3rd Season
USF '12
2011 All-WCC Honorable Mention
Aritz Garcia joined the USF baseball staff in the fall of 2015. Now as a volunteer assistant coach, Garcia will be primarily working with the catchers on a daily basis and will be the first base coach. He assists coaches Giarratano and Nakamura with the infielders, hitting and base running along with his daily responsibilities.
In his collegiate career, Garcia was a standout infielder for the Dons from 2011-2012, earning All-WCC honorable mention recognition in 2011 and taking home WCC Player of the Week honors on May 2, 2011. Garcia compiled a .280 career batting average and a .941 fielding percentage in his two seasons on the Hilltop where he earned his degree in sociology.
Prior to USF, Garcia was an all-conference performer at Colby Community College, where he hit .363 with 36 RBI and 30 stolen bases as a sophomore.
Following his collegiate career, Garcia played professionally in his native Spain and logged two years in independent ball with the Rockford Aviators of the Frontier League and the Sonoma Stompers of the Pacific Association. After those two seasons, Garcia played professionally in Japan for the Ehime Mandarin Pirates of the Shikoku Island League.
Garcia is a native of Pamplona, Spain, where he helped the U-21 Spanish National Team win the 2008 European Championships.
Garcia is currently pursuing his masters degree in sport management at the University of San Francisco.
