Baseball's Garcia Named NECC Player of the Week

ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Mitchell College junior Rafael Garcia was named New England Collegiate Conference Player of the Week for the sport of baseball, as announced by the conference on Monday morning.

Garcia swung a hot bat and helped the Mariners to a 3-0 record last week, including two big wins over Lesley University in league play. The junior third baseman batted .700 for the week and had multiple hits in all three games, finishing with three doubles, a homer, five RBI and five runs scored while slugging 1.300 for the week. In the opener against Lesley he swatted two doubles and knocked in a pair of runs, and in the finale he plated three runs and drilled his first home run of the season.

Garcia earns player of the week honors for the first time in his career. In 26 games this season he is batting .306 with nine doubles, one home run, 15 RBI and 16 runs scored.

Mitchell (18-11-1 overall, 11-6 NECC) will wrap up conference play with a nine-inning game against Lesley on Tuesday, April 29 at 7 p.m. The game will be played at Southern New Hampshire University.