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13 Mayda Garcia

  • Position Outside Hitter/Right Side
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool James Nikki Rowe
  • Hometown McAllen, Texas

Biography

2019: All-MAAC Second Team…MAAC All-Championship Team…Appeared in 79 sets over 23 matches…Averaged 2.67 kills per set…Saw her kills reach double digits on 12 occasions, with a season best 21 coming in the MAAC Championship Semfinals against Marist…Also averaged 2.97 digs per set en route to 10 double-doubles…Had a double-double in both ends of the Stags’ MAAC Championship run…Pounded seven kills with seven digs in the NCAA Championship First Round at #7 Minnesota…Landed 14 service aces with 16 blocks.

2018: All-MAAC Second Team…Three-time MAAC Player of the Week…Appeared in 94 sets over 28 matches…Ranked third in the MAAC with a team-best 3.46 kills per set and slotted fourth in the conference with 3.79 points per frame…Also second on the team with 2.60 digs per set…Reached double-digit kills on 15 occasions, including four 20+ efforts…Posted a career-high 29 kills on .349 hitting with 26 digs in the Nov. 10 win over Niagara…Posted double-digit digs in 12 matches…Had nine double-doubles…Landed 10 service aces and had a hand in 37 blocks.

2017: MAAC Player of the Week (Sept. 5)…Garcia appeared in 89 sets over 28 matches as a versatile performer in the middle, on the right side and on the outside…She averaged 2.52 kills and 1.39 digs per set with a hand in 25 total blocks…Garcia posted double-digit kills in 11 matches and double-digit digs on four occasions, including an 18-kill, 16-dig showing at Loyola Chicago on Sept. 1…Garcia was a force in the MAAC Championship Match, tallying seven kills on nine errorless swings as the Stags swept Iona to win the MAAC Championship…She wrapped up the season in her home state, posting a kill and three digs at #2 Texas in the NCAA Championship First Round.

2016: Recorded 41 kills and 28 blocks in 52 sets of action as a freshman…Had a career-high four kills in the wins over Canisius on Nov. 5 and Quinnipiac on Nov. 12…Had seven matches with at least three kills, including the MAAC Championship Match…Played a part in five blocks in the MAAC Championship Semifinal win over Siena on Nov. 19, one of seven games with multiple blocks…Had two kills in the NCAA Championship First Round at Michigan State…Also contributed 20 digs, two aces and an assist to her season statline.

High School: A four-year letterwinner at James Nikki Rowe...2014 and 2016 All-Valley Volleyball Player of the Year...2016 Valley Class 6A Female Athlete of the Year...A two-time Academic All-State honoree.

Personal: Daughter of Mario and Mireya Garcia...Has two older siblings, Robert and Alex.

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2016Freshman

    Outside Hitter/Right-Side Hitter
    5'9"
    13
  • 13

    2017Sophomore

    Outside Hitter/Right-Side Hitter
    5'9"
    13
  • 13

    2018Junior

    Outside Hitter/Right-Side Hitter
    5'9"
    13
  • 13

    2019Senior

    Outside Hitter/Right Side
    5'9"
    13