2023 (SENIOR)
Garcia saw action in 44 games, starting 37 of them, in his first season with the Tigers ... batted .240 and fielded .977 with just three defensive miscues in 130 chances on Mizzou's infield ... hit .326 with two out, good for the second-best mark on the club ... homered and drove in three runs as part of a 2-for-5 afternoon at FIU (Feb. 26) ... provided the walk-off winner April 7 vs. No. 4 Vanderbilt, singling home the game-winning run in the ninth inning of a 5-4 Tiger victory ... recorded back-to-back multi-hit games April 23-26, going 2-for-4 with a double against Alabama, before gashing SIUE for three hits and three RBIs ... logged a season-best five-game hit streak, April 30-May 6 ... went 14-for-42 (.333) over a stretch in which he registered a hit in 9-of-11 games (April 21-May 13) ... matched his Mizzou-high of three RBIs against Georgia (May 13), finishing 2-for-3 with a double and a home run to help the Tigers sweep the Bulldogs ... turned in seven multi-hit and seven multi-RBI performances on the year ... named to the SEC's First-Year Academic Honor Roll ... batted .269 with 11 RBIs in 22 games with the Valley Blue Sox of the New England Collegiate Baseball League over the summer.
PRIOR TO MIZZOU
Played in a total of 75 contests over two separate stints at Bethune-Cookman (2020 and 2022) ... started all 57 games for the Wildcats as a junior, collecting 74 hits, 36 RBIs, four home runs while batting .310 before transferring to Mizzou ... smacked two-home runs twice over the course of the year, Florida A&M (April 9) and at Jackson State (May 7) ... collected three hits on three occasions on the season ... played in 48 games for Chipola College in 2021, batting .310, along with 54 hits, two home runs, 17 RBIs, and a .385 OBP ... named to the 2021 NJCAA Panhandle first team all-conference team and PBR top-50 Juco players to watch ... played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Chatham Anglers in the summer of 2021 ... started at shortstop in 18 games for Bethune-Cookman in the COVID-19 shortened season of 2020 ... batted .232, with one home run, along with 10 RBIs ... named by D1Baseball.com as the preseason MEAC Freshman of the Year.
HIGH SCHOOL
Standout infielder for Avant Garde Academy ... helped Avant Garde to a 28-6 record in his senior season (2019) as a captain, batting .364 with 26 RBI and a .421 OBP ... ended his prep career with a .398 batting average.
PERSONAL
Son of Regio Garcia and Ivelisse Santini ... brother of Jeremy and Stephanie Garcia, and uncle of Brooks ... brother played collegiately at Bethune-Cookman ... native of Puerto Rico who moved to the United States at the age of 12 ... majoring in general studies.
