David Ladjevic Season 2026

#30
PositionRHP
Weight205 lbs
Height6-3
ClassRedshirt Junior
HometownAnaheim, Calif.
Previous SchoolGolden West College
B/TR/R

2025 SEASON AT GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE (As a Sophomore): Started 10 of 16 games, posting a 4-3 record with a 6.50 ERA… Led the team in strikeouts (62), appearances (16) and innings pitched (45.2)… Limited opponents to a .194 batting average… His 62 strikeouts ranked fifth in the Orange Empire Conference… Fanned at least three batters in 11 of his 16 outings… Combined on a shutout for his first victory with the Vaqueros, offsetting three walks and one hit with seven strikeouts in a five-inning start, as Golden West registered a 5-0 whitewash of Irvine Valley College at home (3-4-25)… Also joined forces on an 8-0 blanking of Orange Coast, yielding just one hit and two walks in a five-inning start… Fanned a season-high 10 hitters in just 4.1 innings, helping the Vaqueros to a 6-2 victory at Cypress (4-24-25).

2024 SEASON AT LONG BEACH STATE (As a Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in five games, logging an 0-1 mark in 4.2 innings… Countered seven hits with seven strikeouts… Made his Division I debut against Omaha (2-24-24)… Tossed one scoreless inning at CSUN, offsetting two walks with a strikeout (4-12-24)… Struck out two batters in three straight outings at California Baptist (4-23-24), vs. USC (5-7-24) and UC Irvine (5-10-24).

2023 SEASON AT LONG BEACH STATE (As a Freshman): Originally signed with the Dirtbags out of high school… Sat out the year as a medical redshirt.

PRIOR TO COLLEGE: Graduated in 2022 from Servite High School in Anaheim, California, where he won varsity letters under head coach Shawn Gilbert… Was a prep teammate of former Aztec pitcher Xavier Cardenas III… Missed senior season due to injury… Received a No. 70 ranking among right-handed pitchers in California for the 2022 high school graduating class by Perfect Game and was listed as a Top 500 recruit nationally… Also merited preseason all-California region honorable mention by the same website prior to his senior campaign.