UC SANTA BARBARA
2024
All-Big West Honorable Mention … Made 16 starts, going 10-0 on the year … Set program record for career winning percentage, going 23-3 (.885) over his three-year tenure as a Gaucho … Tied for the third-most wins as a Gaucho, alongside Shane Bieber and Austin Pettibone … Became the eighth man to record 200 strikeouts in his UC Santa Barbara career on April 27 against Cal State Fullerton … Finished with 229 career strikeouts, the third most in Gaucho history … Pitched to a 3.18 ERA over 90 2/3 innings of work in 2024, matching his career high with 86 strikeouts … Worked a quality start — six or more innings allowing three or fewer runs — in eight of his 16 outings, including the June 2 elimination game against San Diego in the Santa Barbara Regional … Pitched six shutout innings at then-No. 16 UC Irvine, which ranked as one of the top 20 scoring offenses in the country, on April 7 … Matched his career high with nine strikeouts on two occasions: against UConn on March 9 and on April 27 against Cal State Fullerton.
2023
Started all 10 of his games for the Gauchos this season, posting a 2.54 ERA in 46 innings of work … Struck out 57 batters while allowing just 13 earned runs, working a pair of scoreless outings on the season … Worked his first scoreless outing of the year on March 17 against CSU Bakersfield, going seven innings, allowing just three hits, and striking out six Roadrunners … Went four scoreless innings against Long Beach State on May 13, allowing just one hit while striking out four in the Gauchos’ 8-0 win … Matched his career high with nine strikeouts in UC Santa Barbara’s 2-1 win over Seton Hall on March 9, picking up the victory with seven innings of one-run ball.
2022
Went 9-1 on the season, striking out the sixth-most batters in The Big West (86) in 87 1/3 innings of work … Went 4 1/3 scoreless innings in his Gaucho debut against San Francisco on February 18, allowing just one hit and striking out five Dons … Matched his career high of nine strikeouts on two occasions, striking out nine Titans in 5 1/3 innings against Cal State Fullerton on March 19 and sitting down nine Trailblazers in the Gauchos’ 7-6 win over Dixie State (now Utah Tech) on May 14 … Finished the season with a 3.19 ERA.
MT. SAC
2021
Started all seven of his games in 2021 for Mt. SAC, posting a 3-1 record with 40 strikeouts in his 34 1/3 innings of work … Set a career high with nine strikeouts in a game at Golden West College on May 11 … Worked a stellar, six-inning, one-hit, scoreless outing on the road against Santa Ana College on April 27, collecting seven strikeouts and the win.
2020
Made eight appearances for the Mounties in his freshman season, seven of them in relief, finishing with a 1.57 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 23 innings of work … Did not allow a run in his debut, working two scoreless innings and allowing just one hit while striking out three in a 9-1 victory over Victor Valley (January 24) … Won his first and only start of the season, pitching seven scoreless innings at Compton College on March 9, allowing just one hit and racking up seven strikeouts.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended California High School in Whittier, earning three varsity letters under coach Kyle Pine … Posted a 0.99 ERA and 91 strikeouts in 63 innings his senior year … Named Del Rio League Pitcher of the Year, First Team All-League, and Second Team All-Area as a senior in 2019 … Helped the Condors win the Del Rio League Championship in 2019 … Threw a complete game shutout against La Canada at USC’s Dedeaux Field in 2017, one of his finest-ever performances.
PERSONAL
Born March 30, 2001 in Downey, California … Grew up in Jurupa Valley … Son of Michael and Denise Gutierrez … Has a younger brother, Matthew, and sister, Victoria … Majoring in Sociology at UC Santa Barbara.
