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Lewis & Clark College

2023 Football Roster

Steve Gibbons
Steve Gibbons
Ella Ruark
Steve Gibbons
Steve Gibbons
Claudia Loeber
Claudia Loeber

16 Cruz Montana

  • Position QB
  • Year Senior
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 210
  • Hometown Eureka, Calif.
  • High School Eureka
  • Major Psychology

Biography

2023 Stats (Season High Plays In Parentheses)
 
Games: 9
 
Passes/Yards/Touchdowns/Completion %: 120-179, 1,531 Yards, 67% (69 Yards vs. Willamette 11/11)
 
Rushes/Yards/Average: 35 for 47 Yards, 1.3 Yard Average, 2 Touchdowns (13 Yards vs. Willamette 11/11)

  • Closed out his career by serving as one of the Pioneers top two quarterbacks during his fifth year with the program 
  • Played in nine games and made five starts as a senior 
  • Posted a career-high 67.04 completion percentage
  • Led the Pioneers in passing yards, completions and yards per game (170.11) 
  • Threw for 230 yards or more four times and 350 yards or more twice 
  • Opened the season by throwing for a then career-high 352 passing yards and added four touchdown passes and one rushing touchdown at Puget Sound on September 2 
  • Went 23-34 for 296 passing yards and three touchdowns on September 9 in a win over Willamette
  • Posted a career-high 370 passing yards and tied his career-high with four passing touchdowns in the season-finale at Willamette
  • Added his third career receiving touchdown on November 11 at Willamette
  • Finished his career fourth in program history in passing yards (5,714) and total offense (5,908)
  • Ended his career with 46 passing touchdowns, eight rushing touchdowns and three receiving touchdowns 

2022 Awards 
 
Northwest Conference Honorable Mention Team
 
2022 Stats (Season High Plays In Parentheses)
 
Games: 9
 
Passes/Yards/Touchdowns/Completion %: 171-260 for 2,026 Yards, 18 Touchdowns, 65.77% (60 Yards vs. Puget Sound 9/3) 
 
Rushes/Yards: 73 for 17 Yards, 5 Touchdowns (24 Yards at Puget Sound 10/22)

  • Earned NWC Honorable Mention All-Conference honors for the second-straight season 
  • Ended the season ninth in program history with 2,026 passing yards in a single-season 
  • Posted new career-highs in passing yards, passing touchdowns (18), completion percentage (66%), completed passes (171) and passing attempts (260) 
  • Finished second on the team with five rushing touchdowns 
  • Added one catch for 23 yards and a touchdown 
  • Threw for over 200 yards in seven of the team’s nine games 
  • Posted multiple passing touchdowns six times and three passing touchdowns four times
  • Named the Northwest Conference Offensive Player of the Week on October 18
  • Recorded five touchdowns (3 passing, one rushing, one receiving) and 255 passing yards in a Homecoming win over Willamette on October 15 
  • Threw for 262 yards and ran for a career-high 50 yards, to go along with three touchdowns, in an overtime win at Puget Sound on October 22
  • Passed for a career-high 327 yards on 28-43 passing with three passing touchdowns and one rushing score on October 29 against Pacific
  • Enters his senior season ninth in program history in passing yards (4,183) and seventh in passing touchdowns (33) 

As a Junior (2021-22): Named to All Northwest Conference Honorable Mention … Led the team in passing yards with 1,760 … Led the team in yards per game with 195.6 … Led the team in touchdown passes with 14 … Played in all nine games … Finished the season with 1,760 passing yards on 139 completions and 14 touchdowns passes … Had a career high 263 passing yards on 15 completions and four touchdown passes on Oct. 23 against Puget Sound … Had 236 passing yards on 19  completions and passed for two touchdowns  in the final game of the season on Nov. 13 at Linfield.

As a Sophomore (2020-21): Season canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic.

As a Freshman (2019-20): Played in five games … Made his first career appearance against Whitworth on Oct. 12 ... Finished with 25 completions for 397 yards combined and one touchdown … Had nine completions for 192 yards on Nov. 16 against Puget Sound … Had four completions for 97 yards and one touchdown on Oct. 19 at Pacific … Had three completions for 65 yards on Oct. 12 against Whitworth.

At Lewis & Clark: Minoring in Entrepreneurship ... Member of the Hawaii Club.

Prior to the Pios: MVP - Humboldt-Del Norte League ... Most Inspirational Athlete.

Why Lewis & Clark?: It was the right place for me to continue to love playing football and join the journey to build a great team.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2019First Year

    QB
    6'2" 195 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2020Sophomore

    QB
    6'2" 195 lbs
    15
  • 16

    2021-22Junior

    QB
    6'2" 195 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2022Senior

    QB
    6'2" 215 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2023Senior

    QB
    6'2" 210 lbs
    16