FIU Athletics

Junior (2020): Appeared in 14 games, starting all 14 mainly at DH... Hit .311 with a home run and nine RBIs... Had 14 hits with five doubles for  a .489 SLG%... Drew 10 walks and was hit by four pitches for a .475 OB%... Opened the season with back-to-back three-hit two RBI performances against Fordham on 2/14 & 2/15... Drove in a pair of runs against Fordham on 2/16 and Pepperdine on 2/28.. Lone home run came against Fordham on 2/16. Was named C-USA hitter of the week on 2/17. *Canceled due to COVID-19 Outbreak*

Sophomore (2019): Appeared in 50 games, starting 46… Hit .285 with 11 home runs and 43 RBIs… Had 47 hits with six doubles for a .521 SLG%... Drew 13 walks and was hit by nine pitches… Accumulated a .365 OB%... Led all Panthers with 11 home runs… Had a two home run game against Rice (4/6)… Collected three hits and four RBIs against Southern Miss (4/13).

Freshman (2018): Appeared in 53 games, started 51... Hit .264 with thirteen home runs and 38 RBI... Had eight doubles, 30 walks, two triples and .551 SLG%... Had nine two-hit games on the season... Was 3 for 5 with two home runs and three RBIs against George Mason (3/12)... Was 2 for 3 with a home run, two walks and four RBIs against Grambling (2/25)... 2018 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll... Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American... NCBWA Freshmen All-American... Perfect Game/Rawlings Freshmen All-American... ABCA/Rawlings NCAA D-1 Central All-Region Team... C-USA Freshman of the Year... C-USA All-Freshman Team.

Prior to FIU: Played at Doral Academy (2016-17) and SLAM Academy (2013-15)...Class 7A Player of the Year and Hitter of the Year in 2017...Made 1st Team All-Miami-Dade....Also earned 2016 1st Team All-Miami-Dade...Total high school stats: .480 average, 28 HR and 145 RBI...Recruited by Georgia, Central Florida, Miami.

Personal: Son of Rafael Garcia and Clara Oleo...Majoring in sport management.