2025 Baseball Roster
Montgomery, Kellan
Jersey Number 13
Kellan Montgomery
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Communications Studies
- Hometown:
- Santa Barbara, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Dos Pueblos HS
Bio
2025 Honorable Mention All-Conference
2025 (Junior): Ranked 96th on D1Baseball.com's preseason Top 150 Starting Pitchers in the preseason ... Chosen honorable mention All-Conference ... Finished the season with a team-high nine wins (9-4) and a team-high 76 innings pitched ... Second on the club in strikeouts with 60 ... Named Big West Pitcher of the Week on April 14 for the second time in his career ... Retired the final 19 Cal State Bakersfield batters he faced as he tossed a complete game four-hitter as Long Beach State defeated the Roadrunners 3-2 on April 11 ... Threw the first Long Beach State complete game since May 12, 2023, when Nico Zeglin blanked UC Santa Barbara 1-0, striking out eight and walking two ... He got 15 ground ball outs to go along with the strikeouts, throwing 122 pitches, 82 of which were for strikes ... In conference-only statistics, he was third in wins (6) and fifth in innings pitched (58.1) ... Finished season 27th in Division I in victories, and 63rd in complete games ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2024 (Sophomore): Went 3-4 with a 3.95 earned run average ... Ranked 71st in Division I in games started with 15 ... Led the club in innings pitched (86.2) and was fourth in the Big West in the category ... Struck out 73, the second most on the team and 10th in the Big West ... Walked only 20 as opponents hit .260 against him ... Finished 93rd in Division I in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.65) ... Named Big West Conference Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 26 ... Threw seven innings in the Dirtbags 4-1 victory over Omaha on Feb. 25 ... Allowed four hits, one unearned run, and struck out seven as Long Beach State completed a sweep of the Mavs .. Did not give up a walk, throwing 93 pitches and 65 for strikes against Omaha... Named Academic All-Conference ... Pitched for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in the Cape Cod League during the Summer of 2024 ... Appeared in three games, posting a 1.38 ERA in 13 innings pitched ... Struck out 10.
2023 (Freshman): Second on the team with 22 appearances, including three starts … Recorded two saves … Pitched to a 4.91 ERA in 40.1 innings … Recorded 47 strikeouts compared to 13 walks … In his first career start on the mound, tossed five innings allowing one unearned run with five strikeouts … Longest outing came in a start on April 23 at Hawai’i, tossing 5.2 innings … Arguably the most notable outing was three shutout innings to record the save against No. 9 East Carolina on the road.
High School: Had a tremendous high school career as a two-way player at Dos Pueblos High School … As a senior, he was awarded the Coaches’ Award and was named Round Table Athlete of the Week twice … He also earned first-team All-League honors both as a junior and senior … The big accolade of his junior season was winning Defensive Player of the Year … At the plate, he hit .401 with a 1.053 in his varsity career while posting a 10-5 record and 2.70 ERA on the mound … In 80.1 total innings pitched, he recorded 127 strikeouts while walking just 47 … Opponents hit just .190 against him with a .305 on-base percentage.
Personal: A Communications Studies major.
2025 (Junior): Ranked 96th on D1Baseball.com's preseason Top 150 Starting Pitchers in the preseason ... Chosen honorable mention All-Conference ... Finished the season with a team-high nine wins (9-4) and a team-high 76 innings pitched ... Second on the club in strikeouts with 60 ... Named Big West Pitcher of the Week on April 14 for the second time in his career ... Retired the final 19 Cal State Bakersfield batters he faced as he tossed a complete game four-hitter as Long Beach State defeated the Roadrunners 3-2 on April 11 ... Threw the first Long Beach State complete game since May 12, 2023, when Nico Zeglin blanked UC Santa Barbara 1-0, striking out eight and walking two ... He got 15 ground ball outs to go along with the strikeouts, throwing 122 pitches, 82 of which were for strikes ... In conference-only statistics, he was third in wins (6) and fifth in innings pitched (58.1) ... Finished season 27th in Division I in victories, and 63rd in complete games ... Named Academic All-Conference.
2024 (Sophomore): Went 3-4 with a 3.95 earned run average ... Ranked 71st in Division I in games started with 15 ... Led the club in innings pitched (86.2) and was fourth in the Big West in the category ... Struck out 73, the second most on the team and 10th in the Big West ... Walked only 20 as opponents hit .260 against him ... Finished 93rd in Division I in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.65) ... Named Big West Conference Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 26 ... Threw seven innings in the Dirtbags 4-1 victory over Omaha on Feb. 25 ... Allowed four hits, one unearned run, and struck out seven as Long Beach State completed a sweep of the Mavs .. Did not give up a walk, throwing 93 pitches and 65 for strikes against Omaha... Named Academic All-Conference ... Pitched for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in the Cape Cod League during the Summer of 2024 ... Appeared in three games, posting a 1.38 ERA in 13 innings pitched ... Struck out 10.
2023 (Freshman): Second on the team with 22 appearances, including three starts … Recorded two saves … Pitched to a 4.91 ERA in 40.1 innings … Recorded 47 strikeouts compared to 13 walks … In his first career start on the mound, tossed five innings allowing one unearned run with five strikeouts … Longest outing came in a start on April 23 at Hawai’i, tossing 5.2 innings … Arguably the most notable outing was three shutout innings to record the save against No. 9 East Carolina on the road.
High School: Had a tremendous high school career as a two-way player at Dos Pueblos High School … As a senior, he was awarded the Coaches’ Award and was named Round Table Athlete of the Week twice … He also earned first-team All-League honors both as a junior and senior … The big accolade of his junior season was winning Defensive Player of the Year … At the plate, he hit .401 with a 1.053 in his varsity career while posting a 10-5 record and 2.70 ERA on the mound … In 80.1 total innings pitched, he recorded 127 strikeouts while walking just 47 … Opponents hit just .190 against him with a .305 on-base percentage.
Personal: A Communications Studies major.
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Dirtbags Baseball: Head coach TJ Bruce Welcome Celebration
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