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2015 Softball Roster

1 Kayla Garcia

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Navasota
  • Hometown Navasota, TX

Biography


Awards

  • NCAA Division III Softball Championship 5th place team member (2014)
  • NCAA Marshall Super Regional Championship team member (2014)
  • NCAA Tyler Regional Championship team member (2014)
  • All-ASC first-team (2014)
  • All-ASC Tournament Team (2014)
  • NFCA All-Region third-team (2013)
  • All-ASC East honorable mention (2013)
  • All-ASC East first-team (2012)
  • ASC Tournament Championship team member (2013)
  • NCAA Regional Tournament (2013, 2014)

Career Highs

  • At-Bats: 5, 4 times; last at LeTourneau (3/17/14)
  • Hits: 3, 13 times; last vs. Howard Payne (4/20/15)
  • Doubles: 2, 2 times; last at Texas Dallas (3/28/15)
  • Triples: 1, 7 times; last vs. Concordia (Texas) (5/1/14)
  • Home Runs: 1, 4 times; last vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (3/8/14)
  • Runs Scored: 3 vs. Texas-Dallas (3/25/13)
  • RBI: 5 vs. Centenary (3/6/12)
  • Walks: 2 at Texas Dallas (3/28/15)
  • Steals: 2, 10 times; last at Sul Ross St. (4/24/15)

2015 (senior)

  • Named third team All-West Region
  • Led team with 20 stolen bases
  • Stole multiple bases in three games—at Mary Hardin-Baylor (3/7), vs. Concordia (4/3) and Sul Ross State (4/24)
  • Second on team with .402 average, started year on an eight game hitting streak
  • Led team with 49 hits
  • Tied for second on the team with 10 doubles
  • Racked up 15 RBIs with a season high two against Hardin-Simmons (2/13) and Concordia (4/3)

2014 (junior)

  • NCAA Tournament: 4-for-19 with an RBI and three stolen bases
  • Played in 53 games with 49 starts
  • Earned All-ASC first team honors
  • Earned ASC All-tournament team honors
  • Finished the season with .356 batting average and .893 OPS
  • Also leads the team in stolen bases with 21 and has 28 runs scored, one home run and 19 RBI’s
  • Went 2-for-3 with an RBI, a run scored and tied a career high with two steals in win at Hardin-Simmons (2/14/14)
  • Stole two bases and scored a run in win at Hardin-Simmons (2/15/14)
  • Had a hit with two steals in win vs. Mississippi College (2/22/14)
  • Went 2-for-2 with a run scored and two steals in win vs. Mississippi College (2/22/14)
  • Hit game winning home run and had four RBI’s and two runs scored vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (3/8/14)
  • Went 2-for-4, including a triple, with three RBI’s and a run scored in win at Trinity University (Texas) (3/12/14)
  • Had a two-run double with a run scored in win at Concordia-Texas (4/5/14)
  • Went 2-for-3 with a double, a triple and two runs scored while adding a steal in first round ASC Tournament win vs. Concordia-Texas (5/1/14)
  • Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in ASC Tournament win vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (5/2/14)
  • Tied career high with three hits, including a double, with two runs scored and an RBI in ASC Tournament win vs. Louisiana College (5/3/14)
  • Went 1-for-3 with a run scored in ASC Tournament win at Texas-Tyler (5/4/14)
  • Tied career high with three hits and added a run scored and a steal in ASC Championshp loss at Texas-Tyler (5/4/14)
  • Had two hits in season-ending loss to Wisconsin-Whitewater in NCAA Tournament 5th place game (5/24/14)

2013 (Sophomore)

  • NFCA All-Region third-team
  • All-ASC East honorable mention
  • Started and played all 49 games in the outfield
  • Batted .366 and led the team with 164 at-bats and tied for hits (60)
  • Second on the team in batting average, doubles (12), and triples (3)
  • Was third on the team in stolen bases with 15
  • Produced a .494 slugging percentage and scored 37 times
  • Collected a hit in four of the five games in the NCAA Tournametn with one RBI
  • Had a double in the NCAA Regional Championship game vs. Texas-Tyler (May 12)
  • Went 7-of-14 in ASC Tournament with two RBI, a double, and a three runs scored
  • Was 2-of-3 in the ASC Tournament Championship game vs. #1 Texas-Tyler with two RBI, a double, and one run scored
  • In 16 games has had two or more hits
  • Hit only home run of the year vs. Howard Payne on March 1st
  • Produced three hits vs. Texas-Dallas (March 25), Mississippi College (April 2), Louisiana College (April 16), and Texas-Tyler (April 26)
  • Stole career high two bases in three games vs. Mississippi College (March 16, April 2) and  Texas-Dallas (March 25)
  • Started the season on an eight-game hitting streak
  • Recorded a 10-game hitting streak from April 6-25
  • Only has three errors on the year...Finished in four categories in the ASC top 10
  • Set career high of five at-bats, twice, against Texas-Dallas (March 25) and Texas-Tyler (April 26).

2012 (freshman)

  • Started and played in 41 games with a .361 batting average
  • Led the team in batting average, RBI (27), hits (43), at-bats (119) and doubles (11)
  • Earned first collegiate hit in first collegiate start vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor (February 23)
  • Finished with 10 stolen bases and eight walks
  • Had four sacrifice bunts
  • On the field only had three errors
  • Went to the plate 119 times and had 43 hits scoring 25 times
  • Had a .521 slugging percentage and .402 on-base percentage
  • Had two or more hits in nine games with three hits in four games
  • Hit in career-high five RBI vs. Centenary (March 6) going 3-of-4 with a double
  • Ended the season on a five-game hitting streak
  • Had a three RBI game vs. Sul Ross State (March 3) going 3-of-3 with a double
  • Swatted two home runs on the year against Texas-Dallas (March 13) and Pacific Lutheran (March 27)
  • Went 3-of-4 in three games vs. Centenary (March 6, April 1) and Mary Hardin-Baylor (April 27)

Navasota High School

  • Four-year letter winner in softball
  • Coached by Lisa Marek
  • Three-time All-District and All-Conference
  • Two-time Texas All-State
  • Texas All-State honorable mention in 2011 as a utility player
  • All-Brazos Valley and All-District first-team as a senior
  • Second-team All-Brazos Valley in 2010 and honorable mention in 2009
  • All-District first-team in freshmen year
  • All-Academic as a freshman
  • Lettered two years in track
  • Texas State qualifier in track as a freshman
  • Graduated in 2011

Personal

  • Daughter of Sam and Mary Garcia
  • Born on May 10, 1993
  • Majoring in business administration
  • Sister, Erin,graduated from ETBU and was a member of the 2010 national championship team

Favorites

  • Hobbies: listening to music
  • Food: chips and pizza, barbeque
  • Book: Hunger Games
  • Favorite Sports Moment: Winning the 2014 NCAA Super Regional in Marshall

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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