CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- 2010-11 Team co-captain
- Ranked 10th in the league in scoring and ranks No. 2 in minutes played (1/31/2011)
- Voted to the PrestoSports/Met Basketball Writers Association Division I, II, and III Weekly Honor Roll (12/23/2008)
- All-Tournament Team, 2008 Gothic Knight Tip-Off Tournament (11/20/2008)
- Caltech-Claremont Holiday Classic (Pasadena, CA) (12/21/2008)
- Scored a career-high 30 points at California Institute of Technology (12/21/2008)
- 2006-07 Team captain
- Two-time New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Rookie of the Week on February 5, 2007 and February 19, 2007
2010-11 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: (
11/19/2010 @ Hunter): Logged all 40 miuntes in the game. Put in eight points.
(11/20/2010 vs. Albright): Played another 40 minutes of action and pumped in 11 points in a 65-45 loss.
(11/22/2010 @ Medgar Evers): Scored 14 points on 5 of 9 shooting as part of a 70-51 win.
(12/01/2010 vs Rutgers-Newark): Paced the Knights with 16 points (7-18 FG, 2-5 FT) and added five steals and two assists.
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12/14/2010 @ Staten Island): Led team with 16 points (6-16 FG) and five steals while playing a full 40 minutes for the 17th time in her career...Tied the game at 50-50 with a fast-break basket
(1/13/2011 vs. William Pateson): Scored NJCU's first six points and had 10 at the half, before finishing with a team- high 15 points (6-16 FG).
(1/15/2011 @ Stockton): Had 11 points in the first half (4-7) and finished with 15 points on 6 of 13 shooting.
(1/17/2011 @ NY City College of Technology): Became the 11th player in school history to score at least 800 career points (803) as she led the team in scoring for the eighth time this season while scoring in double figures for the 29th time in her career.
(1/19/2011 @ Ramapo): Scored 18 points including four three pointers and moved into 10th place in school history with 821 points.
(1/22/2011 @ Rowan University): Scored a game-high 15 points.
(1/24/2011 vs York College): Contributed 11 points and three assists to increase her 10th place career scoring total to 847.
(1/29/2011 vs Rutgers University-Camden): Had 10 points (5-14 FG) and three steals while playing a full 40 minutes in a game for the 20th time in her career. She increased her 10th place career scoring total to 857.
(2/2/2011 @ Rutgers University-Newark): Collected 11 points and made 3 of 6 three point shots to increase her 10th place career scoring total to 868.
(2/7/2011 vs Berkeley College): Poured in a game-best 19 points.
(2/9/2011 @ William Paterson University): Played a full 40 minutes in a game for the 21st time in her career and the seventh time this season and added 10 points and four rebounds. She increased her scoring total to 897 points.
(2/12/2011 vs. Ramapo College): Scored ten points and added four assists while playing a full 40 minutes in a game for the 22nd time in her career and eigth time this season... Increased her career scoring total to 907 points and made her 75th and 76th career three-pointers.
(2/23/2011): Voted Honorable Mention All-NJAC for the 2010-2011 season.
2008-09 Highlights: (11/15 vs. Drew University): Registered 11 points...(11/18 vs. NYU): Led NJCU with eight points...(11/22 vs. UMASS-Boston in Gothic Knight Tip-Off Tournament): Had 17 points (8-17 FG), five rebounds and six steals...(11/23 vs. Stevens in the Gothic Knight Tip-Off Tournament): Had 21 points and two rebounds, totaling a tournament-high 38 points, seven rebounds and six assists to earn All-Tournament Team honors...(11/25 at FDU-Florham): Added eight points...(12/3 at Montclair State University): Had 10 points (4-14 FG, 2-4 3FG) and four assists...(12/6 vs. Rutgers-Camden): Had 16 points, seven rebounds, four steals, and a career-best nine assists...She shot 8-of-13 from the line...(12/16 at Farmingdale State College): Had 18 points (8-17 FG) with three assists while playing a full 40 minutes...(12/20 vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the Caltech-Claremont Holiday Classic- Pasadena, CA): Scored a game-high 14 points (6-17 FG), making 2-of-5 from three-point range, with five rebounds...(12/21 vs. California Institute of Technology in the Caltech-Claremont Holiday Classic- Pasadena, CA): Scored a career and team season-high 30 points on 11-of-26 shooting and 2-of-4 from three-point range, while grabbing eight rebounds and dishing four assists in a full 40 minutes...Named to the All-Tournament Team for her efforts...