PRONUNCIATION

2023-24 | JUNIOR SEASON: 
All-Big Ten Second Team (media) and Third Team coaches) • NABC All-District Second Team • Academic All-Big Ten • averaged a team-best 17.6 points and 6.7 rebounds • also had 32 blocks, 24 steals and 74 assists •  had 28 double-digit games, 12 20-point games and three 30-point performances • Preaseason All-Big Ten • Preseason Top 10 Finalists for Basketball Hall of Fame’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award • opened the season with a 23 point, 14 rebound, six assist game against Bethune-Cookman (11/6) • added second-straight 20-point game with game-high 22 vs. UTSA (11/10) • Big Ten Player of the Week after opening week of the season • four double-doubles • scored 16 points, nine rebounds and three assists vs. Missouri (11/16) • scored a team-best 14 points and six rebounds in win over USC Upstate (11/18) • added 19 points, nine rebounds vs. UAPB (11/21) • added his 1,000th collegiate point in the game at San Francisco (11/26) • produced 15 points and four rebounds in New Orleans win (11/30) • scored a career-best 36 points, the most by a Big Ten player this season, and added 11 rebounds at Ohio State (12.3) • started the Nebraska game (12/6), but left after seven minutes due to injury • returned to the Gopher lineup vs. Maine and scored 12 points (12/29) • had a double-double with 13 points, 12 rebounds during the Michigan win (1/4) • scored 14 points and nine rebounds at Indiana (1/12) • produced 30 points vs. Iowa (1/14) • had a game-high 22 points at Michigan State (1/18) • produced a game-high 20 points in the win at Penn State (1.27) • scored 20 points against Northwestern, including 9-of-11 from free-throw (2/3) • had 18 points at Iowa before leaving the game early due to injury • tied a game-best 24 points at Purdue (2/15) • scored 22 points in Ohio State win (2/22) • had 29 points at Illinois (2/28)  • scored 30 points and nine rebounds at Northwestern (3/9) • added a team-high 19 points in Big Ten Touranment vs. Michigan State (3/14) • had 25 points at Butler (3/19).  

2022-23 • SOPHOMORE SEASON 
Team captain • All-Big Ten Honorable Mention • Minnesota’s leading scorer and rebounder when he averaged 15.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game • ranked 10th in league scoring •  started in all 25 games he competed in, missing five due to an injury •  shot 45.7 percent from the field and 34.5 from three •  totaled a team-high 398 points and 173 rebounds • made his Minnesota debut vs. Western Michigan (11/7) and scored 23 points and seven rebounds • had 19 points vs. DePaul (11/14) • had a team-best 17 points in the Central Michigan win (11/17) scored game-winner with 6.8 second vs California Baptist (11/21) • had 18 points vs Chicago State (2/22) • scored 14 points and nine rebounds at Wisconsin (1/3) • had 19 points and career high rebounds (15) against Nebraska (1/7) • produced a game high and tied a career-best 28 points in the win at Ohio State (1/12) • had 17 points vs Illinois (1/16) • returned to the Gopher lineup vs. Penn State (2/18) after missing five games due to a bone bruise and led the Gophers with 23 points • had 18 points and eight boards at Illinois (2/20)  • scored 15 points and team-best eight rebounds at Maryland (2/23) • had a double double 11 points, 14 rebounds at Nebraska (2/25) • tallied 19 points, seven boards in the win over Rutgers (3/2) • added a team-best 18 points, 13 rebounds in the BIg Ten Tournament win over Nebraska (3/8). 

PRIOR TO MINNESOTA
Enters his Minnesota career playing in over 43 collegiate games • saw action in 16 games with the Tar Heels including 12 starts • averaged 9.0 points and 5.5 rebounds • shot 40.5 percent from the field and 37.5 percent from three • played at Marquette in 2020-21 • started in all 27 games his rookie season for the Golden Eagles and averaged a team-best 13 points and 6.6 rebounds  • scored double-digit points in 17 games and led the Big East freshmen in scoring and rebounding, which ranked 13th and 11th overall  •  named Big East Freshman of the Week three times that year and later named to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team  • grabbed 10 or more rebounds five times • Shot 48.0 percent from the floor and 78.3 percent from the free throw line • Also made 26 three-pointers and shot 35.6 percent from beyond the arc • Earned Big East Freshman of the Week honors three times • Scored 19 points in his collegiate debut against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

PREP
Scored 2,092 points in four seasons at Prior Lake High School • a 2020 McDonald’s All-America • averaged 31.9 points and 9.7 rebounds, was a finalist for Minnesota’s Mr. Basketball Award and earned first-team all-state, all-conference and all-metro honors as a senior • averaged 27.5 points and 11.0 rebounds as a junior, leading Prior Lake to the Class 4A, Section 2 championship game • Lakers won a program-best 25 games and appeared in their first-ever sectional final as a Class 4A program • won a gold medal playing for Team USA and won Most Valuable Player honors in the 2019 U-18 3x3 World Cup in Mongolia • also was the MVP of the 2019 U-18 3x3 U.S. Championship.

PERSONAL
Parents are Stacey and David Garcia • has one sister, Madi • majoring in communication studies.

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