Biography
2021 (Sophomore): Started all 58 games at shortstop ... Batted .295 with 16 doubles, seven home runs, 34 RBIs, 39 runs scored, .406 on-base percentage and one stolen base ... Posted a .976 fielding percentage with five errors in 211 total chances ... Hit .310 with seven doubles, one home run, 16 RBIs, 12 runs scored and a .388 OBP in 24 Sun Belt Conference games ... Fielded .988 in league contests with just one error in 80 total chances ... Recorded 17 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games ... Closed the season with a four-game hit streak ... Reached base safely in 14 straight SBC games to close conference play ... Tied his career high in hits (3) in six contests: at Alabama (March 9), at UT Arlington (March 21), at Northwestern State (March 28), at Georgia Southern (April 30), at Georgia Southern (May 2) and at Texas State (May 8) ... Homered twice against Little Rock (May 27) at the Sun Belt Conference Championship in Montgomery, Ala. ... Recorded a career-high five RBIs against Florida (June 5) in the NCAA Regional in Gainesville, Fla. ... Hit safely in 14 of the final 17 games of the season, and recorded nine multi-hit contetss in that span ... Named to SBC Championship All-Tournament Team and NCAA Gainesville All-Regional Team.
2020 (Sophomore COVID Year): Batted .186 with three doubles, three RBIs and 14 runs scored in 18 games ... Recorded two multiple-hit and one multi-RBI game ... Ended the season with a four-game on-base streak and three-game hitting streak ... Tied his career high in hits with three against Siena (Feb. 23) ... Selected to play 2020 summer ball in the Cape Cod Baseball League as a member of the Bourne Braves, but the season was cancelled before it began.
2019 (Freshman): Started all 56 games at shortstop as a freshman ... Batted .295 with 10 doubles, two triples, seven home runs, 28 RBIs, 43 runs scored and two stolen bases ... Committed nine errors in 237 total chances for a .962 fielding percentage ... Hit .296 with four doubles, one triple, five home runs, 15 RBIs and 18 runs scored in 30 Sun Belt Conference games ... Posted a .971 fielding percentage in 30 Sun Belt contests with four errors in 138 total chances ... Recorded 14 multiple-hit and five multi-RBI games ... Hit safely in the first six games of his Jaguar career ... Hit safely in the final nine games of the season, batting .500 (15-for-30) with three doubles, three home runs, eight RBIs, 10 runs scored, one stolen base, .900 slugging percentage and .583 on-base percentage in that span ... Recorded his first career hit in the season opener at Clemson (Feb. 15), and posted his first career RBI in the series finale (Feb. 16) ... Hit his first career home run against Alabama State (Feb. 19) ... Recorded a career-high three RBIs and also homered against Troy (May 16) ... Finished with a career-high three hits in the regular-season finale against Troy (May 18).
High School: Lettered in baseball for three years at Alpharetta HS in Alpharetta, Ga. … Hit .390 with 10 doubles, 12 home runs, 48 RBIs and 28 stolen bases as a senior to earn Metro Atlanta High School All-Star honors ... Helped the Raiders to a semifinal playoff appearance in 2018 ... Batted .319 with seven doubles, two triples and 18 RBI at the plate, while posting a .961 fielding percentage as a junior … Hit .308 with nine RBI and 14 stolen bases as a sophomore ... Owns AHS career records in hits and home runs, and also holds the single-season record for home runs.
Personal: Full name is Santiago Montiel ... Born Sept. 17, 1999, in Atlanta, Ga. ... The second of three children to Ernesto and Luz Montiel ... Has one older sister, Isabella, and one younger sister, Julieta ... Majoring in business administration.