(12/22): Was named NJCU Women's Athlete of the Week for the first time in her career after she enjoyed the best week of her career, including a career-best 30 points in a win over California Institute of Technology...(12/23): Voted to the PrestoSports/Met Basketball Writers Association Division I, II, and III Weekly Honor Roll for the first time in her career...Enjoyed the best week of her career, including a career-best 30 points in a win over California Institute of Technology...She averaged 20.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.0 steals and 0.3 blocks per game...She shot 25-of-60 from the field (.417), .364 from three-point territory (4-11) and .615 from the line (8-13)...In three games in a 1-2 week she compiled 62 points while averaging 37.3 minutes per game...The 30-point performance was only the second by a New Jersey Athletic Conference player this season...(1/10 at TCNJ): Had seven points and three assists...(1/12 vs. New York City College of Technology): Scored a game-best 21 points, had six assists, six rebounds, and four steals, playing a full 40 minutes...(1/14 at Manhattanville College): Finished with 12 points, nine rebounds, four assists and four steals...(1/17 vs. Kean University): Tallied 11 points and dished our four assists with four steals in 40 minutes...(1/21 at Ramapo College): Had 14 points, seven rebounds and two steals while playing a full 40 minutes...(1/24 vs. Richard Stockton College): Dropped in 15 points and had four assists while playing in a full 40 minutes for the sixth time this year and the third consecutive game...(2/2 vs. St. Joseph's College- Brooklyn): Had seven points, six rebounds and four assists while playing a full 40 minutes for the ninth time this season and the sixth time in seven games...(2/4 vs. Montclair State University): Scored eight points while playing a full 40 minutes for the 10th time this season and the seventh time in eight games...(2/11 vs. Ramapo College): Had 13 points, five assists and two steals in a full 40 minutes of action...Has now played a full 40 minutes 12 times this season and nine times in the last ten games...
Soccer, 2008: In her first season of collegiate soccer, played in first 16 games of the season before missing three with injury…Started nine games as a defender, tallying 874 minutes…Tallied one assist, one point, one shot…Was on the field for every second of five games.
Basketball, 2007-08: Lone captain on squad…Played in 23 of 25 games with 20 starts at point and shooting guard…Tallied 190 points, 82 assists, 78 rebounds, 27 steals and three blocks with 84 turnovers in 757 minutes…Shot .338 from the field (79-234), .255 from three-point range (14-55) and .581 from the free-throw line (18-31)…Averaged 8.3 points, 3.57 assists, 3.4 rebounds, 1.2 steals, 0.1 blocks and 32.9 minutes per game…Ranked fifth in the NJAC in assists, seventh in assist/turnover ratio (0.98) and eighth in minutes played…Led NJCU in assists and ranked fourth in scoring.
(11/17 at Stevens Tip-Off Tournament vs. St. Lawrence): Had a game-best 11 rebounds and three points.
(11/18 vs. North Carolina Wesleyan): Registered 14 points (5-14 FG, 2-3 3FG) and five assists...
(11/25 vs. Marietta): Contributed eight points (3-15 FG, 1-8 3FG) and five rebounds...
(11/28 vs. Farmingdale): Dished a career-high seven assists, with seven rebounds and six points (3-17 FG) in 43 minutes before fouling out late in the first overtime...
(12/01 vs. Rowan): Delivered 15 points (7-16 FG) and four assists in 38 minutes...
(12/03 vs. FDU-Florham): Finished with 12 points (5-10 FG, 2-4 3FG) in 37 minutes...
(12/05 vs. St. Joseph's -Brooklyn): Finished with 11 points (5-12 FG)—all in the second half—and four assists...
(12/12 vs. John Jay College): Hit the back end of two foul shots to tie the game, 46-46 with 2:58 remaining helping NJCU regain the lead...
(01/12 at Kean): Registered eight points, returning after missing NJCU's last two games...
(01/14 at Lehman): Collected 12 points and three rebounds…She drilled a game-winning jumper with 21 seconds remaining, and added two late free throws for a 63-60 road victory...
(01/16 vs. Rutgers-Newark): Added14 points (5-12 FG; 2-4 3FG), five rebounds and three assists in a shade under 40 minutes...
(01/19 at William Paterson): Matched a career-high with seven assists, scoring five points...
(01/26 at Richard Stockton): Finished with 12 points (5-11 FG) and five rebounds...
