Patricia Garcia

Position:
Player
Height:
5-9
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Colegio Maristas
Hometown:
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

FRESHMAN (2011-12)
Participated in 10 tournaments, one as an individual...Posted the team's third-best scoring average of 75.53...Had five top 25 finishes...Tied for 21^st at the Alamo Invitational...Finished tied for 16^th at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate...Tied for 13^th and helped A&M win the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational...Best finish was second at the Battle at Rancho Bernardo...Lowest 54-hole score was 215 (70-73-72) when she tied for seventh at the PING/ASU Invitational...Her 70 in the first round was a career-low...Tied for 29^th to help A&M finish second at the NCAA East Regional...Helped the Aggies to a top 20 finish and placed 63^rd at her first NCAA Championship.

PRIOR TO TEXAS A&M
A 2011 graduate of Colegio Marista in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico...Three-year letter winner in golf...Individual gold medalist in 2008 and 2010...All-state in Puerto Rico in 2011...Was the state tournament champion in 2010 and 2011...Led her team to the state championship...Was the first girl to win the gold medal competing against the boys...Her best round in a high school tournament was 71...Won 11 junior golf tournaments, had three runner-up finishes and one third-place finish...2010-11 Puerto Rico junior ranking winner...2007-08 athlete of the year...Her best round in a junior golf tournament was a 7-under 67...Caribbean Amateur Golf Champion in 2009...Three-time Puerto Rico Women's Amateur Champion...Won two other amateur titles...Her best round in an amateur tournament was 70.

PERSONAL
Patricia Garcia is the daughter of Leopoldo Garcia and Saturnina Zapata of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico...Born March 16, 1993 in Murcia, Spain...Has one brother, Leopoldo, who plays college golf at Sacred Heart University...Started playing golf at age 10...Has had three aces...General studies major...Chose Texas A&M because "when I visited Aggieland I felt a great connection with the team, Coach McCombs and the Aggie Spirit"...Aspires to play professional golf and/or become a doctor.