2021 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 1
Manny Garcia
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Caguas, Puerto Rico
- High School:
- Pascual High School
CAREER HONORS
2021 First Team All-Conference USA
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021)
2021: Appeared in all 62 games with 61 starts (45 at first base, 12 at DH and four in left field) … Tied for first on the team and third in the C-USA with 20 doubles … Ranked tied for ninth in the C-USA with 71 hits … Ranked fourth on the team and 11th in Conference USA with 53 RBI … Slashed .309/.522/..376 (BA/SLG/OBP) in 2021 with 120 total bases … Ranked second on the team with 30 extra-base hits … One-Time Conference USA Hitter of the Week … Earned LSWA Hitter of the Week honors on April 20 after a 7-for-16 (.438) weekend against Southern Miss … Capped off a 4-for-4 day at the plate with a two-out, two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to secure a regular season series victory against Southern Miss (4/18) … Finished his day against Southern Miss on April 18 with two home runs and four RBI … Once again did damage against the Golden Eagles with a career performance in the C-USA Tournament, going 5-for-5 with a double, home run and an RBI in Tech’s comeback win (5/29) … Tallied homers in back-to-back games twice … Recorded 19 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games.
2020: Played in 14 games (10 starts) in left field and at first base as a senior ... Slashed .189/.302/.270 with 3 doubles ... Went 1-for-1 in stolen bases ... Heated up at the end of the season with a four-game hitting streak to close the year ... Drove in 2 runs in a 1-for-4 day to help clinch a sweep over Maine (3/1) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the series opener against Wichita State (3/6).
2019: Appeared in 35 games (25 starts) as a junior ... Batted .198 with a .289 OPB and .416 slugging percentage ... Hit 6 home runs and drove in 16 runs ... Stole one base on his only attempt ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run and 4 RBI in a 21-1 win over Mississippi Valley State on March 19.
PRIOR TO LA TECH: Played past two seasons at Northeast Texas CC ... Led NTCC with a .389 average as a sophomore, collecting 74 hits, 16 doubles, 14 home runs and 56 RBI, while swiping 11 bases ... Named to the 2018 Region 14 All-Region Team .. Paced NTCC to a 35-22 record in 2017-18 ... Played both baseball and volleyball in high school ... Took MFP Puerto Rico 18U to the AABC Connie Mack World Series.
PERSONAL: Emmanuell Enrique Garica Ayala ... Born on December 5, 1997, in Caguas Puerto Rico ... Son of Milagros Ayala and Benjamin Garcia ... Has four siblings: John Fitzgerald Garcia, Hector Gonzalez, Davianna Medina and Benjamin Garcia.
2021 First Team All-Conference USA
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021)
2021: Appeared in all 62 games with 61 starts (45 at first base, 12 at DH and four in left field) … Tied for first on the team and third in the C-USA with 20 doubles … Ranked tied for ninth in the C-USA with 71 hits … Ranked fourth on the team and 11th in Conference USA with 53 RBI … Slashed .309/.522/..376 (BA/SLG/OBP) in 2021 with 120 total bases … Ranked second on the team with 30 extra-base hits … One-Time Conference USA Hitter of the Week … Earned LSWA Hitter of the Week honors on April 20 after a 7-for-16 (.438) weekend against Southern Miss … Capped off a 4-for-4 day at the plate with a two-out, two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to secure a regular season series victory against Southern Miss (4/18) … Finished his day against Southern Miss on April 18 with two home runs and four RBI … Once again did damage against the Golden Eagles with a career performance in the C-USA Tournament, going 5-for-5 with a double, home run and an RBI in Tech’s comeback win (5/29) … Tallied homers in back-to-back games twice … Recorded 19 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games.
2020: Played in 14 games (10 starts) in left field and at first base as a senior ... Slashed .189/.302/.270 with 3 doubles ... Went 1-for-1 in stolen bases ... Heated up at the end of the season with a four-game hitting streak to close the year ... Drove in 2 runs in a 1-for-4 day to help clinch a sweep over Maine (3/1) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the series opener against Wichita State (3/6).
2019: Appeared in 35 games (25 starts) as a junior ... Batted .198 with a .289 OPB and .416 slugging percentage ... Hit 6 home runs and drove in 16 runs ... Stole one base on his only attempt ... Went 2-for-3 with a home run and 4 RBI in a 21-1 win over Mississippi Valley State on March 19.
PRIOR TO LA TECH: Played past two seasons at Northeast Texas CC ... Led NTCC with a .389 average as a sophomore, collecting 74 hits, 16 doubles, 14 home runs and 56 RBI, while swiping 11 bases ... Named to the 2018 Region 14 All-Region Team .. Paced NTCC to a 35-22 record in 2017-18 ... Played both baseball and volleyball in high school ... Took MFP Puerto Rico 18U to the AABC Connie Mack World Series.
PERSONAL: Emmanuell Enrique Garica Ayala ... Born on December 5, 1997, in Caguas Puerto Rico ... Son of Milagros Ayala and Benjamin Garcia ... Has four siblings: John Fitzgerald Garcia, Hector Gonzalez, Davianna Medina and Benjamin Garcia.
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