Ignacio Garcia

Men's Tennis NCAA Selection Show

Tuesday, April 30

St. John’s Falls to Princeton in the Opening Round of the NCAA Tournament

Saturday, May 03

Scenes from the 2025 Big East Tennis Championship in Columbia, S.C. (Travis Bell/SIDELINE CAROLINA)

St. John’s Prepares for NCAA Tournament First Round Matchup Against Princeton

Friday, May 02

St. John’s Named BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year; Four Johnnies Earn All-BIG EAST Honors

Thursday, May 01

Men’s Tennis Placed In the Virginia Region of the NCAA Tournament

Monday, April 28

Photo by: Travis Bell

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Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Prev School:
Florida Atlantic

As a Redshirt Senior (2021-22): All-BIG EAST Second Team honoree... 2021-22 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar... Finished the spring campaign 15-6... Won all three singles matches during the BIG EAST Tournament runner-up finish (Apr. 22-24)... Earned the George Seewagen Memorial Award (Team MVP)... Was tabbed the no. 56 doubles team with Axel Vila Antuna in the country in the ITA Rankings on Dec. 8... Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Northeast Regionals (Oct. 18)

As a Senior (2021): All-BIG EAST First-Team selection... Posted an undefeated 13-0 record in singles mainly featured at the No. 2 position... Earned a crucial victory over Marquette's Luis Heredia in BIG EAST tournament semifinals to help clinch a finals berth... Went 9-5 in doubles, 4-2 when paired Giuseppe De Camelis... All-BIG EAST Academic Team

As a Junior (2019-20): Finished the season with a 14-6 singles record (10-2 in spring) … Went 3-4 in doubles play ... Went 19-5 in doubles play, including a 7-1 record with Ognjen Trejgut as his partner ... Represented Puerto Rico at the 2020 Davis Cup … BIG EAST Player of the Week (Feb. 25) ... Went a perfect 9-0 record in singles matches in the No.’s 1-3 slots.

At Florida Atlantic: Went 14-8 in singles, including a 10-4 record at No. 4 position in his freshman season … Registered a 3-1 record against conference opponents in 2017-18 … Second-team All-Conference USA in doubles in his freshman year … Nationally-ranked in doubles, and as such, was voted First Team All-Conference USA last season … Turned in 14 singles wins during the 2018-19 campaign, 11 in the spring … Won nine singles matches as the No. 5 position.

Personal: Born May 18, 1999 … Son of Eduardo Garcia and Adalis Gutierrez … Has an older brother, Eduardo, and a younger sister, Viviana ... Expected to major in biology … Avid Buffalo Bills fan … favorite TV show is The Office.