Upcoming Event: Baseball versus Yaquis de Obregón on September 26, 2026 at 5 p.m.
Baseball
5 p.m.
vs Yaquis de Obregón
Grand Canyon University Athletics
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Jersey Number 16
Daniel Garcia
- Position:
- UT
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 185
- Class:
- Freshman
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- San Bernardino, Calif.
- HS:
- Yucaipa
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Grand Canyon |
2021 | Freshman
- Made four plate appearances in his freshman campaign, walking twice — both in a March 24 game against Pepperdine.
Summer Leagues |
- 2021: Bend Elks | West Coast League | Bend, Ore.
Yucaipa HS |
Yucaipa, Calif. |
- Spent the back half of his high school career at Yucaipa.
- Was named second team all-league as a junior in 2019.
- Earned a selection to the Citrus Belt League Dream Team as a senior in 2020.
- Hit .349 through two seasons — 32 games as a junior and five in a COVID-shortened senior season.
- Hit a walk-off double as a part of a three-hit, four-RBI game on his birthday in 2019, a moment which he cites as his top sports memory to date.
Grand Terrace HS |
Grand Terrace, Calif. |
- Went to Grand Terrace for his freshman and sophomore years.
- Earned first team All-Sunkist League recognition as a freshman in 2017.
- Hit .382 as a sophomore and .333 as a freshman.
Personal |
- Parents are Daniel and Pauline Garcia.
- Cites his dad and his biggest baseball influence, "without him there is no way I would be here."
- Chose GCU for a "beautiful campus with great coaches who made it feel like home from the moment I stepped foot there."
- If he wasn't playing baseball, it'd be basketball.
- Favorite place to visit is Miami.
- Favorite pro sports teams are the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Cowboys.
- His favorite athletes to watch growing up include Rafael Furcal, Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp.
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