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Alyssa Garcia Season 2024

#19
PositionC/1B
Height5-9
ClassSenior
HometownChula Vista, Calif
Previous SchoolUCLA
B/TL/R

Through 2024 season

HONORS
* 2024 Mountain West All-Tournament Team
* 2021 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team

2024 SEASON - SENIOR
Started in 45 of her 46 appearances across SDSU’s 51 games… Served as the designated player in 31 games and a catcher in the other 14… Batted .312 (third best on the team) (39-for-125) with eight doubles, two home runs, 26 RBIs and seven runs scored in addition to 11 walks… Tied for second with six multi-RBI games and tied for third with nine multi-hit games… Second on the team with eight go-ahead RBIs… Hit a two-run single and scored on Feb. 14 at San Diego… Drove in Elianna Reyes for a walkoff single against Nebraska on Feb. 23… Had a two-run single and an RBI HBP against Utah State on March 16… In the second game of a doubleheader at Fresno State on March 22, tallied three hits including a three-run bases clearing double and another double while also scoring a run… Drove in three runs with a pair of doubles on March 28 against Colorado State… Finished the regular season with a home run at UNLV on May 4… Played well at Boise State in the Mountain West Tournament, hitting an RBI single and scoring on May 9 and hitting a two-run go-ahead home run in the Championship game on May 11 on her way to All-Tournament Team honors… Hit a two-run single in the NCAA Tournament against Grand Canyon.

UCLA (2020-23)
Started 114 of 142 games across four seasons as a Bruin... Accumulated a .292 career batting average with two seasons over .330... Tallied 20 extra base hits during her time at UCLA... Caught a perfect game against Pennsylvania on March 10, 2022... Ranked third in the Pac-12 in 2021 in fielding percentage (.997) after making just one error in 196 chances... Led the Bruins with 281 putouts and caught seven runners stealing... Finished second on the team with five doubles in 2020.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Mater Dei Catholic High in Chula Vista, Calif... Named Metro Mesa League Player of the Year and First Team All-CIF as a senior and a sophomore... hit .519 with five home runs, 32 RBIs and 14 doubles in 2019... First Team All-League and team Best Offensive Player for all four seasons... Tallied a .456 career batting average and 92 RBIs... Was a 2019 MaxPreps High School All-American and All-Californian... Helped the Crusaders to the Open Division section title, as well as three-straight league championships... Played travel ball with Firecrackers Rico/Weil... Played in the 2019 PGF High School All-American game... Won a PGF title with Athletics Mercado in 2016... Invited to USA Junior National Team tryout.

PERSONAL
Alyssa Marie Garcia was born in Chula Vista, Calif... Daughter of Jackie and Tony Garcia... Father, Tony, played minor league baseball in the Seattle Mariners organization... has an older sister, Kassandra, and a younger brother, Aaron... Lists her favorite baseball players as Ken Griffey Jr. and Yadier Molina.