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Lindsey Garcia Season 2023

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Lindsey Garcia Season 2023

PositionINF
Height5-5
ClassSenior
HometownCoral Springs, Fla.
B/TR/R

HONORS & AWARDS:
2023 Plainsman Invite All-Tournament Team
2023 Tiger Invitational All-Tournament Team
2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

2023 | SENIOR SEASON:
Started a career high 61 games for Auburn … majority of her starts came in left field (32 games), but also saw action in center (one game), right field (23 games) and as the designated player (five games) … matched her career high with 45 hits and closed the season with a .280 batting average … finished second on the team in total hits … finished second on the team with 10 multi-hit games and tied for first with 13 multi-RBI contests …  tied for the team lead with nine doubles and added one triple and a career high 10 home runs for a .534 slugging percentage … finished second on the team with 43 RBI … also set a career high with 30 runs scored … drew 18 walks and added three hit by pitched for a .361 on-base percentage … swiped seven stolen bases … committed just two errors in the outfield for a .956 fielding percentage … picked up all-tournament team honors at the Plainsman Invite and Tiger Invitational … closed her Auburn career tied for fifth in school history in sacrifice flies and tied for seventh in career triples … first player since Alyssa Rivera (2019) to steal three bases in a single game, doing so versus Fordham (2/10) … set a career high with three hits versus Indiana (2/11) … slugged the first grand slam of her career, in the first inning versus Villanova (2/18) to propel Auburn to a comeback win … set a career high with five RBI and slugged a walk-off grand slam in Auburn’s run-rule victory versus North Dakota State (2/25) … her two-run homer was the difference in Auburn’s 6-5 victory in the series opener at Georgia (3/10) … recorded the 100th hit of her career in game two of the Missouri series (3/25) … using a pair of extra-base hits, matched her career high with five RBI at Samford (3/29) … on her Senior Day, knocked a two-run home run versus Mississippi State (5/7) … knocked a two-run single in put Auburn on the board in the first inning versus Ole Miss (5/11) at the SEC Tournament … went 2-for-2 with a pair of RBI in Auburn’s opening contest versus Cal State Fullerton (5/19) at the Clemson Regional  

2022 | JUNIOR SEASON:
Started 56 games in the outfield for the Tigers, making 32 starts in right field and 24 in left … turned in a career performance at the plate during the season, shattering career highs in virtually every category … knocked 45 hits and held a .285 average at the plate while scoring 29 runs …  slugged eight doubles, three triples and eight home runs for a .525 slugging percentage … totaled the second most triples by a junior in Auburn history … finished tied for third on the team with nine multi-RBI games … her RBI total of 32 was good for fourth overall on the team … added 11 walks and a pair of hit by pitches to help hold a .328 on-base percentage … led the team with six sacrifice flies, the third most in Auburn single-season history … finished the season ranked third in the SEC and sixth nationally in total sacrifice flies … ended her junior campaign tied for fifth in Auburn career history with eight sacrifice flies … finished 10-for-14 in stolen base attempts … recorded 61 putouts and three assists while committing just two errors for a .970 fielding percentage … set a career high with a pair of runs scored against St. John’s (2/12) … matched her career best in RBI behind a three-run home run that drove in crucial insurance in Auburn’s comeback victory over ULM (2/27) … knocked a two-run home run and would later drive in the tying run after reaching on an error to open the series against Texas A&M (3/11) … drove in the winning runs two a double to left center in the fifth inning to clinch the series win over the Aggies (3/12) … sparked Auburn’s offense in its road win at No. 8 Kentucky (3/26) with a three-run home run in the first inning

2021 | SOPHOMORE SEASON:
Appeared in 45 contests and started a total of 38 games … split time starting at third base before becoming Auburn’s starting designated player … knocked 25 hits, including three doubles and three home runs … scored 16 runs … finished tied for third on the team with 15 RBI … went a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen base attempts … recorded four multi-hit games … earned her first start of the season at designated player versus Murray State (2/26), knocking an RBI single to right center to plate the go-ahead run ... recorded her first multi-hit game of the season with a 2-for-3 performance against Troy (3/4) ... turned in her first multi-RBI game of her career driving in two against Southern Miss (3/5) while beating an two-out infield single ... led off Auburn's seven-run fourth inning against Southeastern Louisiana (3/6) with her first collegiate home run ... drove in two more runs that same inning with a double to left center to bring her total to a career high three RBI ... knocked in the go-ahead run with an RBI single to left in Auburn's comeback win in game two against the Lady Lions (3/6) ... provided an immediate offensive response in the series finale at Texas A&M (4/11) with a solo homer to tie the game ... slugged her second home run in as many games with a solo home run versus Alabama State (4/13) ... celebrated her birthday with a 2-for-3 performance at Ole Miss (4/25), picking up an RBI and scoring a run

2020 | FRESHMAN SEASON:
Appeared in 19 contests as a true freshman, earning a total of four starts … two of her starts came at third base and two at designated player … held a .263 average after going 5-for-19 at the plate … scored seven runs for the Tigers … four of her five hits went for extra bases – three doubles, one triple … closed season with a .526 slugging clip and drove in four runs … drew three walks and one hit by pitch to post a .391 on-base percentage …  made collegiate debut as a pinch runner against Liberty (Feb. 8) … scored the first run of her career versus UNCW (Feb. 14) … set career high in hits going 2-for-2, slugging her first collegiate double and RBI against Alabama State (Feb. 14) … it was her lone multi-hit contest of the season … slugged the first triple of her career against No. 18 Minnesota (Feb. 28) … knocked a pitch-hit RBI double against the Gophers (Feb. 29) the following day and swiped the first base of her career … made her SEC debut as a pinch hitter at No. 7 Florida (March 6)

HIGH SCHOOL:
Prepped at Coral Springs Charter School … one of two players to ever win five FHSAA state championships in the state of Florida … over five years, Coral Springs Charter went 144-7 with Garcia in the lineup … two-time Miami Herald/Sun Sentinel Class 6A-1A softball player of the year … finished her senior season batting .549 with 45 hits, 10 home runs, 54 runs scored, 44 RBI, 23 stolen bases and a .644 on-base percentage … a career .458 batter in high school with 183 hits, 149 RBI and 23 home runs … four-time all-county and all-state selection … 2019 MaxPreps first team All-American … 2019 Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Softball … 2019 PGF All-American Watch List … won a FHSAA bowling state championship

PERSONAL:
Daughter of Ginny and Andy Garcia ... has one sister, Madison ... majoring in exercise sciences

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Freshman
2020

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Sophomore
2021

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Junior
2022

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