UMass Boston

2015 Carved out a role as a key corner outfielder due to his impressive speed and strong season at the plate … Started 18 games and appeared in 34 of the Beacons’ 38 contests … Ended the season with a .303 batting average in 76 at-bats … Recorded a .408 slugging percentage and .321 on-base percentage … Totaled 23 hits, 17 runs scored and six runs batted in … Finished with three doubles, one triple and one home run … Registered two sacrifice bunts and two sacrifice flies … Finished the season a perfect 5-5 on the base paths … Tallied 30 putouts and one assist for a .912 fielding percentage … Opened the season with three hits in six at-bats in the Beacons’ season-opener … Finished 2-for-4 with two runs, including a solo home run, April 12 in game two against Eastern Connecticut State … Ended the day 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a triple April 29 in an 11-4 win over regionally-ranked Saint Joseph’s College of Maine … Posted a season-high two RBI and finished 1-for-2 with a run scored in a 16-7 Senior Day win over Western Connecticut State. 

PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Transferred to UMass Boston from Daytona State College in Daytona Beach, Florida … Earned the Most Improved Player award … Graduated from Cypress Creek High School in 2012 … Earned four varsity letters at Cypress Creek where he was a member of the baseball and football teams … Son of Diana and Jagio Garces … Has one brother, Jag … Currently majoring in Criminal Justice.