University of Nevada Las Vegas

UNLV
Montes enters his second season with the UNLV baseball program ... A talented out-fielder with a very strong arm ... Earned All-Mountain Second Team honors in 2014 ... Projected to be a starting outfielder for the Rebels to open the season.

2014 SUMMER - RISING SENIOR
Played for the Pittsfield Suns of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League ... Made 18 appearances for the Suns ... Batted .258 with six doubles, one home run and recorded 14 RBI.

2014 - JUNIOR
Played in 57 games for the Rebels and made 51 starts, all in the outfield ... Earned All-Mountain West Second Team honors ... Batted .296 with 14 doubles, a triple and three home runs ... Recorded eight outfield assists, which led the Mountain West and tied for seventh in the country ... Hit a game-tying three-run home run, his third round-tripper of the year, in the MW Championship off of San Diego State's Michael Cederoth, which was only the second homer he had allowed this season.

2012-13 GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Spent two years with the Vaqueros in Glendale, Calif. ... Named to the 2013 Western State Conference Second Team ... Helped the Vaqueros win back-to-back conference championships and consecutive Super Regional appearances ... Hit .262 and recorded 11 stolen bases as a sophomore ... Was a 2012 Western State Conference Honorable Mention player ... Hit .253 with five home runs, 13 doubles and 31 RBI as a freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2012 graduate of Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, Calif. ... A four-year letterwinner under Randy Thompson.

PERSONAL
Edgar Montes was born March 20, 1993, in Pacoima, Calif. ... Son of Slivia and Heriberto Montes ... Has five siblings: Jose, Michelle, Paola, Cristian and Stephanie ... Brother Jose played baseball at Cal State Dominguez Hills ... Majoring in sociology.