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Senior
Hometown
San Juan,
Puerto Rico
Last School
Saint Francis HS
Roster Years
2018-2021
Personal:
- Parents are Rebecca Fernandez and Jose Garcia
- Has four siblings
- Major: Latin American Studies
- Speaks Spanish
High School:
- Named the Senior Men's Volleyball MVP
- Named the OD MVP
- Collected a record 43 points in a Pan-Am Cup match
- Named the Best Scorer in the record-setting Pan-Am match and Best Opposite
Club:
- Played for Borin Quen Coqui at the Elite level
- Member of the Puerto Rican Youth National Team
- Member of the Puerto Rican Junior National Team
- Named an All-American three times while playing in the Junior National Team
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2018
- Contributed a career-high 23 kills and seven digs vs. LUC (1/5)
- Had 12 kills on a .409 clip and five blocks vs. LU (1/6)
- Named the Off the Block Freshman of the Week twice (1/8 & 2/5)
- Named the MPSF Offensive Player of the Week (1/15)
- Named the AVCA Player of the Week (1/16)
- Added 13 kills and 11 digs vs. BSU (1/12)
- Contributed a a season-high .500 clip and six blocks vs. BC (1/19)
- Had 17 kills vs. UCI (1/26)
- Added 18 kills on a .517 clip and eight digs vs. UCSB (2/3)
- Contributed 18 kills and six digs vs. USC (2/10)
- Collected 11 kills, six digs and four blocks vs. CUI (2/17)
- Had 18 kills and four blocks vs. STAN (2/24)
- Added a career-high high aces, six digs and nine kills vs. UH (3/10)
- Collected 14 kills, five aces and seven digs vs. USC (3/15)
- Contributed 14 kills and five digs vs. UCLA (4/7)
- Had 19 kills and nine assists vs. UCLA (5/3)
- Named AVCA Newcomer of the Year
- Named AVCA Second-Team All-America
- Named Volleyball Magazine Freshman of the Year
- Named Volleyball Magazine Second-Team All-America
- Named All-MPSF First Team
- Named MPSF Freshman of the Year
- Added to the MPSF All-Freshman Team
- Named a VolleyMob Freshman All-American
- Named VolleyMob All-America Honorable Mention
- Named Off the Block Freshman All-America
- Named Off the Block National Freshman of Conference Postseason
Sophmore Year
2019
- 2019 AVCA All-America Second Team
- 2019 All-MPSF Second Team
- Led the team with 390 kills (4.29/set, 0.281 clip), 136 digs and 32 aces on the year
- Started all 24 matches played
- Topped 20+ kills in seven different matches
- Reached double digits in kills 22 of the 24 matches played in 2019
- Set a career high in kills with 31 (0.306 clip) while also recording seven digs, four total blocks and two aces vs. Concordia (3/28)
- Led BYU to a win against Stanford in the MPSF Tournament with 18 kills, 11 digs, two aces and two total blocks (4/13)
- Had five aces to go along with 12 kills, five digs and three total blocks vs. No. 2 Hawaii (3/23)
- PRESEASON: Off the Block/Springbak Preseason First-Team All-American
- PRESEASON: Bryan Ivie Award Watch List for opposite hitters
Junior Year
2020
General Notes
(2020 season canceled 18 matches into the season due to COVID-19)
- Named AVCA National Player of the Year
- Named to AVCA All-America First Team
- Named to MPSF Player of the Year
- Named to All-MPSF First Team
- Started and played in 17 of the 18 matches (61 sets)
- Broke the BYU single-season aces record with 56 aces on the year, even while having the six regular-season matches and postseason play canceled
- Led the NCAA DI-II in aces (56), aces per set (.918) and points per set (5.46)
- AVCA DI-II National Player of the Week (3/9)
- Three-time MPSF Offensive Player of the Week (1/6, 1/27, 3/9)
- Totaled a career-high eight aces in a sweep over Mount Olive (1/17), served eight aces again in a sweep over No. 1 Hawai'i (3/5)
- Opened the season with 22 kills on a .415 clip against No. 11 Loyola Chicago (1/3), later reached 22 kills for a second time at No. 5 UC Irvine (1/24)
- Totaled seven aces against No. 6 Lewis (1/4), including four-straight aces to win the second set
- Recorded double-digit kills in 15 matches, led the team in kills in 11 of them
- Had three double-doubles on the year
Senior Year
2021
- MPSF Player of the Year
- MPSF First Team
- All- America First Team
- No. 2 in MPSF, No. 5 NCAA in aces per set
- No. 4 in MPSF, No. 25 NCAA in hitting percentage
- No. 5 in MPSF, No. 34 in NCAA in attacks per set
- Achieved No. 2 BYU all-time career aces
- 2021 BYU team leader in kills, hitting percentage, aces and points
- 2021 Utah Valley Magazine Fab- 40 honoree
- National Player of the Week Feb. 8 2021
- MPSF Player of the Week Feb. 9 and 16
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
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M Volleyball | May, 17
Garcia Fernandez signs professional contract with Italian club A.S. Volley Lube
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 09
Gabi Garcia Fernandez Named Sports Imports/ AVCA Player of the Week
