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14  David Garza
David Garza

Class:
RS Freshman

Hometown:
Mount Pleasant, Texas

High School:
Mount Pleasant

Last College:
Texas A&M

Height / Weight:
5-9 / 165

Position:
2B/OF

Bats/Throws:
Both/Right


Garza redshirted last season after transferring from Texas A&M. He is a switchhitting freshman who attended Texas A&M during the first semester of the school year then decided to transfer to Texas Tech.

1999: Used 1999 season as redshirt season at Texas Tech … originally signed out of high school with Texas A&M but transferred after fall semester to Texas Tech.

High School: A 1998 graduate of Mount Pleasant High School where he played four years of varsity baseball for his father, Henry Garza ... honored as an All State player as a junior and senior ... named All State by Texas Sportswriters as a junior and selected All State by the Texas High School Coaches Association as a senior ... named All District all four years at Mount Pleasant ... batted .339 with 37 hits, 30 runs, six doubles, 18 runs batted in, a .472 on-base percentage and only four strikeouts in 109 at-bats as a senior in leading his team to a 23-10 record ... hit .429 as a junior, .427 as a sophomore and .382 as a freshman ... named Valedictorian of senior class and was member of National Honor Society and was Senior Class President.

Amateur Experience: Played for Dallas Mustangs in the fall prior to his senior season.

Personal: Born David Garza on March 14, 1979 in Warton, Texas ... son of Henry and Sonia Garza ... father, Henry played shortstop at Lubbock Christian for Texas Tech head coach Larry Hays ... has one sister Elizabeth ... mother attended the Univ. of Texas ... lists Finance as his major … hobbies and interests include bowling, watching baseball and listening to music ... Valedictorian of 1998 senior class ... signed with Texas A&M out of high school, attended the fall semester in College Station, then decided to transfer to Texas Tech before January.

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