William Montgomerie

Height:
6-3
Weight:
205
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Lakeville, Conn.

2017 Season: Drafted in the Sixth Round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers…Completed UConn career ranked tied for fourth with 226 strikeouts…Tied for 18^th with 15 career wins…His 116 strikeouts in 2017 ranks third-best in single-season history…Just the seventh Husky pitcher to record 100 or more in a single season…Second Team All-Conference…Third Team All-Northeast…Recorded double-digit strikeouts in four outings…Nine starts qualified as quality starts…Notched a 6-3 record and 3.73 ERA in 15 starts…Led the Huskies with 89.1 innings pitched…Led the American Athletic Conference and ranked tied for 22^nd in the nation with 116 strikeouts…Honored as American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week after dominant victory at Texas (2/25) pitched 6.1 innings shutout innings, allowed four hits and struck out 13…Made the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll after a career-high 14 strikeouts at Stetson (3/4) in a six-inning win…Tied season-high total with seven-inning victory at UC Davis (3/11), was third-straight start with double-digit punch outs (10)…Tossed six shutout innings vs. Cincinnati (4/30) allowing just three hits and recording nine strikeouts…Earned the win vs. ECU (5/19) with seven-innings of work.

2016 Summer: Pitched for the Cape Cod League Champion, Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox...Threw exceptionally well over the summer, compiling a 2-2 record with a 1.70 ERA in the regular season...Accumulated 26.1 innings, striking out 28 and only walking 10...On July 21 tossed a season-high 6.2 innings in a win over Cotuit, only allowed a run on four hits and struck out four...In the CCBL Playoffs shined against Chatham in deciding game of East Division Championship series, picked up the win in game three, worked 6.0 innings and yielded one run on just two hits and striking out four.

2016 Season: Made 16 appearances, including 14 starts as a sophomore…Finished the season as the Huskies' Sunday starter, compiling a 6-3 overall record with a 3.04 ERA. Ranked eighth in The American with 87 total strikeouts…Held opponents to a .237 batting average against in 74.0 innings of work…Tossed a career-best 7.0 scoreless innings in an elimination game against Memphis in the American Athletic Conference championship on May 28…Threw back-to-back 6.0 inning scoreless efforts against East Carolina (May 15) and UCF (May 15)…Notched a career-best 10 strikeouts in 6.0 innings against Austin Peay on Feb. 27.

2015 Season: Made 11 overall appearances, starting six games on the mound as a freshman...Finished with a 3-2 record and a 4.55 ERA in 31.2 innings...Limited opponents to a .224 batting average against...Held a 2.70 ERA, a 22-to-12 K:BB ratio and a .191 batting average against as a starting pitcher...Struck out five and allowed one hit in 4.2 innings in his first career start at William & Mary (March 18)...Picked up his first career win at CCSU (March 25)...Fanned six in 5.0 innings for a win at Bryant (April 15)...Took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and tossed 6.2 one-run frames with six strikeouts vs. UMass Lowell (April 22)...Fired a scoreless relief inning at Rhode Island (May 12).

High School: Played five years of varsity baseball at the Salisbury School...2014 Colonial League All-Star...Helped Salisbury win three Western New England Championships...2014 Perfect Game All-Region honorable mention.

Personal: William Scott Montgomerie...Born June 2, 1995...Son of Bruce and Claire Montgomerie...Has an older sister, Cate...Applied Resource Economics major.