Samie Garcia

2012-13 Gamecock Spotlight Video

2011-12 Gamecock Spotlight Video

Garcia’s 2011 Game-by-Game Statistics
Garcia’s 2012 Game-by-Game Statistics
Garcia’s 2013 Game-by-Game Statistics

• 2013 Easton All-America First Team
• 2013 Coaches All-SEC Second Team
• 2013 CollegeSportsMadness.com All-SEC Second Team
• 2012 CollegeSportsMadness.com All-SEC Second Team
• 2013 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
• 2012 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Posted her name 16 times in South Carolina’s career batting records top-15 lists and also in both the stolen bases (44, 5th) and stolen bases per game (0.26, 4th) categories … Joins Dana Fulmer as the only Gamecocks in history with top-five marks in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage, both with better than .350/.425/.525 marks … Garcia ranks third in batting average (.364), third in on-base percentage (.431) and fourth in slugging percentage (.531) … Stands fourth in runs per game (0.71) and second in hits per game (1.19) … In the top 15 in all three extra-base hit per game categories (0.19 2B/G, 7th; 0.07 3B/G, 5th; 0.07 HR/G, 11th) … Also 11th in walks per game (0.29) and finished fifth in hit by pitches (16) … Ranked tied for fifth in triples (12), 10th in hits (203), 11th in runs (121), tied for 12th in homers (12) and tied for 13th in doubles (33) … Also posted the third-most assists (303) for a Gamecock shortstop in the Southeastern Conference era and had the fifth-best fielding percentage (.929) … Drafted in the fourth round of the National Pro Fastpitch draft by the NY/NJ Comets, the first pick under Beverly Smith at South Carolina … A two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member. 2013 (SENIOR): Earned second-team All-SEC honors from the league’s coaches … Also claimed a spot on the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll … Started all 59 games at shortstop and in the leadoff spot … Posted 12 batting and three base-stealing single-season top-15 performances during the year … Led the Gamecocks in 10 offensive categories, including her .397 batting average, .583 slugging percentage, 49 runs, 17 doubles, seven triples, four sacrifice hits and 18 stolen bases … Those doubles tied for third the SEC and tied for fourth in a year at South Carolina … Stood second in the SEC in triples, fourth in NCAA Division I and tied for 11th in a year at SC … Posted the ninth-highest batting average, eight-best on-base percentage (.459) and 10th-standing slugging percentage in Gamecock history … Her 18 stolen bases stood 10th in South Carolina annals, while her 0.31 stolen bases per game ranked ninth … Only being thrown out once on the year, her .947 stolen-base percentage stands seventh … Tied a then-program record with consecutive four-run games on Feb. 9, first against Michigan State before doing it again against Stetson … Also had two doubles and two stolen bases against the Spartans … Tripled in four-consecutive games during the UCF Holiday Inn Select Tournament (2/15-17) … Went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI against Buffalo (2/16) … Posted her first homer of the year in a 3-for-4 showing against Charleston Southern (2/24) … Reached base in all four trips to the plate against No. 4/6 Alabama (3/16) … Tripled and scored a run in the Gamecocks’ win at No. 13/12 LSU (3/24) … Went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and two runs scored against No. 21/20 Kentucky (4/7) … Led off the first game against Coastal Carolina (4/10) with a homer in a 2-for-4 day … Drove in two runs in the Georgia win (4/12) … Went 4-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI in the Sunday series-sweep clincher at Mississippi State (4/28) … Scored a run and drove in another in the SEC Tournament opening win over No. 18/15 Kentucky (5/8) … Walked in the last three games of the year in the NCAA Austin Regional (5/18-19). 