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 09
Gabi Garcia Fernandez Named MPSF Offensive Player of the Week
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ImageAthletics | May, 29
Y Awards Cap Successful Seasons
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 22
Garcia Fernandez named 2020 AVCA National Player of the Year
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 20
Four Cougars Claim AVCA All-America Honors
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 02
Garcia Fernandez, Olmstead headline BYU’s eight MPSF honors
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 10
Garcia Fernandez collects AVCA Player of the Week
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 09
Cougars sweep MPSF weekly awards for third time
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 07
Garcia Fernandez breaks single-season aces record in five-set loss to No. 1 Hawai’i
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 27
Cougars sweep MPSF weekly awards for second time
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 17
Garcia Fernandez fuels sweep over Mount Olive
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 06
BYU sweeps MPSF weekly honors
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 17
Four Cougars honored as Volleyball Magazine All-Americans
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 10
Three Cougars collect VolleyMob All-America honors
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 09
Fernandez and Ferreira named VolleyMob Freshman All-Americans
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 08
2018 men’s volleyball season review
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ImageM Volleyball | May, 03
Cougars fall 3-1 to Bruins in Final Four
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 30
Fernandez named Off the Block Freshman All-America
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 30
Four Cougars receive AVCA All-America honors
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 24
Fernandez named Off the Block National Freshman of Conference Postseason
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 21
No. 4 BYU tops No. 2 UCLA for MPSF Championship
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 19
No. 4 BYU sweeps USC in MPSF Semifinals
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 12
Fernandez named Freshman of the Year; Five Cougars garner All-MPSF honors
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 07
Cougars fall to Bruins in three in final regular-season match
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ImageM Volleyball | Apr, 05
No. 2 BYU clinches MPSF title outright with sweep of No. 4 Pepperdine
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 31
No. 2 BYU beats No. 13 Grand Canyon in straight sets on Senior Night
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 15
Fernandez helps No. 2 BYU past USC in four
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 10
Fa’agata-Tufuga pushes No. 4 BYU past No. 2 Hawai’i 3-1
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 09
No. 4 BYU beats No. 8 Lewis 3-1 behind balanced play
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 08
Fernandez and Sander help No. 4 BYU past No. 11 Penn State in five
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 03
No. 5 BYU sweeps rival No. 3 UCLA
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ImageM Volleyball | Mar, 01
No. 5 BYU powers past No. 8 Pepperdine in five
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 21
No. 6 BYU rallies past Stanford 3-1 behind blocking
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 17
Fernandez and No. 7 BYU sweep Concordia Irvine
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 15
No. 7 Cougars sweep No. 10 Lopes behind Sander’s performance
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 10
Fernandez and Sander help No. 7 BYU past No. 14 USC in four
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 08
Sander and No. 7 BYU top UC San Diego in four
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ImageM Volleyball | Feb, 05
Fernandez named Off the Block National Freshman of the Week
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 27
No. 5 Cougars fall short to No. 6 Anteaters in five
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 26
No. 5 BYU falls in four at No. 6 UC Irvine
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 16
Fernandez named AVCA Player of the Week
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 15
Fernandez named MPSF Offensive Player of the Week
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 08
Fernandez named Off the Block National Freshman of the Week
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ImageM Volleyball | Jan, 05
No. 3 Cougars drop season opener to No. 13 Loyola-Chicago