2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 31
Dawson Montesa
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- B/T:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Glendale, N.Y.
- High School:
- Queens Metropolitan
- Prev School:
- Adelphi
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the Competitive Balance-B round of the 2026 MLB Draft
2026 (Jr.)
- Morgantown Regional All-Tournament Team
- Academic All-Big 12 Team
- Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (March 2)
- Pitched in 19 games, making 15 starts
- Went 6-5 with a 5.38 ERA and 92 strikeouts in 77.0 innings pitched
- Held opponents to a .228 batting average
- Struck out 11 and allowed just one run against Kennesaw State (Feb. 27)
- Had seven strikeouts in 7.0 innings while allowing just two runs against BYU (March 19)
- Threw 7.0 innings and struck out five against Texas Tech (April 10)
- Earned the win and struck out seven in 7.1 innings against Wake Forest in NCAA Regional (May 31)
- Picked up the win in relief against Kentucky in NCAA Regional Final by getting two outs in the 10th inning
- Tossed 5.1 scoreless innings with six strikeouts and earned the win against Troy in College World Series (June 16)
2024-25 (at Adelphi)
- D2CCA All-America First Team (2025)
- D2 Baseball All-America Second Team (2025)
- NCBWA All-America Third Team (2025)
- ABCA All-America Third Team (2025)
- NCBWA East Region Pitcher of the Year (2025)
- D2CCA East Region Pitcher of the Year (2025)
- ABCA East Region Pitcher of the Year (2025)
- NE10 Southwest Division Pitcher of the Year (2025)
- NE10 First Team All-Conference (2025)
- NCBWA First Team All-East Region (2025)
- D2CCA First Team All-East Region (2025)
- ABCA First Team All-East Region (2025)
- NE10 All-Rookie Team (2024)
- In two seasons, went 10-7 with a 4.02 ERA and 155 strikeouts in 116.1 innings
- Broke the program record in 2025 with 105 strikeouts in 72.1 innings
- As a sophomore, went 8-1 with a 1.99 ERA
High School
- Played at Queens Metropolitan HS for coach Ian Freed
- Four-year varsity starter, three-year captain
- PSAL Strikeout Leader three consecutive years
- Struck out 121 batters in 48.0 innings pitched in 2023
- Queens Metropolitan Hall of Fame
Personal
- Son of David Testerman and Ruth Montesa
- Has two brothers, Dylan and Daniel
- Has one sister, Debbie
- Majoring in Sport Management
- Birthday is Sept. 3
- Favorite player is Gerritt Cole
Steve Sabins, Gavin Kelly, Armani Guzman, Matthew Graveline | College World Series | June 17
Wednesday, June 17
Steve Sabins, Gavin Kelly, Dawson Montesa, Reese Bassinger | College World Series | June 16
Tuesday, June 16
Steve Sabins, Armani Guzman, Maxx Yehl | College World Series | June 14
Tuesday, June 16
Steve Sabins, Armani Guzman, Tyrus Hall, Ian Korn | College World Series | June 12
Tuesday, June 16