2012 (JUNIOR): Played in all 55 games, missing one start on the Gamecocks’ Senior Day … Led the team with 41 runs scored, 97 total bases, and 11 stolen bases … Finished second on the team in the slash stats with a .362 batting average, .429 on-base percentage and .557 slugging percentage … Also second in hits (63), triples (2), homers (7) and hit by pitches (6) … The six HBPs tied for seventh on the single-season charts, while the seven homers tied for 10th in Gamecocks’ single-season charts … Ranked 14th in South Carolina’s single-season listing in batting average, on-base percentage and runs per game (0.75) … Tied for 15th in single-season hits-per-game category (1.15) … Reached base at a .468 clip when leading off an inning … Posted a 21-game hitting streak after going hitless in the opener, the second-longest skein in documented history at South Carolina … Nine games in that streak were multi-hit games … Her first homer of the year was a grand slam in the 11-3 win over Providence (2/17) … Also had a three-run blast in a 2-for-3 game against Appalachian State (2/25) … The second game that day, against Presbyterian (2/25), she went 4-for-4 with a stolen base … Went 3-for-4 with the game-tying RBI double in the 3-2 win over UC Davis (3/4) … After the hitting streak ended, she posted a two-RBI double in the 7-2 win over Arkansas (3/10) … Went 3-for-3, scoring three runs and hitting the first of three lead-off homers in the first game against Mississippi State (3/13) … Scored three times and tied the school record with two homers in a 2-for-2 outing at Kentucky on Easter Sunday (4/8) … Opened the series at No. 2/2 Alabama with a solo homer (4/13) … Went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in the final game of the year at Mississippi (5/6) … Earned a spot on the 2012 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll … Also honored by CollegeSportsMadness.com on its All-SEC second team. 2011 (SOPHOMORE): One of two Gamecocks to start all 56 games, anchoring the infield at shortstop … Ended the season with a .922 fielding percentage while leading the team with 116 assists … Led the Gamecocks in on-base percentage (.403), runs (31), hits (61), total bases (83) and hit by pitches (6) … Ranked second in batting average (.332), triples (3), slugging percentage (.451) and stolen bases (15) … Posted the longest hitting streak (9) and reached-base streak (19) for the Gamecocks … Started her career with a flurry, going 8-for-14 (.571) during the opening-weekend Palmetto State Showdown, adding a triple in her 2-for-4 debut against Charleston Southern (2/11) … Started her nine-game hitting streak against Georgetown (2/18) with a double … Her first Gamecock home run came in the win at Florida Gulf Coast (2/19) … Hit a home run in a 2-for-3 outing at Charlotte (2/23) … Her last hit in the streak came against Providence (3/5) … Posted a 2-for-4 outing with two runs and two RBI in the second game at Mississippi State (3/9) … Stole two bases in the second game against Ole Miss (3/12) … Drove in a season-best three runs in a 2-for-4 day in game one against No. 1 Georgia (3/16), with the two hits going for a double and a triple … Plunked twice in the first game at No. 23 Auburn (3/18) … Tallied a double, two runs and three RBI in a 3-for-4 outing against Charleston Southern (4/5) … Also added two stolen bases in that contest against the Buccaneers … Led off the second game at Longwood (4/9) with a home run … Posted the first four-hit game for South Carolina since 2008 with a 4-for-5 performance in the second game at Arkansas (4/16) … Went 2-for-4 with a double in the win over No. 20 Kentucky (4/24). 2010 (CERRITOS): Set new school records with a .519 batting average and 10 triples during her only year at Cerritos College … Led the conference in batting average, on-base percentage (.594) and slugging percentage (.880) … Added 13 doubles and five homers on the year … Stole 29 bases in 30 tries … Had only one error in the field, splitting time between shortstop and center field … Scored 59 runs … Picked up many player of the year awards, including California Junior College Player of the Year…Claimed Cerritos’ Female Athlete of the Year award … Made the NFCA Cal JC All-America team for the south. HIGH SCHOOL: Played at St. Joseph’s High School in Lakewood, Calif., for coaches Joe Pacheco and Ralph Armenta … A First-Team All-California Interscholastic Federation selection as a senior … Twice named All-Del Ray League … Led the Jesters to first-place finish in their league for the first time in 14 years … Named to the City of Lakewood’s Youth Hall of Fame … Played junior varsity basketball one year and was named the best defensive player … Traveled to ASA Nationals four times during her youth career. PERSONAL: Samantha Taylor Garcia was born to parents Manuel and Tzenni-Bah … Has two older sisters, Alexis and Cecily, and a twin brother, Manuel … Says Jacoby Ellsbury, her cousin, is her favorite athlete … Majoring in sport and entertainment management.