four-game hitting streak…Also collected a five-game streak, hitting .409 (9x22) from March 2/16-23…Blasted lone homer, a three-run shot, at McNeese (2/29) in a 10-0 victory…Drove in a season-high four runs in that contest…Went 3x3 versus New Orleans (2/18)…Had two hits and drove in a pair of runs versus Murray State (2/16) and Little Rock (3/7)…Stole a season-high five bases in six attempts…Named to the C-USA preseason team by the league’s coaches…Earned President’s List for the Spring 2020 semester and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2019 semester…Awarded a spot on the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
2019 (R-So.): Played in 60 games, all starts in leftfield…Led the team in batting average with a .342 average and added 10 doubles, four triples, six home runs and 25 RBI…Selected second-team All-Conference USA and was the Co-Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional…His 81 hits was tops on the team…Batted over .300 in each month during the year, including a .358 (24x67) in May with a double, three home runs and eight RBI…Enjoyed a 15-game hitting streak (4/23-5/18) in which he batted .404 (23x57) with a double, two home runs and seven RBI…His homers during that stretch came in consecutive games against Florida Atlantic (5/5) and Rice (5/10)…Added a seven-game hitting streak from March 16-26 that included five multi-hit games during that stretch…Posted a team-high tying 24 multi-hit games (19 2-hit, 2 3-hit, 2 4-hit and 1 5-hit)…Went 10x17 (.588) with two doubles, a home run and seven runs and three RBI in the regional…Collected career-high five hit contest with game-winning hit in leading the Golden Eagles to a comeback victory over Arizona State (6/2)…Made just two errors in the field and went the final 18 games of the year without committing an error, spanning 28 chances…Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2019 Spring and 2018 Fall semesters…Earned a C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.
2018 (R-Fr.): Walked in first collegiate at bat versus Mississippi State (2/16) and then added a triple in his first at bat as a Golden Eagle, driving home a run against the Bulldogs (2/17)…Found his way into the starting lineup in which he started in 54 games and appeared in 59…Batted .295 with 11 doubles, two triples and two home runs and 38 RBI en route to being named Freshman All-America by Collegiate Baseball as well as garnering Conference USA All-Freshman team accolades…Voted a member of the C-USA All-Tournament team…Went on to hit safely in his first seven games, posting a .462 average (12x26) over that span…Added a seven-game hitting streak that ended in the opening game of the NCAA Regional at Fayetteville (6/1)…Enjoyed season-best four-hit game at UAB (5/5), in which he scored three times…Drove in season-best four runs against Southern (3/20)…Belted three doubles in opening game of the Marshall series (5/17)…Knocked in five runs over three contests on three hits at FIU (4/13-15)…Homered against WKU (4/8) as well as the C-USA championship game against Florida Atlantic (5/27)…Tied for third on team with 19 multi-hit games (13-2H, 5-3H and 1-4H) and added 10 multi-RBI games (8-2RBI, 1-3RBI, 1-4RBI)…Played the first half of the season summer campaign with the Waynesboro Generals of the Valley Baseball League, hitting .311 with three doubles and 10 RBI in 22 games…Earned recognition to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Spring 2018 and Fall 2017 semester…Earned a spot on the Commissioner’s Honor Roll list.
2017 (Fr.): Redshirted…Played during the summer for the Acadiana Cane Cutters of the Texas Collegiate League, earning second-team league honors at the end of the season…Batted .276 (51x185) during the regular season with 12 doubles, a triple, a home run and 28 RBI during the regular season, along with 31 walks and six stolen bases…Hit .500 (7x14) in three games during the playoffs with a triple and three RBI…Helped Guatemala to a bronze medal in the 2017 Central America Games in Managua, Nicaragua, in December…Named to 2016 Fall semester President’s List and the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2017 Spring semester.
Prep: Played for Coach Nick Rodriguez…Two-year baseball letterman…Appeared in 48 games, hitting .413 with .486 OBP…Scored 52 runs with 41 RBIs…Hit 14 doubles, three triples, five home runs…As a senior, named Hillsborough County FACA Player of Year; played in High School All-Star Classic at Tropicana Field…Appeared in 24 games, hitting .375…Scored 25 runs with 25 RBIs…Hit seven doubles, three home runs…As a junior, appeared in 24 games, hitting .453…Scored 27 runs with 16 RBIs…Hit seven doubles, three triples, two home runs…Played on the 2012 Guatemalan national team that won the Senior League World Series.
Personal: Son of Melanie Slowing and Mauricio Montenegro …Father played on Guatemalan national baseball team; mom swam in the 2004 Olympics in Athens…Majoring in Business Administration…Born April 10, 1997.
