Posted: Apr 29, 2025

SCC Champion Mt. SAC Leads 6 Squads Into SoCal Baseball Playoffs; All-SCC Team Released

Landon White led the state in hitting this season.

Mt. San Antonio College ran away with the South Coast Conference championship in baseball and now leads five other SCC squads into the postseason as the SoCal Regionals' top seed.

The Mounties (35-5 overall) won their first SCC crown since 2022 and eighth in their conference history with a 22-2 league mark, finishing four games ahead of second-place Cerritos. They finished #3 in the CCCSIA State Top 25 poll.

On a 10-game win streak and led by SCC and state batting champion Landon White (.472 overall average), Mt. SAC will host #24 Desert as one of many best-of-3 Regional Round 1 series to be played May 2-3. Cerritos (31-9) picked up the #4 seed and faces #21 Allan Hancock while third-place El Camino (28-12) is #9 to host #16 Saddleback. There was a 3-way tie for fourth place this year between Long Beach City, Pasadena City and East Los Angeles, all with 12-12 conference records.

Long Beach (19-21) held the SCC tiebreaker and earned #20 as it plays at #5 Glendale. PCC (21-16) needed two wins over ELAC in the last week of the regular season to earn #22 and it will play at #3 Palomar. East LA (19-20) snuck in at #23 and plays at #2 Cypress.

White was named the SCC Most Valuable Player and Mounties' head coach John Knott selected SCC Coach of the Year. Cerritos hurler Nolan Patterson was chosen the SCC Pitcher of the Year, a season after his teammate Derek Valdez was the '24 top conference pitcher.

The South Coast features a bevy of state statistical leaders this season.

The four winningest pitchers in the SoCal Region (top six in state) all are SCC hurlers in state wins leader Valdez 11-2, 1.51 ERA, and Noah Andrunas, 10-0, 2.53, both from Cerritos, and Mt. SAC's duo of Izeah Muniz, 10-1, 2.36 and SoCal strikeouts leader with 96, and Hudson Castillo, 9-1, SoCal ERA leader at 1.39. El Camino's closer Slater Nunez leads the region in saves with seven.

The SCC also has three of the top four RBI producers in the state in Cerritos first baseman Wyatt Ormonde (64 RBI, region leader) and the Mounties pair of second baseman Tyler Stull and third baseman Ty Thomas each tied for third with 62 driven in. White, the state hits leader with 92 and doubles leader with 27, happens to be also tied for fifth in ribbies with 61.

Mounties' centerfielder Bryan Bradshaw is the state's runs leader with 77 (White tied for second with 65) and he is fourth in California in on-base percentage (.548). Cerritos outfielder Diego Orozco is second in the state in walks drawn with 52.

SOCAL REGIONAL PLAYOFF BRACKET

ALL-SOUTH COAST CONFERENCE
2025 BASEBALL TEAM

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Landon White, Mt. San Antonio, Fr. DH
SCC batting champion .466, led 18 doubles; 35 RBI
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Nolan Patterson, Cerritos, Fr. RH
7-0, 59 IP, 1.07 ERA, 1.12 WHIP
COACH OF THE YEAR
John Knott, Mt. San Antonio, 22-2, SCC Champions

