\n\tLa Crosse, Wis. – <\/b>The La Crosse Loggers front office announced today that they have added a pair of players from the University of South Florida with the official signings of infielders Coco Montes and David Villar.\n<\/p>\n
\n\tCoco Montes is off to a red-hot start to his sophomore season at USF as he currently leads the team in hits (33) while hitting at a .413 clip, along with totaling three homers and 12 RBI’s. The Miami, Fla. native has started all 20 games for the Bulls who are currently riding an 18-game winning streak and are off to a 19-1 start. Montes was the everyday shortstop for USF as a freshman in 2016, when he hit .218 with two homers and 13 RBI’s over 56 games played and 197 at-bats. The slick-fielding Montes has already garnered professional interest as he was a 35th<\/sup> round selection of the Washington Nationals back in 2015 coming out of Coral Gables High School (Miami, Fla.) before electing to pursue his collegiate career at USF.\n<\/p>\n \n\tJoining Montes will be teammate and fellow infielder David Villar who is also off to a torrid start to this 2017 season. The sophomore third baseman currently leads the Bulls with 25 RBI’s and is hitting .333 with three home runs over the first 20 games. A native of Pembroke Pines, Fla. Villar was also a mainstay in the USF lineup as a true freshman in 2016 when he hit .239 with a team-best 14 doubles to go along with five homers and 23 RBI’s. Villar is also no stranger to summer collegiate baseball as he excelled last summer as a member of the Danbury Westerners of the New England Collegiate League when he hit .276 with seven home runs and 19 RBI’s. \n<\/p>\n \n\tMontes, Villar and the rest of the Loggers will open their 2017 campaign at home on Tuesday, May 30 when they play host to the Duluth Huskies at 7:05 p.m. at the newly renovated Copeland Park. Season tickets and specialty ticket packages are on sale now at LaCrosseLoggers.com or by calling the Loggers ticket office at 608-796-9553.\n<\/p>\n