Dawson Garcia

Photo by: Maggie Hobson

Photo by: Maggie Hobson

Height:
6-11
Weight:
235
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Prior Lake, Minn.
High School:
Prior Lake

Transferred to Carolina after playing one season at Marquette, where he earned Big East Conference All-Freshman team honors and was a three-time Big East Freshman of the Week • UNC sophomore guard Kerwin Walton and Garcia were AAU teammates on D1 Minnesota.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2020-21)
Averaged 13.0 points and 6.6 rebounds for the Golden Eagles • Scored in double figures 17 times, including a season-high 28 at Villanova and 24 in Marquette’s 83-70 win over the Tar Heels in the Smith Center on February 24 • Those were two of six games in which he scored 20 or more points • Led all Big East freshmen in scoring and rebounding and was second in field goal percentage • Overall, was 13th in the league in scoring and 11th in rebounding and field goal percentage • Three double-doubles (14 points/10 rebounds vs. Creighton, 20/11 vs. Connecticut and 24/11 at UNC) and grabbed 10 or more rebounds five times • Shot 48.0 percent from the floor and 78.3 percent from the free throw line • Also made 26 three-pointers and shot 35.6 percent from beyond the arc • Earned Big East Freshman of the Week honors three times • Scored 19 points in his collegiate debut against Arkansas-Pine Bluff • Made 8 of 11 shots from the floor and scored 20 points at Creighton • Season-high 13 rebounds at Georgetown • Made 9 of 15 from the floor and 9 of 10 free throws in his season-high 28 at Villanova • Was 9 for 13 from the floor and 5 for 5 from the line in scoring a game-high 24 points in 37 minutes against the Tar Heels • Team-high 18 points and eight rebounds at UConn • Played for head coach Steve Wojciechowski at Marquette.

PREP
Scored 2,092 points in four seasons at Prior Lake High School • A 2020 McDonald’s All-America • Averaged 31.9 points and 9.7 rebounds, was a finalist for Minnesota’s Mr. Basketball Award and earned first-team all-state, all-conference and all-metro honors as a senior • Averaged 27.5 points and 11.0 rebounds as a junior, leading Prior Lake to the Class 4A, Section 2 championship game • Lakers won a program-best 25 games and appeared in their first-ever sectional final as a Class 4A program • AAU teammate of Kerwin Walton on D1 Minnesota • Won a gold medal playing for Team USA and won Most Valuable Player honors in the 2019 U-18 3x3 World Cup in Mongolia • Also was the MVP of the 2019 U-18 3x3 U.S. Championship.

PERSONAL
Born September 20, 2001, in Burnsville, Minn. • Son of Stacey and David Garcia • Has one sister, Madi.