(01/28 at City Tech): Dished six assists...
(01/30 at CCNY): Dished a career-high eight assists, adding seven points and three steals...
(02/06 vs. Ramapo): Had a game-high six assists, scoring nine points...
(2/14 at Rutgers-Newark): Tallied nine points and four assists...
(2/16 vs. William Paterson): Registered five assists...
(02/20 at Montclair State): Scored eight points.
Basketball, 2006-07: A two-time New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Rookie of the Week on February 5 and 19…Played in 24 of 25 games, starting the final 14 of the season…Collected 116 points, 68 rebounds, 38 assists, 22 steals and four blocks with 56 turnovers…Shot .312 from the field (48-154), .116 from three-point range (5-43) and .682 from the line (15-22) in 493 minutes…Averaged 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.2 blocks and 20.54 minutes per game…Was second on the team in free-throw percentage, fourth in total points, and fourth in assists.
(11/29 at Briarcliffe): Registered eight points, five rebounds and four assists in a 70-34 win...
(01/13 at Montclair State): Hit a three-pointer give NJCU an early six-point lead before the Knights fell....
(01/17 at St. Joseph's-Brooklyn): Notched a career high of 20 points by registering 7-of-14 from the field and 5-of-6 from the line, also adding four assists...
(01/20 vs. Richard Stockton): Gave the Knights a 44-38 margin with 6:45 left with a jumper...
(01/24 vs. Ramapo): Added 11 points (5-8 FG) and three steals...
(01/28 at Rowan): Continued to play an important role in NJCU’s recent success, hitting a pair of free throws with seven seconds remaining, making it 62-59 to seal the upset road win…
01/31 vs. Rutgers-Newark): Hit 6-of-11 shots, finishing with 12 points...
(02/05): Named the
New Jersey Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Rookie of the Week for week 12 of the 2006-07 season…(
02/17 at Ramapo): Scored 13 points (5-10 FG; 2-5 3FG), adding eight rebounds and three assists…Added a late free throw with 23 seconds remaining, for the 81-78 final…
(02/19): Named the
NJAC Rookie of the Week for week 14 of the 2006-07 season.
High School: A June 2006 graduate of Franklin High School in Somerset, NJ…Played her first two years at Plainfield High School in Plainfield, NJ before transferring…A three-sport athlete in high school in soccer, basketball and softball…A four-year varsity basketball player for both Plainfield for Coach Charlie Rivera and for Coach Art Tooles at Franklin…A captain as a senior in 2005-06…Earned Honorable Mention All-Union County honors as a sophomore while playing for the Cardinals and was named to the
Star Ledger All-Three-Pointer team…In 2002-03 at Plainfield was named to the
Star Ledger All-Freshman Team…Played three years of varsity soccer for Coach George Lewis (Plainfield) and Coach Tania Sodbinow (Franklin)…Warriors went 6-12-1 in her junior and senior seasons…Tabbed Honorable Mention All-Union as a junior in 2004-05…Was a four-year varsity softball player…Five former high school teammates have also gone on to play in the NJAC.
Personal: Carolina Josefina Garcia…Born September 27, 1988 in Lima, Peru…Nickname is “Caro” and “Gato”…Mother is Gladys Garcia…Has two older brothers, Humberto (30) and Luis Garcia (25) and a twin 20-year-old sister, Veronica…Right-handed and right-footed…Major at NJCU is Criminal Justice…Aspires to become a police officer and eventually a detective after completing her degree…Bi-lingual…Lived in Peru until the age of five…Describes herself as hard-working, fun to be around and family-oriented…Has volunteered for the Red Cross…Lists her mother as her hero
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Favorites:
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Hobbies/interest:
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Playing sports
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NJCU Class:
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Jazz History, EC1, Human Sexual Biology, College Writing
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Hero/Idol:
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Her mother, Gladys
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Sports Team:
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Houston Comets, Miami Heat, New Jersey Nets
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Song:
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“Jockin” by Jay-Z
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Music Artist:
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Jay-Z
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Movie:
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“Finding Nemo”, “Girl Fight”, “Love and Basketball” and “Superbad”
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Food:
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Rice and Beans
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What do you like most about NJCU?:
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“That the campus isn’t that big. I love dorming here”
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What do you like most about Coach Bielan?:
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“He’s a cool person who I feel I can talk to about anything”
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What do you like most about Coach Timoll?:
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“She’s very determined to do well and very upfront.”
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