Jeremy Montalbano

Photo by: Parker Waters

Height:
6-2
Weight:
220
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Katy, Texas
High School:
Seven Lakes

2016 American Athletic Conference All-First Team
2016 College Sports Madness AAC Player of the Week (5/9)
2016 LSWA Hitter of the Week (5/9)
2016 Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (5/9)
2016 American Athletic Conference Player of the Week (5/9)
2016 American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (4/18)
2016 Tony Gwynn Classic All-Tournament Team
2016 American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll (2/22)

Career: Appeared in 82 career games with 74 starts...batted ..255 in 294 career at-bats with 39 runs, 75 hits, 19 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs, 50 RBI, and 27 walks...career slugging percentage of .466 and on-base percentage of .324...also appeared in six games as a relief pitcher...went 0-1 with a 2.57 ERA in 7.0 innings … allowed eight hits and three runs (two earned) while striking out 10 and walking none … held opponents to a .308 batting average.

2017 (Redshirt-Senior): Appeared in 20 games with 14 starts (11 at catcher, 3 at designated hitter)…batted .200 with four runs, 12 hits, five doubles, one home runs, five RBI, and three walks…notched a .333 on-base percentage and .238 slugging percentage…recorded one multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games…recorded a double in each of his first three games…a double in the first game of a double header vs. Air Force (2/18)…two hits, one double, and two RBI in the second game of a double header vs. Air Force (2/18)…a double and a walk vs. Army (2/19)…recorded a double and a walk at UC Santa Barbara (2/26)…hit a two-run home run vs. West Virginia (3/5)…missed nearly two months of the season with an injury…notched a double vs. Houston (5/13)…recorded one RBI the next game vs. Houston (5/14).

2016 (Redshirt-Junior): A 2016 All-American Athletic Conference First Team selection … appeared in 62 games with 60 starts (57 games at designated hitter, 3 at catcher) … batted .269 with 35 runs, 63 hits, 14 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs, 45 RBI and 24 walks … notched a slugging percentage of .500 while posting an on-base percentage of .345 … recorded 15 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games … on the mound, went 0-1 with a 2.57 ERA in 7.0 innings … allowed eight hits and three runs (two earned) while striking out 10 and walking none … held opponents to a .308 batting average … led the team in multi-RBI games, at bats (234), total bases (117) and RBI, tied for the team lead in doubles, games played and games started, second in hits and home runs, third in slugging percentage, tied for third in triples, fourth in batting average, multi-hit games, runs scored, tied for fourth in walks … tied for fourth in The American Athletic Conference in home runs, fifth in RBI and total bases and seventh in slugging percentage and at bats … ranked tied for 71^st nationally in home runs … hit a three-run, walk-off homer in the 10th inning on opening night vs. Illinois (2/19) … notched an RBI-single vs. Alabama A&M (2/24) … went 1-for-4 with one run and one RBI vs. Arizona (2/26) … collected three RBI and two runs while posting a single and a solo home run vs. San Diego (2/27) … doubled and notched an RBI vs. Pepperdine (3/4) … was 2-for-2 with two runs, two RBI, a double and a triple vs. Pepperdine (3/5) … notched a two-run home run while scoring twice vs. UL-Lafayette (3/8) … scored two runs vs. Furman (3/11 and 3/12) on back-to-back days … pitched 1.0 inning with one strikeout vs. Furman (3/11) … went 1-for-4 during the second game of the series at Texas (3/19) … posted an RBI-double, walked three times and pitched 1.2 innings vs. Southern Miss (3/22) … was 3-for-5 with three RBI, two runs and a double vs. Illinois State (3/25) … pitched 2.0 innings and struck out five in relief during the first game of a doubleheader against Illinois State (3/26) … struck out one in 0.2 innings to close out the game at LSU (3/29) … doubled during the opening game of the series at UConn (4/1) … singled and homered while scoring two runs and posting two RBI at UConn (4/2) … was a home run short of the cycle vs. Southeastern Louisiana (4/5), notching three RBI and pitching 1.0 inning and striking out two … went 1-for-4 with a run against East Carolina (4/9) … was 2-for-4 with a walk-off, solo home run against Cincinnati (4/16) … was 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI vs. Southern Miss (4/19) … went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored at UCF (4/24) … notched an RBI while going 2-for-3 with a walk vs. LSU (4/26) … went 2-for-4 with four RBI, a home run and a run scored at USF (5/6) … became the first player in American Athletic Conference history with a three-home run game with three solo homers at USF (5/7) during a 4-for-5 day, earning LSWA Hitter of the Week honors, AAC Player of the Week honors and Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week honors on May 9 … went 2-for-3 with a double against Nicholls State (5/17) … singled and doubled during the first game of a doubleheader at Houston (5/20) … hit a solo home run during the regular-season finale at Houston (5/21) … singled vs. Boston College during the opening game of the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/3) … hit a two-run home run vs. Utah during the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/5) … single during the season finale against Boston College during the NCAA Oxford Regional (6/5).

2015 (Junior): Sat out the season according to NCAA transfer rules...was a 2014-15 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team member.

Prior to Tulane: Spent two years as a catcher at the University of Texas (2013-14) … hit .171 in 26 games with 23 starts as a sophomore … notched four RBI while scoring five runs … did not record an error behind the dish … appeared in 25 games and started in 22 as a true freshman … batted .247 with two home runs, two doubles, two home runs and 16 RBI … named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll for the Fall 2012 and 2013 as well as Spring 2013.

High School: Starred at Seven Lakes High School in Katy, Texas … earned all-state second team honors in his senior season … named Houston Chronicle Player of the Year his senior season … named District 19-5A Most Valuable Player … batted .340 with seven home runs and 46 RBIs as a senior … also pitched and went 6-0 on the mound with 31 strikeouts in 34 innings … earned all-state third team and All-Houston honors in his junior season … earned all-district first team honors in his sophomore and junior seasons.

Personal: Has one brother and two sisters … brother, Tony, played collegiate baseball at Charlotte … major is finance.