Frenship grad Makayla Garcia joins Texas Tech softball team

Head coach Gerry Glasco added some local flavor to his inaugural Texas Tech softball roster.

The Red Raiders announced the signing of Makayla Garcia on Tuesday. Garcia is a graduate of Frenship High School and spent her freshman year at UT-Tyler, where she helped the Patriots win the Division II national championship.

"We are thrilled to have Makayla become a Red Raider," Glasco said in a Texas Tech news release. "We love the fact that she is a hometown athlete from Frenship and also is an excellent student with an outstanding GPA. On top of that she will bring speed, athleticism and infield defensive abilities that will bolster our middle infield depth. She is the model student-athlete with elite tools.”

Garcia was named the Lone Star Conference freshman of the year after starting 57 of the 61 games she appeared in. She hit .356 on the season mainly as the designated player, totaling seven doubles and 32 RBI.

As a senior at Frenship, Garcia hit .521 with a .966 slugging percentage, racking up 58 RBI, 43 stolen bases, 11 home runs and seven triples.

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