Biography
10th On Program's All-Time Batting Average List (.379)
Member Of The 100+ Hit Club (116 - 37th All-Time)
2021 - All-SWAC First Team
2021 - 2nd In NCAA For Batting Average (.445)
2021 - 2nd In NCAA For Hits Per Game (1.81)
2021 - 9th In NCAA For Toughest To Strikeout (13.8)
2021 - Top-25 In NCAA For On-Base Percentage (.500)
2021 - Top-45 In NCAA For Doubles Per Game (0.37)
2021 - SWAC Co-Hitter Of The Week (4/16)
2021 - Preseason All-SWAC Second Team
2020 - All-HBCU First-Team
2020 - Preseason All-SWAC Second Team
2020 - Top-50 In NCAA For RBI Per Game (1.22)
2021 (Sophomore):
Appeared in all 27 games with 26 starts…Led the SWAC in batting average (.445), doubles per game (0.37), hits per game (1.81) and toughest to strikeout (13.8)…Was second in the conference for on-base percentage (.500), fifth in RBIs per game (1.00) and sixth for slugging percentage (.582)…Led the Braves in multi-hit games (15), longest hitting/on-base streak (12), multi-RBI games (8), batting average, hits, doubles (10), RBI (27), total bases (64), slugging percentage, on-base percentage and stolen bases (7)…Tied his career-high with four hits against Alabama State (3/27) and Mississippi Valley (4/9), giving him five games with four-plus hits in three seasons…Had his third-career two double game plus three hits and a stolen base versus Alabama State (5/1)…Set new career-bests in RBIs (5) and runs scored (4) to go along with four hits, a triple plus a stolen base against Valley (4/9)…In the season open at MVSU, he logged three hits, five RBIs, a walk and two runs scored while launching his only homer of the year.
2020 (Sophomore):
Named to the All-HBCU First-Team by Black College Nines... Started nine games…Had the ninth-best batting average (.333) in the SWAC…Was the second-toughest hitter to strikeout in the conference (9.8)…Recorded an on-base streak of six games…Led the team in multi-hit and multi-RBI outings with four each…Tallied a career-high seven total bases and four hits including a home run at Ole Miss (2/19)…Topped the Braves with an on-base percentage of .413…Had 17 total bases, 13 hits, 11 RBI, five runs scored, three walks, a double and a home run.
2019 (Freshman):
Led the team with a ten-game hitting streak…Had an on-base streak of 15 games…Was tops on the team in hits (54), triples (3) and multi-hit games (20)…Ranked among the top-three on the club for batting average (.344), runs scored (31), doubles (9), total bases (75), slugging percentage (.478) and steals (5).
High School:
In his senior year at Male HS, he hit .301 with 25 hits, 18 RBI and 26 runs scored.
Personal:
Full name is Tristin B. Garcia…Born on June 12, 2000 in Louisville, Kentucky...Son of Manuel and Julissa Garcia…Has three siblings; Jonathon (26), Virgilio (17) and Leland (10).