Volunteer Assistant Coach Jacob Garcia

JACOB GARCIA

VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH 3RD SEASON

Jacob Garcia joined the Mountaineer coaching staff as the team’s volunteer assistant in the summer of 2019. Garcia assists the team with daily activities, including the implementation of technology and data, camp functions and the recruitment of student-athletes, while working primarily with pitchers and catchers. Additionally, Garcia helps in the transition of including student-athletes coming to WVU. Last season, Garcia was part of a Mountaineer staff that helped left-handed pitcher Ben Hampton earn Freshman All-America honors by Perfect Game. A total of four players were recognized on All-Big 12 teams, as left-handed pitcher Jackson Wolf was named an All-Big 12 Second Team selection, while catcher Paul McIntosh and outfielder Austin Davis earned honorable mention status. Additionally, Hampton and infielder Mikey Kluska were selected to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. WVU won multiple games at the Big 12 Championship for the sixth time in the last eight tournaments in 2021. The club also finished the year with five wins over ranked opponents. Following the campaign, four West Virginia pitchers were taken in the 2021 MLB Draft. Wolf was a fourth-round pick to the San Diego Padres, while right-hander Ryan Bergert followed as a sixth-round selection by San Diego. Meanwhile, right-hander Madison Jeffrey (15th round) and left-hander Adam Tulloch (17th round) were taken by the Los Angeles Dodgers. In his first season with the squad in 2020, the Mountaineers finished 11-5 in a COVID-19shortened campaign, good for the program’s best 16-game start since 2009. A pair of newcomers – left-handed pitcher Jake Carr and infielder/catcher Matt McCormick – were named Freshman AllAmericans by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. Garcia arrived in Morgantown following a one-year stint as the graduate assistant at Washington. With the Huskies, he compiled and created scouting reports, was active in on-campus recruiting, charted in-game statistics and served as the bullpen coach. A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Garcia was a standout catcher at Northern Colorado, where he was a four-year letterman and threetime member of the Academic All-WAC team. He was named a team captain four times during his collegiate career, and he helped the Bears to their first-ever WAC Tournament appearance. While at UNC, Garcia also interned for the strength and conditioning department and was active with baseball camps sponsored by the university. Garcia earned his bachelor’s degree in sports and exercise science and a master’s in sport administration from Northern Colorado.