Elise Ontiveros

Photo by: Tommy Martino/University of Montana

The Montana Grizzlies host the Northern Daktoa Fighting Hawks for a doubleheader at the Grizzly Softball Field on March 22, 2024 in Missoula, Montana.

Photo by: Coral Scoles-Coburn/University of Montana

Photo by: Justin Prax

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Photo by: Tommy Martino/UM Athletics

Photo by: Derek Johnson

Year:
Junior
Pos.:
OF
Hometown:
Bakersfield, Calif.
Prev School:
Independence HS

2024 (senior season):

Played in 36 of 50 games
Made 35 starts in center field
Missed season’s final five games following a late-season injury
Batted .235, tied for fourth on team with 17 runs scored
Drove in five, had four extra-base hits, three doubles, one triple
Hit by pitch nine times … 29 career HBPs a new program record
On-base percentage of .416 ranked third on team
Had five multiple-hit games, one with multiple RBIs
Reached base in 11 straight games, third-highest streak on team
Five times had two hits in a game
Had two hits, drove in two runs at New Mexico State
Hit lone triple at home against Holy Cross

2023 (junior season):

Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athlete
Honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference
Played in 46 of 47 games, made 46 starts
Made 40 starts in left field, six in center
Led team in hits (38) and batting average (.295)
Tied for second with 15 runs scored, drove in 12
Had six extra-base hits, three doubles, a triple and two home runs
Led team with 11 multiple-hit games
Tied for team lead with four multiple-RBI games
Went 3 for 4 with two RBIs against Fresno State in second game of season
Had triple against Providence (MT), home runs against Fresno State, Weber State

2022 (sophomore season):

Honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference
Played in 38 of 47 games … Made 31 starts in the outfield
Ranked second on the team with a .375 batting average … Ranked fifth in the Big Sky
Scored 17 runs, drove in 20, had eight extra-base hits
Had the team’s third-highest slugging percentage (.525)
Tied for the team lead with five stolen bases
Had nine games with multiple hits, five with multiple RBIs
Became the starter in left field on March 11, hit .423 the rest of the season
Batted a team-best .457 in league games
Went 5 for 11 with eight RBIs and six runs scored in road sweep of Southern Utah
Led team with two triples
Hit first career home run in home win over Carroll
Ended the season on a six-game hitting streak, going 11 for 18

2021 (freshman season):

Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Played in 28 of 49 games ... Made 15 starts in right field, three in center
Batted .176 with six hits in 34 at-bats ... Scored seven runs, drove in one
Went 2 for 3 in 7-6 home win over Seattle
Had first career extra-base hit, a double, against No. 11Arizona State
Threw out a runner at home in fifth inning in 13-inning loss to Louisiana Tech

Career Highs
At-bats: 5 (Idaho State, 4.21.23)
Hits: 3, three times
Doubles: 1, 12 times
Triples: 1, four times
Home runs: 1, three times
Runs: 2, 10 times
RBIs: 4 (Southern Utah, 4.1.22)
Walks: 3 (North Dakota, 3.22.24)
Steals: 1, eight times

Longest hitting streak: 6
Longest reached-base streak: 11
Career multiple-hit games: 26
Career multiple-RBI games: 10

Prep: A 2020 graduate of Independence High ... Named to 2020 Premier Girls Fastpitch High School All-American Watchlist prior to canceled senior year ... Named first-team all-region as a junior, twice voted first-team all-area and all-league ... Had a three-year batting average of .460.

Personal: The daughter of Eric and Kristi Ontiveros ... Has two older sisters, Nisa and Mia, and an older brother, Eric Jr. ... Nisa was an NFCA All-America pitcher at California, Mia played soccer at Texas Southern ... A marketing major.