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CARSON MONTGOMERY

#21

Carson Montgomery

(Updated June 2023)
position
RHP
height
6-3
weight
205
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year
Soph.
hometown
Windermere, Fla.
high school
Windermere

ACCOLADES:

  • ACC Academic Honor Roll: 2021

JUNIOR (2023):

Pitched in 16 games with nine starts, finishing 0-2 with a 7.00 ERA and 42 strikeouts in 45.0 innings…earned one save against Clemson (4/6)…started on Opening Day against James Madison (2/17), allowing one run in 4.0 innings…season-high eight strikeouts against Pitt (3/12)…season-high 5.1 innings in relief against Clemson (4/8), allowing just two hits and no runs with six strikeouts…did not allow a run over final two appearances against No. 1 Wake Forest (5/13-14).

SOPHOMORE (2022):

Finished 4-1 with a 5.00 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 54.0 innings pitched…made 12 starts and appeared in 15 games, adding a save to clinch the series sweep against Louisville…won three straight starts against FGCU, Bethune-Cookman and UCF…also won in relief against Georgia Southern…struck out a career-high 13 batters against Stetson, one of four Noles to strike out at least 13 in a game in 2022…pitched a career-high 7.0 innings against UCF…pitched over the summer for USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, helping the Stars & Stripes win a bronze medal in the Netherlands…did not allow a run in either of his appearances in Holland.

FRESHMAN (2021):

Made eight starts over 11 appearances, finishing 0-1 with a 4.50 earned run average…struck out 39 batters in 28.0 innings pitched…started the first two weekends of the season before moving to a midweek role…did not allow a run in his ACC Tournament debut against Duke on May 26…struck out nine batters in back-to-back starts against Florida on March 16 and UCF on March 24…finished one out shy of earning his first win against the Gators, throwing 4.2 innings and allowing two runs in the Seminoles 10-2 win…did not allow an earned run at Florida on April 13, throwing 4.1 innings…also reached 4.2 innings against Jacksonville on April 6…did not allow an earned run in either of his first two starts, throwing a combined five innings against North Florida and Pitt.

PERSONAL:

Graduated from Windermere High School in Windermere, Florida…ranked the No. 1 RHP and No. 3 overall in Florida by Perfect Game…highest-rated player in MLB Draft Top 200 list history to play for the Seminoles (No. 34 at time of MLB Draft)…Perfect Game and Under Armour All-American…struck out the side at the Under Armour All-American Game…honor roll and Economics Senior Award at Windermere…parents are Connie and Corey Montgomery…sister Callie and brother Cameron…brother played baseball at USF and Rollins…grandfather played in the Cincinnati Reds organization…majoring in finance…born on August 13, 2002.