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2026 Baseball Roster

9 Cruz Garcia

  • Position Utility
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 190
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Kerrville, Texas
  • Highschool Homeschool

Biography

Awards:
  • College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Baseball Team (2025-26)
2026 (Redshirt Junior):
Started in 35 of his 38 games this season. He started 17 games at second base, 10 at catcher, seven as designated hitter and one at third base... Hit .295 with 17 runs, 31 hits, seven doubles, one triple, one home run, 20 RBI’s, 43 total bases, 11 walks, 10 hit by pitches, a .406 on-base percentage and a .410 slugging percentage in 105 at bats... Tied for the team-lead with 10 hit by pitches... Was one of three players on the team with at least two sacrifice flies (2) and at least two sacrifice bunts (3)... Defensively, he was top-seven on the team with 100 chances and 72 putouts, and was fourth with 24 assists... Posted a great .960 fielding percentage (4 errors), helped turn five double plays, and had three runners caught stealing... Scored four runs in one game vs. Sul Ross (Apr. 3)... Was seventh on the team with seven multi-hit games, including a trio of three-hit games... Was tied for sixth on the team with five multi-RBI games... Tied for the second-longest on-base streak on the team (13 games)... Named to the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll (4.0 GPA Spring Semester)... Named to the 2025-26 Academic All-District® Team, selected by College Sports Communicators.

Abilene Christian (2024-2025):
Member of the Dean's List... Played in three games and had four at bats, two runs scored, one RBI and four putouts as a sophomore in 2025... Team was 2025 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Regular-Season Co-Champions.

High School:
Also played soccer and football in high school.

Personal:
Involved with Impact Christian Fellowship... Father, Mario, was a contestant and won Wheel of Fortune.

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