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Karissa – Garcia

Pepperdine University’s Karissa Garcia started all 21 games of her senior season on the softball team in the central midfield. She was a member of the Capital One All-District 8 first team, West Coast Conference All-Academic first team and won All-WCC honorable mention in 2011. She is a three-time WCC Commissioner’s honor roll “gold” awardee and holds a 3.9 cumulative GPA. She is a two-time Arthur Ashe Award recipient.

School: Pepperdine University
Year: 2012
Major: Business Administration

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