SB: Garcia, Savage named to SLC All-Academic Teams

6/9/2025 2:05:00 PM

Savage becomes fourth three-time recipient, Garcia named first-team for second time

Houston Christian University placed a pair of student-athletes on the 2025 Academic All-Conference teams announced by the Southland Conference on Monday afternoon. AB Garcia and Haylie Savage each picked up first team accolades on the academic squad, marking the 13th straight season for the program to have an honoree and the seventh consecutive year with at least two.

AB Garcia was chosen with the second first-team honors of her career. In the midst of her best season as a Husky, Garcia was lost for the season with a knee injury while trying to leg out an infield hit in the second game of a doubleheader with Incarnate Word. At the time, AB was leading the Southland in batting average and total hits, and ranked 12th in the NCAA in average and 14th in hits.

The junior centerfielder from Cypress, Texas and Cypress Lakes High School spent much of the campaign hitting above .500, reaching a season-high of .557 on March 11. Garcia ended the year with a .473 average, which is the second-best single-season mark in school history.

She posted seven games with three or more hits this season, one being her third career four-hit game in the conference opener against Northwestern State, giving her a total of 14 games in her career with more than three hits. She also recorded a career-best 14-game hitting streak during the campaign, and reached base safely in 32 of 34 contests on the season.

Garcia, who was named 2023 SLC Freshman of the Year, moved into second place in career steals at HCU with 47, and she is just one hit and 13 runs to enter those Top 10 leaderboards as well.

She carries a 3.29 GPA and will graduate with her degree in General Business this summer before pursuing a Master's in Kinesiology-Sport Management next year.

Haylie Savage was named to the All-Academic squads for the third time in her career, with this being the second first-team honor. Savage is one of just four players in school history to have earned SLC Academic honors three times, joining four-time selection Jasie Roberts and three-time honorees Cecilia Bauer and Caitlyn Brockway.

The first four-time All-Southland Conference selection in program history, Savage is one of just two players in program history to earn All-Conference honors four times, joining Cheri Wood who was All-Red River four straight years from 2004-07. It was the third time for Savage to earn honors at third base in her career, with utility honors last season.

She finished the season with a .367 batting average, five homers and 33 RBI, as well as a 1.019 OPS, all team-highs. She registered 12 multi-hit games, giving her 54 for her career and reached base safely in 47 of 50 contests. Savage ranked in the top 10 of the conference all season in homers, RBI, doubles, batting average, slugging, on-base and OPS. She also had her best season at the hot corner, handling the most chances in her four seasons (191) with just 12 errors, a career-low.

The senior from Angleton, Texas and Angleton High School finished her career at HCU as one of just two players in school history (joining Cheri Wood again) to amass 200 games played, 600 at-bats, 200 hits, 100 runs, 20 homers and 100 RBI in their career. For the fourth consecutive year, Savage started every game for the Huskies and she notched her 200th career hit during her 200th career start in the opener of the SLC Tournament against Southeastern. She ends her career ranked second in doubles, third in at-bats, sixth in RBI, seventh in hits and homers, eighth in walks and nine in runs and games played.

Savage graduated in May with her degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Wellness Management, posting a 3.64 GPA overall.

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