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Garcia Named Finalist For Rawlings Gold Glove Award
June 19, 2017 | Baseball
Tech shortstop Garcia one of four finalists for Gold Glove honor
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech baseball's Orlando Garcia has been named a finalist for the ABCA/Rawlings Collegiate Shortstop Gold Glove Award, it was announced today.
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Garcia is joined by Michigan's Michael Brdar, Louisville's Devin Hairston and Old Dominion's Zach Rutherford as the four at the position up for the honor.
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In the field, Garcia was exceptional, recording 70 putouts and tallying 149 assists for a .969 fielding percentage. He also helped turn 29 of Tech's 48 double plays this season. Tech finished the year third in the conference in fielding & top 35 in the country at .978.
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At the plate, the El Paso native cranked 13 home runs among his 67 hits, along with 62 RBI and 42 runs for a .305/.550/.386 line at the plate in 2017. He recorded 20 multi-hit games and a team-best 17 multi-RBI contests, which included six three-RBI performances, two games with four and one seven-RBI bid against New Mexico State on Feb. 21 as a part of a four-hit day.
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His 13 dingers were the second time in as many seasons a Red Raider had hit 13, joining Eric Gutierrez, and the fourth-straight year a Tech student-athlete had launched 10 or more. On two separate occasions, Garcia polished off two-homer games, the first against NMSU on Feb. 21, and the second in conference play against Baylor on April 9.
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Garcia finished the year ranked second in the Big 12 in homers (13) & RBI (62), and fourth in slugging percentage (.550). He was also an unanimous All-Big 12 First Team honoree.
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Last week, Garcia was selected in the 15th round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants.
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GARCIA'S 2017 ACCOLADES
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Garcia is joined by Michigan's Michael Brdar, Louisville's Devin Hairston and Old Dominion's Zach Rutherford as the four at the position up for the honor.
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In the field, Garcia was exceptional, recording 70 putouts and tallying 149 assists for a .969 fielding percentage. He also helped turn 29 of Tech's 48 double plays this season. Tech finished the year third in the conference in fielding & top 35 in the country at .978.
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At the plate, the El Paso native cranked 13 home runs among his 67 hits, along with 62 RBI and 42 runs for a .305/.550/.386 line at the plate in 2017. He recorded 20 multi-hit games and a team-best 17 multi-RBI contests, which included six three-RBI performances, two games with four and one seven-RBI bid against New Mexico State on Feb. 21 as a part of a four-hit day.
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His 13 dingers were the second time in as many seasons a Red Raider had hit 13, joining Eric Gutierrez, and the fourth-straight year a Tech student-athlete had launched 10 or more. On two separate occasions, Garcia polished off two-homer games, the first against NMSU on Feb. 21, and the second in conference play against Baylor on April 9.
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Garcia finished the year ranked second in the Big 12 in homers (13) & RBI (62), and fourth in slugging percentage (.550). He was also an unanimous All-Big 12 First Team honoree.
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Last week, Garcia was selected in the 15th round of the 2017 MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants.
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GARCIA'S 2017 ACCOLADES
- Big 12 Player of the Week – April 10
- Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week – April 10
- Brooks Wallace Award Watch List – April 18
- Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist – May 11
- Unanimous All-Big 12 First Team – May 23
- Brooks Wallace Award Finalist – May 31
- ABCA Midwest All-Region Second Team – June 14
- Drafted in the 15th Round (456th overall) by the San Francisco Giants – June 14
- ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Award Finalist – June 19
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