2011 (SOPHOMORE): One of two Gamecocks to start all 56 games, anchoring the infield at shortstop...Ended the season with a .922 fielding percentage while leading the team with 116 assists...Led the Gamecocks in on-base percentage (.403), runs (31), hits (61), total bases (83) and hit by pitches (6)...Ranked second in batting average (.332), triples (3), slugging percentage (.451) and stolen bases (15)...Posted the longest hitting streak (9) and reached-base streak (19) for the Gamecocks...Started her career with a flurry, going 8-for-14 (.571) during the opening-weekend Palmetto State Showdown, adding a triple in her 2-for-4 debut against Charleston Southern (2/11)...Started her nine-game hitting streak against Georgetown (2/18) with a double...Her first Gamecock home run came in the win at Florida Gulf Coast (2/19)...Hit a home run in a 2-for-3 outing at Charlotte (2/23)...Her last hit in the streak came against Providence (3/5)...Posted a 2-for-4 outing with two runs and two RBI in the second game at Mississippi State (3/9)...Stole two bases in the second game against Ole Miss (3/12)...Drove in a season-best three runs in a 2-for-4 day in game one against No. 1 Georgia (3/16), with the two hits going for a double and a triple...Plunked twice in the first game at No. 23 Auburn (3/18)...Tallied a double, two runs and three RBI in a 3-for-4 outing against Charleston Southern (4/5)...Also added two stolen bases in that contest against the Buccaneers...Led off the second game at Longwood (4/9) with a home run...Posted the first four-hit game for South Carolina since 2008 with a 4-for-5 performance in the second game at Arkansas (4/16)...Went 2-for-4 with a double in the win over No. 20 Kentucky (4/24).

2010 (CERRITOS): Set new school records with a .519 batting average and 10 triples during her only year at Cerritos College...Led the conference in batting average, on-base percentage (.594) and slugging percentage (.880)...Added 13 doubles and five homers on the year...Stole 29 bases in 30 tries...Had only one error in the field, splitting time between shortstop and center field...Scored 59 runs...Picked up many player of the year awards, including California Junior College Player of the Year...Claimed Cerritos' Female Athlete of the Year award...Made the NFCA Cal JC All-America team for the south.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at St. Joseph's High School in Lakewood, Calif., for coaches Joe Pacheco and Ralph Armenta...A First-Team All-California Interscholastic Federation selection as a senior...Twice named All-Del Ray League...Led the Jesters to first-place finish in their league for the first time in 14 years...Named to the City of Lakewood's Youth Hall of Fame...Played junior varsity basketball one year and was named the best defensive player... Traveled to ASA Nationals four times during her youth career.

PERSONAL: Samantha Taylor Garcia was born to parents Manuel and Tzenni-Bah...Has two older sisters, Alexis and Cecily, and a twin brother, Manuel...Says Jacoby Ellsbury, her cousin, is her favorite athlete...Majoring in sport and entertainment management.