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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)... His first hit of the season was a two-out, RBI-single up the middle in the final inning of game two vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (Feb. 15). He would go on to record one hit in all three of his games vs. the Javelinas, and recorded a hit, a walk, a hit by pitch and a sacrifice bunt in the series finale (Feb. 16)... Had at least one hit in each of the final three games in the series at St. Edward's (Feb. 21-22) and in each of the first three games of the series vs. West Texas A&M (Feb. 27-28), his first of two six-game hitting streaks on the year... Was a combined 5-for-7 with three RBI's between both games on Saturday at SEU, going 2-for-3 with two RBI's (single, groundout) in game two and going 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and two runs scored in game three. In all, he hit .462 with six hits, four RBI's, a double and a home run in the series against the Hilltoppers... Was then 2-for-5 with two runs scored, an RBI-single, a double and a hit by pitch in the series opener vs. WT. Garcia also had two RBI's (RBI-single, sacrifice fly) in game three against the Buffs, his fifth time during his six-game hitting streak recording at least one RBI... Had at least one hit in all four games at Eastern New Mexico (Mar. 6-8), combining for 15 hits, 11 RBI's and seven runs in his last 12 games. He had two RBI's and a double in both games two and three at ENMU, going 2-for-4 with an RBI-double and an RBI-single in the first game on Saturday before an RBI-walk and another RBI-double in the second game of the day. Garcia combined to hit .357 (5-14) with four RBI's, three runs scored, three walks and two doubles in the series vs. the Greyhounds... Again had two RBI's (RBI-walk, two-out RBI-single) in game three vs. Cameron (Mar. 14), his fourth two-RBI game in his last eight games and his fifth game with a walk in his last seven games... Also walked in games two and three at UT Dallas (Mar. 21), making it seven games with a walk in his last 11 games... Was 3-for-5 with four runs scored in the series finale vs. Sul Ross (Apr. 3), including two singles and two runs scored in the third inning alone... Again had three hits, including an RBI-single and a double for the second time in his last three games in the series finale at Oklahoma Christian (Apr. 10)... Had at least one hit in each of the first three games of UTPB's final home series vs. No. 17 St. Mary's (Apr. 17-19), wrapping up his second six-game hitting streak of the season. Garcia was 2-for-3 with three runs scored, an RBI-double and a hit by pitch in game two vs. the Rattlers, his second time in the last five games with at least three runs scored and his third game in the last five games with both an RBI and a double. In all, he hit .364 (4-for-11) with five runs, a double, a triple, two hit by pitches, a .500 on-base percentage and a .636 slugging percentage in the series vs. the Rattlers... Combined to draw four hit by pitches in the final 10 games of the season... 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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