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Melissa Garcia

Class:
Junior
Height:
5-5
High School:
Chino Hills
Hometown:
Chino, Calif.

2018 – Junior: Atlantic 10 First-Team All-Conference … A-10 Championship All-Tournament Team … Second on the team in hits and slugging-percentage in league play ... Went a perfect 4-of-4 with five RBI in game three win over GW (3/31) ... Put together a streak of three-straight games without recording an out, going 10-of-10 with nine RBI during the span (3/31-4/7 )… Went 5-of-6 in two-game series against Saint Louis (4/14 )… Hit a grand slam and drove in five runs and scored a pair with a double against Hartford (4/19) … Went 3-of-3 with a double against Rhode Island (4/24) in game two … Posted multi-hit games in the A-10 Tournament against both Saint Louis (5/10) and Fordham (5/11) … Recorded multi-hit performances in eight league games, including four games with three or more and two games with five hits … Ranks second on the team in multi-RBI games with nine, driving in five runs in two separate occasions.

2017 – Sophomore: A 2017 Spring Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection … Appeared in 50 games with 48 starts at first base and one as the designated player … Led the A-10 in putouts with a 382 to go along with a .983 fielding percentage … Batted .212 on 28 hits with five doubles and 11 runs scored … Added two stolen bases in two attempts.

2016 – Freshman: A 2016 Spring Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection … Appeared in 27 games while making 15 starts, 11 at first base and four as the designated player … Recorded four hits with a double and run scored … Tallied her first career hit against Long Island Brooklyn (3/12).

Before UMass: Three-year letterwinner at first base for Head Coach Mike Southworth at Chino Hills High School … Played club ball on the American Pastime Gold team.

Personal: Daughter of Noe and Bellvett Garcia … Majoring in Communication.