ALL-SOUTH COAST CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM

Starting Pitchers
Izeah Muniz, Mt. San Antonio, So. RH, 6-1, 53.1 IP, 59 K, 2.19 ERA, led SCC 0.90 WHIP
*Derek Valdez, Cerritos, So. LH, 6-1, 56 IP, 37 K ,1.61 ERA
Hudson Castillo, Mt. San Antonio, Fr. LH, 5-1, 46 IP, 1.76 ERA
Cameron O'Neil, El Camino, Fr. RH, 5-3, 51.1 IP, 2.63 ERA, 46 K, 0.92 WHIP
Relief Pitchers
Sam Silversmith, Mt. San Antonio, So. RH, 1-0, 11 GM, 14.2 IP, 5 Saves, 20 K, 0.61 ERA
AJ Gonzalez, Cerritos, Fr. RH, 1-1, 10 GM, 13.1 IP, 1 save, 10 K, 2.02 ERA
Designated Hitter
Dylan Mares, El Camino, Fr., .391, 6 HR, 26 RBI
Utility
Slater Nunez, El Camino, Fr. SS-P, .357, 25 RBI; led SCC 7 saves; 18.1 IP, 2.45 ERA
Catcher
Izaak Fernandez, Rio Hondo, So., .398, 8 HR, 24 RBI
First Base
Wyatt Ormonde, Cerritos, Fr. .355, 9 HR, 37 RBI
Infielders
Tyler Stull, Mt. San Antonio, Fr. 2B, .406, 11 doubles, 5 HR; led SCC 45 RBI
Ty Thomas, Mt. San Antonio, So. 3B, .389, 14 doubles, 3 HR, 36 RBI
Lucas Bonham, El Camino, So. 3B, .381, 9 doubles, 4 triples, 4 HR, 31 RBI
*Bryan Richman, Pasadena City, So. 2B-SS, .392, 2 HR, 21 RBI
Outfielders
Bryan Bradshaw, Mt. San Antonio, So. CF, .427, 10 doubles, 2 HR, 18 RBI; led SCC OBP .560/25 BB
Evan Saito, Cerritos, So. CF, .409, 9 doubles, 2 HR, 23 RBI, led SCC T-11 SB
Danny Rodriguez, Long Beach City, So. CF, .423, 4 triples, 2 HR, 26 RBI
Miguel Perez, Mt. San Antonio, Fr. LF-RF, .402, 2 HR, 25 RBI

ALL-SOUTH COAST CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM

Starting Pitchers
#Myles Dismute, Long Beach City, So. RH, 3-0, 37.1 IP, 35 K 1.93 ERA
Noah Andrunas, Cerritos, So. RH, 4-0, 45.2 IP, 40 K, 2.17 ERA
Brenden Menchaca, Mt. San Antonio, Fr. RH, 5-0, 40 IP, 28 K, 1.80 ERA
Hector Valdez, East Los Angeles, So. RH, 5-2, 49.2 IP, 39 K, 2.90 ERA
Relief Pitchers
Matt Garcia, Pasadena City, Fr. RH, 13 GM, 19.1 IP, 2-0, 3 saves, 12 K, 5.12 ERA
Tyler Tellenbach, El Camino, Fr. RH, 10 GM, 16.1 IP, 1-0, 19 K, 3.86 ERA
Designated Hitter
Brody Cuellar, Cerritos, Fr. .324, 3 HR, 21 RBI
Utility
Christian Hernandez, LA Harbor, Fr. C-INF, .370, 11 RBI
Aaron Mingo, Long Beach City, Fr. 1B-P, .284, 2 HR, 19 RBI; 21.1 IP
Catcher
Joaquin Salcedo, Pasadena City, Fr. C, .347, 9 doubles, 4 triples, 3 HR, 24 RBI
First Base
Max Ghiglieri, Long Beach City, Fr., .390, 9 doubles, 1 HR, 20 RBI
Infielders
Noah Rodriguez, Mt. San Antono, So. SS, .429, 11 RBI
Evan Chavez, East Los Angeles, So. 2B, .356, led SCC T-11 SB; 19 RBI
Eshua Desai, Long Beach City, Fr. 3B, .274, 8 HR , 28 RBI
Quincy Quintero, Compton, So. 2B, .410, 11 RBI
Outfielders
#%Ryan Lopetegui, Long Beach City, So. RF, .369, led SCC 10 HR and SPCT .748, 33 RBI
#Matt Hammond, El Camino, So. RF, .356, 10 doubles, 20 RBI
Tyler Garcia, Pasadena City, So. CF, .341, 6 HR, 23 RBI
Deegan Grgas, Compton, So. RF, .400, 11 doubles, 19 RBI

*-2-time, All-SCC First Team; #- 2-time, All-SCC; %-earned All-SCC at LA Harbor in 2024
Note--Statistics are 24-game conference only

Release by Robert Lewis, SCC SID