Biography
Career Notes
2-year letterwinner
2021 All-RMAC Second Team
2021 RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll
Single-Season Rankings
Most intentional walks: t-19th (1 in 2021)
2021 | Senior
Played in 37 games, including 36 starts, during the condensed 2021 season … Ranked first among Rangers while meeting minimum requirements in home runs, with eight, walks (22), and stolen bases (9) … Was second among Regis players in OPS (1.048) and total bases (74) as well as tied for second in runs scored (39) … Additionally was third among RU players in games played (37), games started (36), at-bats (121), and RBI (30) as well as tied for third in doubles (9) … Contributed a 3-for-5 effort, including a home run, to go along with two runs scored, two RBI, and a game-high three stolen bases in the Rangers’ 22-7, series-opening win at Adams State on March 19 … Earned another 3-for-5 performance, including a double, in addition to a share of the game-high three runs scored, two RBI, and a share of the game-high one stolen base in Regis’s 13-7, come-from-behind triumph to open a doubleheader at No. 21 Metropolitan State University of Denver on May 1 … Homered twice in a 2-for-3 showing, scoring two runs and having two RBI as well as drawing one walk and stealing one base in RU’s pod-closing game at No. 2 Colorado Mesa on March 28 … Concluded the season with a .322 batting average, including the team-leading eight home runs, one triple, and nine doubles, to go along with 39 runs scored, 30 RBI, 22 walks, and nine stolen bases … Had three straight games with a home run, which were all in the road series against the Grizzlies of Adams State (March 19-20) … Posted a .903 fielding percentage, including 28 putouts.
2020 | Junior
Started in all 15 games he appeared in during the shortened 18-game season … Led the team in walks (8) and tied for first in triples (2) … Was second among Rangers in batting average (.310), tied for second in both runs scored (12) and stolen bases (3), third in slugging percentage (.500), and tied for third in RBI (12) … Had a six-game hitting streak during the middle of the season (Feb. 23-March 6) … Went 2-for-4, including a triple, to go along with two runs scored and two RBI in Regis’s series-opening, 12-8 win over Northern State on Feb. 28 … Also tripled during his 2-for-3 performance at the plate in addition to two runs scored in RU’s 6-3 victory to open the doubleheader against the Wolves of Northern State on Feb. 29 … Put in a 2-for-5 showing with the bat in addition to one run scored, four RBI, and a stolen base in the Rangers’ 10-2, series-opening road win against Washburn on Feb. 21 in Lawrence, Kan. … Additionally finished the season with a double and a home run … Capped the season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, consisting of seven putouts.
Mt. San Antonio College
Played baseball with the Mounties of the South Coast Conference … Earned two conference championships … Made All-South Coast Conference First Team as a sophomore at Mt. SAC.
High School
A 2017 graduate of Roosevelt High School in Eastvale, Calif. … Lettered in baseball with the Mustangs of the Big VIII League in Division III.
Personal
Son of Kevin and Kristen Koontz … His dad, Kevin, played football at Cal State Fullerton … Majoring in communication.
